CGIAR

Artificial Intelligence

• Build, strengthen, and maintain relationships between the CGIAR AI Hub and the UAE’s International Affairs Office at the Presidential Court, the primary sovereign-level patron of the Hub.
• Foster active collaboration with key UAE innovation partners: the MBZUAI Institute for Agriculture and AI (AI/IA), AIM for Scale, aI71, Inception, and other emerging actors in the ecosystem.
• Identify and develop partnership opportunities aligned with the Hub’s AI product portfolio and advance them through to formal agreements or active workplans.
• Represent the CGIAR AI Hub at relevant UAE convenings, forums, and bilateral meetings.
• Monitor developments across the UAE agriculture and AI ecosystem and ensure the Hub’s positioning and communications remain current and aligned with partner priorities.
• Provide regular stakeholder intelligence updates to the DTA Product Director to inform strategic decisions.
• Support alignment between Hub product roadmaps and partner interests, including co-design opportunities with MBZUAI AI/IA, AIM for Scale, and AI71.
• Draft tailored communications, briefing notes, and presentation materials for engagements with UAE sovereign and institutional partners.
• Coordinate with CGIAR DTA communications teams to ensure consistent Hub positioning within the UAE and Gulf context.
• Support the DTA Product Director in preparing for high-level meetings with the International Affairs Office and ecosystem leadership.

Partnership Engagement Specialist – UAE Agriculture, AI Ecosystem