Job Description

Roles & Responsibilities

• Office Strategy & Portfolio Leadership

  • Lead the development and refinement of the UAE Expo Office’s long-term strategy and vision

  • Ensure each Expo participation contributes to accelerating progress and generating national value

  • Position Expos as platforms for cultural diplomacy, innovation exchange, and global engagement

  • Maintain strategic continuity and institutional learning across multiple Expo participations

  Decision Frameworks & Participation Evaluation

  • Develop evaluation matrices and structured frameworks for assessing Expo participation opportunities

  • Define criteria for evaluating strategic relevance, impact potential, and national value

  • Provide strategic recommendations to support leadership decision-making

  Participation Strategy Development

  • Lead the strategic positioning for each Expo from early planning through legacy

  • Translate Expo themes into a distinctive UAE narrative and strategic response

  • Develop positioning frameworks, purpose statements, and narrative architecture

  • Guide research, insights, and contextual analysis to inform strategy

  Strategic Alignment Across Streams

  • Ensure strategy is consistently implemented across architecture, guest experience, programming, communications, brand, and operations

  • Maintain alignment throughout the full lifecycle of Expo participation

  Legacy & Impact

  • Define long-term impact beyond the event period

  • Establish frameworks to measure strategic, diplomatic, and reputational outcomes

  • Ensure programming, storytelling, partnerships, and design contribute to lasting national value

  Leadership Advisory & Governance

  • Prepare strategic memos, briefings, and decision papers for leadership

  • Support governance frameworks and strategy milestones

  • Facilitate strategic workshops and leadership sessions

Desired Candidate Profile

• Education and Experience

  • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Strategy, Public Policy, International Studies, or a related fields

  • 7–10+ years of experience in strategy, public policy, international affairs, or related fields

  • Experience working in government, quasi-government, or complex multi-stakeholder environments

  • Demonstrated experience shaping organizational or portfolio-level strategy

  • Fluency in English and Arabic.

  Skills & Competencies

  • Strong strategic thinking and systems-level structuring ability

  • Ability to translate long-term ambitions into clear strategic frameworks

  • Experience developing decision frameworks, evaluation matrices, and scenario planning models

  • Excellent written communication skills, including leadership papers and strategic briefs

  • Ability to synthesize complex information into clear positioning and strategic narratives