Job Overview
The Global Investment & Gateway of Punjab Wing, Services & General Administration Department is recruiting a Director Sectors and Technical Advisory for its Global Investment & Gateway of Punjab project. The position is based in Lahore District, Lahore Division, and is offered on a contract basis.
The role sits at the centre of GIGP's sector intelligence work. The Director develops and keeps current sector strategies for seven or more priority sectors: IT/ITeS, agri-food processing, textiles and apparel, automotive and engineering, pharmaceuticals, energy and renewables, and logistics and warehousing.
The Director also leads technical due diligence and feasibility advisory for incoming investors, coordinating Sector Leads and Technical Specialists who assess project viability, validate business cases, check site suitability and map regulatory pathways. The work involves regular coordination with provincial line departments, industry associations and other GIGP directors, and it feeds directly into investor targeting and provincial industrial policy.
گلوبل انویسٹمنٹ اینڈ گیٹ وے آف پنجاب ونگ، سروسز اینڈ جنرل ایڈمنسٹریشن ڈیپارٹمنٹ لاہور میں ڈائریکٹر سیکٹرز اینڈ ٹیکنیکل ایڈوائزری کے عہدے کے لیے درخواستیں طلب کر رہا ہے۔ اس کنٹریکٹ پوزیشن کے لیے انجینئرنگ، اکنامکس، ڈیولپمنٹ یا ایم بی اے میں ماسٹرز ڈگری اور 15 سال کا تجربہ درکار ہے، عمر کی حد 40 سے 55 سال ہے اور ڈومیسائل لازمی ہے۔ آخری تاریخ 28 ستمبر 2026 ہے۔
Eligibility & Qualifications
- Master's degree in Engineering related disciplines, Economics, Development or Business Administration (MBA) from an HEC recognized institution.
- Minimum 15 years of post-qualification experience in sector-focused investment advisory, technical assessments, industrial program design and management, and/or industrial policy.
- The portal also lists a Masters/Bachelors (Hons) 16 years of education requirement with 15 years of experience, and names Business Administration, Development Studies, Economics and Engineering as the relevant subject areas.
- Age limit: 40 to 55 years.
- Gender: Both men and women may apply.
- Domicile is required for this position.
Responsibilities
- Each sector strategy must contain market sizing, competitive positioning, value-chain mapping, technology and regulatory landscape analysis, and investment opportunity identification.
- Produce investor-ready sector profiles with detailed cost-to-invest models that benchmark Punjab's factor costs, including labour, land, utilities, logistics and taxation, against competitor jurisdictions Vietnam, Bangladesh, India, Morocco, Turkey and Ethiopia.
- Update the sector profiles quarterly and publish them on the GIGP investment portal.
- Coordinate with provincial line departments to maintain current, accurate sector data and to identify regulatory reforms that enhance sectoral competitiveness.
- Maintain and publish supply-chain maps and value-chain analyses for each priority sector, identifying gaps, import-substitution opportunities, backward and forward linkage potential and cluster-development prospects that inform investor targeting and provincial industrial policy.
- Advise the Director, Promotion & Marketing on sector-specific messaging, collateral content and mission targeting so that every pitchbook, investor presentation and digital campaign is grounded in current sector intelligence and defensible data.
- Advise the Director, Investor Facilitation on sector-specific regulatory pathways, providing technical guidance on approvals, licences, environmental compliance and sector-specific incentive structures to accelerate investor onboarding.
- Advise the General Manager, SEZA on sector-appropriate zone allocation by recommending which sectors best suit each SEZ based on infrastructure, proximity to supply chains, workforce availability and investor demand signals.
- Build and maintain relationships with sector industry associations, including APTMA, PAMA, P@SHA and OICCI, as well as their international counterparts.
- Produce quarterly sector intelligence briefs consolidating global trends, competitor moves, policy developments and investment-pipeline implications, distributed to the Secretary GIGP, peer Directors and senior leadership.
- Identify and evaluate emerging sectors and sub-sectors, including electric vehicles, data centres, AI, cold-chain logistics, halal food certification and pharmaceutical contract manufacturing, and recommend additions to GIGP's priority sector portfolio based on global capital flows, Punjab's comparative advantages and policy readiness.
- Perform any other tasks assigned by the Secretary GIGP.
Employment Terms & Important Notes
- One position is available.
- The job was posted on 06-09-2026.
How to Apply
- Submit your application through the official Punjab jobs portal at.