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This role will be central to establishing the Strategy function as a driver of business success. Reporting to the Strategy Lead, you will be help shape the strategy processes, metrics and methodologies to position the business for growth. This varied role will provide the opportunity to engage with stakeholders across the business and its partners. You will be expected to critically evaluate current practices, identify opportunities for improvements and build a case for change.

Main Tasks & Responsibilities

Strategy development

  • Support the Strategy Lead to:
    • Review existing partner capabilities and plans and identify potential synergies or risks
    • Identify potential new partners and evaluate the extent to which they could enhance the delivery model
    • Negotiate and execute partnership memorandums of understanding
    • Develop an effective set of metrics to monitor business performance and enable effective prioritisation
  • Monitor external market trends with particular reference to developments and innovation in technology, business models and customer propositions

Delivery model

  • Work with the Strategy and Delivery Leads to support customer engagements, with a particular focus on pre-sales support to assess needs and build the business case
  • Critically evaluate delivery approach and processes, and identify opportunities for improvement
  • Support resource planning

Innovation

  • Support the Strategy Lead to:
    • Identify new opportunities to extend the business offer and increase value to customers
    • Develop opportunities to run as a pilot, define scope and agree partners to involve
    • Present options to the leadership team and gain buy in to run pilot

Ad hoc team support

  • Assist the Delivery and other teams as required
  • Support other ad hoc-requests and projects

Person specification

  • Degree in a relevant subject (Minimum 2.1 or equivalent)
  • Experience working in a business strategy role
  • Excellent MS Office skills, experience with other business intelligence tools an advantage
  • Strong interest in sustainability, energy and transport

Skills & Competencies Required

  • Soft Skills:
    • Strategic thinking and analysis: ability to understand and convey complex technical concepts simply; ability to extrapolate from trends and identify implications
    • Excellent communication: ability to communicate effectively with a range of stakeholders, tailoring content and style according to audience
    •  Time management (ability to work under time pressure; people skills (ability to challenge, influence and manage key stakeholders)
  • System Skills: Ability to acquire new skills quickly in order to interrogate systems; strong numeracy

Desirable

  • Language: English speaker with additional European language or Japanese