Shatha Sunbou
Strategist
Riyadh
Summary
A goal driven MBA holder who has +10 years of experience, 8 of which were spent in project management, strategy execution, and innovation. Worked in over 19 sectors through R&D and give consultations in industry 4.O. As one of the leading change-makers in the kingdom, it is my goal to have a positive impact on the society. Organized, reliable, and committed to managing multiple priorities in a positive manner. Ability to step up to additional responsibilities to meet team goals and achieve results.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
Work History
Strategy and PMO consultant
PIF Giga Project
Riyadh, Riyadh
12.2022 - Current
- Evaluated situations and delivered targeted solutions using various tools and resources.
- Devised processes to boost long-term business success and increase profit levels.
- Applied performance data to evaluate and improve operations, target current business conditions and forecast needs.
- Designed and implemented risk management system to identify and mitigate potential risks.
- Implemented process improvement to shape organizational culture, optimize procedures for higher efficiency and help company evolve and grow.
- Evaluated current processes to develop improvement plans.
Projects Performance & Reporting Manager
Ministry of Sports, Vision Realization Office
Riyadh, Riaydh
07.2021 - 11.2022
- Vision Realization Office - Strategic Management Office - Ministry of Sports,
- Align strategies with supporting entities and ensure they are up to required standards
- Prepare and review business cases for funding requests with various departments and consulting firms
- Organized and analyzed primary and secondary research to understand industry, market and company trends
- Performed gap analysis and provided plans based off identified recommendations
- Implemented practices and procedures to reduce expenditures and increase savings
- Aligned closely with business owners and employees to gather information and gain operational insight
- Conduct analysis throughout life time of initiatives to see performance and predict possible strength and weaknesses points in performance of entity
- Create and automate processes in Vision Realization Office from strategic and project management view
- Create a collaborative dashboard that shows progress of projects under initiatives and according to their spending and their major accomplishments
- Govern and co-create the processes and procedures for distributing financial support to elite athletes and sports federation
- Increased stakeholder’s satisfaction by resolving complex issues
- Prepare executive level reports for internal and external stakeholders, e.g: H.E, The Minister and CEDA
- Participated in continuous improvement by generating suggestions, engaging in problem-solving activities to support teamwork
- Supported investment management department via funding requests, baseline change requests and economic impact.
Lead Consultant
Devoteam Consulting
08.2020 - 07.2021
- Riyadh
- Provide consultation in project management, strategic alignment and business case development
- Analyzed problematic areas to provide recommendations and solutions
- The use of SWOT and PESTLE, as well as other necessary tools, to develop sectorial development strategies
- Review strategies and unsure that it's aligned and follows the sectors strategy
- Performed gap analysis and provided plans based off of identified recommendations
- Developed program schedules and monitored milestones, managing production flow to guide production orders to correct and timely completion
- Collaborated with teams to define, strategize and implement marketing and web strategies
- Identified business issues through careful collaboration with key stakeholders
- Determined areas for improvement and implemented processes to alleviate problems
- Analyzed requirements, developed cost estimates, evaluated alternative solutions and supported information system acquisition and implementation
- Prioritized projects and project tasks depending upon key milestones and deadline dates
- Received customer orders, quoted pricing information, performed consultative selling to customers and recommended company products and services tracks
- Prepared project lifecycle documentation and project management plans
- Renegotiated outsourcing contracts to save considerable costs
- Prepared presentations to explain revisions, enhancements and process improvements of organization's systems and programs
- Managed multiple deadlines across several businesses to meet dynamic needs of multiple clients
- Supported clients with business analysis, documentation and data modeling
- Integrated technology and business operations to identify targeted solutions to customer issues
- Supported investment management via funding requests, baseline change requests and regular project reporting
- Led team providing project management support, managing tasking, schedules, deliverables and customer relations for high-visibility enterprise-wide projects
- Organized and analyzed primary and secondary research to understand industry, market and company trends
- Aligned closely with business owners and employees to gather information and gain operational insight
- Strategic Facilitator in the SMO
- KACST, King Abdul-Aziz City for Science and Technology, Riyadh
- Developed and maintained courteous and effective working relationships
- Transfer knowledge to key stakeholders across all 19 sectors in KACST
- Develop the business case for initiatives that shows potential future impact
- Providing templates and assessment of newly developed strategies
- Coordinate and assist in the development of KACST SIP's, Strategic
- Innovative Programs, for all the 19 sectors that KACST specializes in under R&D
- Align between all initiatives from a strategic point of view
- Develop targets for new initiatives based on strategic objectives in vision 2030
- Prepared variety of different written communications, reports and documents
- Created spreadsheets using Microsoft Excel for daily, weekly and monthly reporting
- Learned new skills and applied to daily tasks to improve efficiency and productivity
- Demonstrated respect, friendliness and willingness to help wherever needed
- Led projects and analyzed data to identify opportunities for improvement.
