FILLED: Strategy Manager, In-House Consulting Global Professional Services Firm, £80,000- £95,000 PA + Bonus + Excellent Benefits City of London
Strategy Manager
In-House Consulting
Global
Professional Services Firm
£80,000- 95,000 PA + Bonus + Excellent Benefits
City of London
Role Summary
Our client is a leading global professional services
firm, with offices in over
20 countries and a global commitment to develop their
business services and people to achieve market leadership in their field.
Central to the achievement of this strategy is their
in-house Strategy and Project Services consulting team, which shapes and
manages firm-wide strategic and business improvement initiatives. The continued growth of this team has
resulted in an opportunity for a Strategy Manager to join the team.
This is a senior role that requires a strong strategy and
consulting background, specialist
skills, a global outlook, and the ability to interact, challenge and influence credibly at senior levels in the
Firm.
Role Detail
The Strategy Manager is responsible for leading
significant strategic change projects across the firm, working in a specialist
advisory role with the board, other partners in management roles, the COO, and
Business Services Heads of Function.
The role involves the following:
1) Strategic Project Management
* Developing and implementing strategic projects for the
senior management
* Strategic appraisal of investment opportunities
* Global practice, regional, geographical or practice
strategic support
* New practice area and product development strategies
* Performance improvement projects at practice / regional
or geographic levels
2) Strategic Advisory
* Maintaining an ongoing perspective on key trends
impacting the business
* identifying specific implications and raising these
with relevant senior managers across the firm.
* Acting as a sounding board on strategic issues to
senior management.
3) Organisational Strategy
* Providing strategic advice in relation to
organisational issues
* developing organisational strategies for business units
/ functions as appropriate
* Identifying organisational impact of market trends.
4) Network / Communications
* Building an effective network across the firm to
channel strategic thinking
* identify opportunities for Strategy Consulting team to
add value.
5) Line Management
* Managing analysts and other resources on projects,
often on a cross-functional basis.
Key Skills and Requirements
* Exceptional strategy consulting experience gained
either with a leading consulting firm/boutique strategy house, or in an
internal strategic role at a FTSE corporate
* Experience of running strategic change projects in complex
environments at a regional or global level
* Proven ability to command respect at the most senior
management level (board, C-level)
* Excellent degree academics, with business
qualification / MBA preferable