Experience connecting potential discovery with policies, programs, partnerships, and development pathways.
Dr. Faten Al-Breikan is an educational consultant who combines academic leadership, program management, consulting, policy development, and national-initiative leadership. She works on translating strategic directions into executable and measurable programs and projects in youth development, gifted education, and human-capability development.
Her experience is distinguished by designing integrated systems that go beyond delivering programs to connect talent discovery with the learning environment, guidance, partnerships, labor-market readiness, and impact measurement.
Preparation combining scientific research, strategy, project management, leadership, innovation, and understanding individuals and teams.
She holds a PhD in Tropical Medicine from the University of Liverpool in the United Kingdom and supports her leadership expertise with professional credentials in strategy and business planning, project management, behavioral profiling, and institutional innovation, strengthening her ability to address problems, data, and change systematically.
PhD
PhD in Tropical Medicine from the University of Liverpool, United Kingdom.
Strategy
Certified Strategy and Business Planning Professional – C-SBP from The KPI Institute.
Project Management
Project Management Professional – PMP from Project Management Institute PMI.
Teams & Innovation
Birkman Certified Professional and a credential in institutional innovation from Thinking Metrics / Thinking Matters.
A career combining academic work, program leadership, national projects, policy development, and partnerships.
Experience across universities, national entities, Ministry of Education projects, Mawhiba, and human-capability development programs.
She held leadership and consulting roles at King Abdulaziz University, within the gifted-care ecosystem, and in national educational projects, contributing to restructuring and the development of services, programs, partnerships, and policies related to youth, students, and gifted learners.
Restructured career-development and guidance services and built partnerships that increased graduate workforce readiness by 40%.
Chaired scientific and training committees for national talent-development programs and prepared students for international participation.
Consulted on and managed large-scale educational and developmental projects reaching more than 50,000 students.
Prepared distinguished students and developed their scientific, personal, and competitive capabilities, supporting advanced international results.
Capabilities combining strategy, project management, understanding people, innovation, program design, and policy development.
Her capabilities combine C-SBP, PMP, Birkman, enrichment-program design, educational policy development, training-strategy design, national project management, change leadership, partnership development, and strategic and analytical thinking.
Integrated expertise helping organizations build programs and initiatives that better discover talent, develop it, and create sustainable impact.
Gifted Development
Designing programs and pathways that strengthen scientific, personal, and competitive capabilities and prepare participants for advanced opportunities.
Youth Empowerment
Building career-readiness initiatives, guidance, mentoring, and partnerships that help youth transition into the labor market.
Enrichment Programs
Building integrated curricula and programs that develop thinking, talent, and skills rather than isolated activities.
Strategic Thinking
Analyzing the current state, gaps, and priorities and designing strategies and initiatives aligned with national targets.
Policy Development
Aligning beneficiary needs, educational entities, and national directions in policies and programs built for continuity.
Educational Project Management
Managing multi-stakeholder national and educational projects with planning, follow-up, and impact and results measurement.
Change Leadership
Leading restructuring and institutional transformation and supporting organizations in improving practices and performance.
Strategic Partnerships
Building partnerships among universities, entities, and initiatives to support readiness, talent, and human-capability development.
Restructured the system and built partnerships and programs that contributed to a 40% increase in graduate workforce readiness.
Led scientific and training committees and supported distinguished students in reaching advanced results in international competitions.
Managed and advised large-scale educational and developmental projects benefiting more than 50,000 students.
Designed curricula and pathways that develop thinking, talent, and capabilities and connect content with scientific, professional, and personal growth.
Connected youth and gifted-learner needs with national directions and designed scalable and sustainable policies and initiatives.
Led restructuring, gap analysis, transformation, and strategy-building to help organizations improve performance.
From discovering potential and diagnosing needs to pathway design, implementation, and impact measurement.
Understanding beneficiary capabilities, the current environment, gaps, and objectives before designing the program or initiative.
Turning needs into policies, enrichment programs, projects, partnerships, and connected development pathways.
Managing initiatives, supporting teams and beneficiaries, building partnerships, and providing the tools and environment needed for growth.
Tracking results, readiness, and achievements and improving the program based on data to ensure continuity and scale.