Head of Corporate Strategy & Communications

Lead Oman Air’s corporate strategy, integrated business planning, enterprise performance management, transformation oversight and corporate communications. Translate the Chief Executive Officer’s strategic direction into clear priorities, measurable plans, accountable delivery and consistent corporate messaging for employees, the Board, shareholders, government stakeholders, media and other relevant parties.

The role acts as Oman Air’s enterprise strategy and communications control tower. The position coordinates, challenges and reports performance without displacing the delegated authority or operational accountability of business-unit leaders, Finance or independent control functions.

• Lead the development, refresh and implementation of Oman Air’s corporate strategy in alignment with shareholder expectations, national aviation priorities and the airline’s long-term objectives.
• Translate strategic priorities into the annual corporate business plan, departmental objectives, measurable deliverables, resource implications and implementation roadmaps.
• Coordinate integrated planning across Commercial, Operations, Engineering, Finance, People, Digital, Supply Chain and other functions, resolving gaps and cross-functional dependencies.
• Monitor aviation-market trends, competitors, regulation and industry benchmarks, and provide evidence-based strategic advice to the Chief Executive Officer.
• Evaluate strategic opportunities, investment proposals and material business initiatives and present clear recommendations, risks and options.
• Ensure Network Planning is explicitly integrated into corporate business planning alongside the other business functions.
• Facilitate periodic corporate strategy reviews, including the quarterly review cycle, to reflect changing market conditions, financial performance and business priorities.

• Own the enterprise corporate scorecard, KPI governance framework, KPI dictionary and performance-review calendar.
• Ensure corporate and departmental KPIs are clearly defined, measurable, time-bound and aligned with the approved strategy and business plan.
• Lead monthly corporate performance reviews with Executive Management and departmental heads.
• Analyse material variances, identify root causes and require accountable business owners to submit corrective actions with owners, milestones and deadlines.
• Produce concise CEO, Executive Management and Board dashboards covering financial, commercial, operational, guest, people, transformation and risk performance.
• Maintain a single source of performance truth in collaboration with Finance and Data & Analytics.
• Develop and maintain a balanced scorecard within the corporate performance management framework.
• Ensure corrective-action plans define measurable outcomes in addition to clear ownership, milestones and deadlines, and monitor their effectiveness in addressing performance gaps.
• Promote a culture of accountability, data-driven decision-making and continuous performance improvement.

• Maintain the enterprise transformation portfolio, governance standards, stage gates, milestones, dependencies, risk registers and escalation mechanisms.
• Monitor cost optimisation, revenue enhancement, productivity and organisational-effectiveness initiatives approved by management or the Board.
• Coordinate benefits tracking and obtain independent financial validation from Finance before benefits are reported as delivered.
• Escalate delayed or at‑risk initiatives and facilitate corrective action without taking operational implementation ownership away from the designated sponsor.
• Ensure transformation activity remains aligned with corporate strategy…