Portfolio Performance Manager
VRO, King Abdulaziz City
- For Science & Technology, Riyadh
- Maintained energy and enthusiasm in fast-paced environment
- Review the performance of the initiatives under the pillar of I.4.0 and innovation
- Monitor innovation and I4.0 initiatives in KACST, performance, and change requests
- Identify & track risks & challenges for KACST initiatives
- Follow and monitor the achievement of the strategic objectives and the
- KPI's
- Submit quarterly performance reports on Adaa platform
- Proved successful working within tight deadlines and fast-paced atmosphere.
Acting PMO Director
King Abdulaziz City For Science And Technology
Riyadh, Riyadh
05.2019 - 12.2019
- Completed paperwork, recognizing discrepancies and promptly addressing for resolution
- Developed and maintained courteous and effective working relationships
- Resolved conflicts and negotiated mutually beneficial agreements between parties
- Used coordination and planning skills to achieve results according to schedule
- Developed and implemented performance improvement strategies and plans to promote continuous improvement
- Used critical thinking to break down problems, evaluate solutions and make decisions
- Learned new skills and applied to daily tasks to improve efficiency and productivity
- Follow up with the alignments of I.4.0 initiative between various entities
- Follow up on performance measurement based on set targets for the center and take action to perform correction when needed
- Manage 2 programs for the industrial development of SME's and through it we achieved the target of serving 200 SME's per year
- Develop processes and procedures to run the PMO of the center, e.g
- Preparation of RFP's and RFI's for the centers' internal operations
- Project manager of the Prototyping Hub in MIT Hacking Medicine 2018
- Https://www.mitsaudihack.com/
- Developed and implemented performance improvement strategies and plans to promote continuous improvement
- Managed team of employees, overseeing hiring, training and professional growth of employees
- Improved operations through consistent hard work and dedication
- Actively listened to customers' requests, confirming full understanding before addressing concerns
- Identified issues, analyzed information and provided solutions to problems
- Increased stakeholders satisfaction by resolving issues.
Operational Supervisor
KACST
02.2018 - 10.2018
- King Abdul-Aziz City
- Innovation Center for Industry 4.0, Riyadh
- Develop the business case for Industry 4.0 Centers and follow through until it has been approved
- Set up the center's project management office
- Project Manager for National Engineering and Manufacturing Platform
- Https://www.kacst.edu.sa/internal/4923
- Handled challenging situations with ease, while providing friendly and efficient service
- Diagnosed issues, analyzed information, and provided solutions
- Automated processes to improve operational efficiency
- KACST, King Abdul-Aziz City
- Innovation Affairs, Riyadh
- Motivated and trained employees to maximize team productivity
- Collected customer feedback and made business adjustments to improve retention and satisfaction
- Tracked company equipment, tools and technology to manage inventory
- Led associate focus groups and meetings to obtain suggestions, address concerns or issues and foster positive relations among team members and management
- Evaluated team member performance and productivity, provided feedback and implemented corrective actions
- Conducted root cause analysis in deficient areas to identify and resolve issues
- Developed and deepened relationships with customers, vendors and internal stakeholders.
