Lead, Large-Scale Industrial Technology Adoption

The World Economic Forum is seeking a Lead to drive a core workstream focused on advancing national ecosystem transformation. The role requires ensuring strategic alignment and intellectual rigor, delivering high-quality outputs, and working closely with governments and ecosystem partners to enable scalable, inclusive adoption of advanced technologies.

Requirements

• Advanced degree in engineering, economics, public policy, business, or a related field.
• 10+ years of relevant professional experience in strategy consulting, manufacturing, technology, industrial operations, or public-sector transformation.
• Demonstrated experience designing or leading large-scale, system-level transformation programmes, involving governments, industry, and multi-stakeholder ecosystems.
• Strong understanding of advanced manufacturing, industrial operations, digital and technology transformation, and the enablers required for national-scale adoption.
• Proven ability to translate complex frameworks and insights into practical, executable operating models.
• Experience working closely with senior government officials and C-suite leaders, ideally within the Middle East and North Africa region.
• Track record of leading complex, multi-stakeholder initiatives across local and global contexts.
• Exceptional communication, executive engagement, and stakeholder management skills; Arabic language capability is a strong advantage.