Principal Lecturer
Imam Mohammad University &Princess Norah University
Riyadh
- Selected and designed lesson plans and curriculum to meet academic objectives: for the following courses: Business - PMP - Operations
- Management
- Mentored undergraduate and graduate students in effective next-steps for education and career preparedness
- Guided students in researching, structuring and presenting debate case
- Built strong rapport with students through class discussions and academic advisement
- Created positive and safe learning environment for students by setting and enforcing classroom code of conduct
- Applied innovative teaching methods to encourage student learning objectives
- Impartially evaluated papers, projects and homework assignments of students, delegating grading to teaching assistants when appropriate.
Business trainer
01.2010 - 01.2013
- Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency - SAMA, Institution of Banking -IOB.,
- Riyadh
- Trained and mentored 150 trainees and helped them shift their career to the financial and insurance market
- Deliverer training manuals for employees and managerial positions according to strict company guidelines and market protocols
- Developed lesson plans, instructional materials and written practice tests for Business in English and soft skills training courses
- Created and oversaw training programs for operations
- Conducted research, gathered information from multiple sources and, presented results
- Participated in team-building activities to enhance working relationships.
ESL Teacher
Alfaisal International Academy
Riyadh
- Developed activities and integrated technology to diversify instruction
- Emphasized critical thinking through small group activities
- Assisted department head in establishing daily schedules, curriculum and ESL activities
- Designed seasonal programs emphasizing vocabulary, pronunciation and reading comprehension
- Attended workshops to learn about student motivation and engaging learning activities
- Conducted skills assessments to uncover performance gaps.
Education
Leadership Program - undefined
INSEAD Business School
Executive Education - undefined
George Town University
Master of Business Administration - Business Administration
Stanford Business School
2009-01, 2022-06, 2022-03, 2020-09
Bachelor's degree - Linguistics and Translation
Prince Sultan University
KPIP, Key Performance Indicator Professional Certified from BSI & George Washington University - undefined
Imam Mohammad Bin Saud University
BSMP, Balanced Score Card Master Professional from BSI - undefined
George
Washington University
Balanced Score Card Certified from - undefined
BSI & George Washington
University
2021-10
Strategy Execution - undefined
BSI & George Washington University
2013-01, 2005-05
Skills
- Presentation skills
- Excellent
- Business Processes
- Emotional intelligence
- Strong communication skills
- Analytical skills
- Performance improvements
- Very Good
- Performance goal achievement
- Performance optimization strategies
- Performance reporting
Timeline
Strategy and PMO consultant
PIF Giga Project
12.2022 - Current
Projects Performance & Reporting Manager
Ministry of Sports, Vision Realization Office
07.2021 - 11.2022
Lead Consultant
Devoteam Consulting
08.2020 - 07.2021
Acting PMO Director
King Abdulaziz City For Science And Technology
05.2019 - 12.2019
Operational Supervisor
KACST
02.2018 - 10.2018
Business trainer
01.2010 - 01.2013
Portfolio Performance Manager
VRO, King Abdulaziz City
Principal Lecturer
Imam Mohammad University &Princess Norah University
ESL Teacher
Alfaisal International Academy
Leadership Program - undefined
INSEAD Business School
Executive Education - undefined
George Town University
Master of Business Administration - Business Administration
Stanford Business School
Bachelor's degree - Linguistics and Translation
Prince Sultan University
KPIP, Key Performance Indicator Professional Certified from BSI & George Washington University - undefined
Imam Mohammad Bin Saud University
BSMP, Balanced Score Card Master Professional from BSI - undefined
George
Washington University
Balanced Score Card Certified from - undefined
BSI & George Washington
University
Strategy Execution - undefined
BSI & George Washington University