Senior Manager, Strategy Development

Job Req ID: 31811

Posting Date: 8 May 2024

Function: Strategy, Transformation & Business Intelligence

Unit: Business

Location: One Braham (4140), London, United Kingdom

Salary: Competitive

Why this job matters

We have created a new function for BT Business, Strategy, Insights & Partnerships, to unlock potential with our partners and improve collaboration between strategy and partnership execution. This is a key leadership role in the Strategy part of the function, responsible for developing BT's overall long-term Business strategy.

You will be key to shaping the future of BT Business. This role stands at the intersection of customer needs, technology, partnerships & innovation. As the Senior Manager for Strategy Development, you will be pivotal in navigating the ever-evolving telecommunications and ICT landscape, to help steer BT Business towards a successful long-term future.

As a people leader to a team of 7, your success & impact will be defined by how you coach, develop and leverage your team. Your strategies will shape major initiatives, investments, and transformations critical to BT Business's future success.

We are looking for someone who can reimagine what's possible and knows how to develop executable strategies that delivers real change and customer and commercial value for the business. Your insights, analyses, and foresight will be instrumental in sustaining our legacy of excellence and charting new territories for growth and impact. You won't be just setting the direction; you'll be showing us the path for a brighter, more connected tomorrow.

You'll be joining a newly formed team to define strategy that propels BT forward. You will work closely with our senior leaders to help unleash our full potential. With a strong market, competitor and other external focus, knowledge, and insight, you partner with colleagues across our Business, Digital and Network functions. You ensure that the strategy is built collaboratively with stakeholders and communicated to enable them to understand the direction of Business and support the delivery of the strategy.

Benefits Include

• Annual on target bonus up to 15%
• BT Pension scheme, minimum 5% Employee contribution, BT contribution 10%
• Car Allowance or cash alternative
• Purchase discounted BT shares
• Private healthcare & dental insurance, health screening, healthcare cash plans, access to counselling services, access to physiotherapy
• Season ticket loan, buy extra holidays, discounted Virgin Experience Days, financial education programmes
• Discounted BT/EE retail products including Broadband and BT Sport
• Access to 100s of retail discounts for things like groceries, travel, fashion, entertainment and more

What you'll be doing

• Thought leadership & strategic Agenda: Leverage outside-in insight to recommend & agree the key strategic opportunities and topics for BT Business to address
• Strategy Development: Lead your team to develop, recommend & agree strategies
• Business Partnering: Business Partner with the Sales segment MDs to ensure that strategy & plans are understood, being interlocked with local plans & landing well on the “frontline”, & to offer strategic support to key members of the BT Business leadership team
• Strategy execution: Drive consensus on strategic recommendations and ensure effective implementation with dedicated owners
• Iteration: Review how successful we are in ‘moving the dial' and ensure that we are iterating the strategy based on real world outcomes & overcoming barriers to successful execution
• Team leadership: Build a high-performing Strategy team by coaching & developing your team in best-practice Strategy development & communication techniques

Experience Required

• Strategic thinking - Demonstrable ability in identifying growth opportunities and developing actionable strategies with measurable business impact.
• Critical thinking - Proficient in analysing complex data, trends, and market insights to inform product strategy decisions.
• Stakeholder Management: Strong skills in engaging and influencing stakeholders at all levels, dealing with conflict and fostering collaborative decision-making.
• Business and Commercial Acumen: Good understanding of business and commercial dynamics in the telco sector. Understands drivers of organisational performance, including people drivers of performance and financial literacy (e.g., business KPIs, business plans).
• Executive-Level Communication - Expertise in creating and delivering presentations that effectively communicate complex strategies to executive audiences, with a focus on clarity and impact.
• Collaboration - Working effectively across teams and departments to achieve common goals.
• Growth mindset: Sees opportunities to innovate, transform, and define new directions. Passionate about driving change.
• Technical acumen: Good knowledge of current technologies and trends in the telecommunications industry like 5G or Cloud, with an ability to leverage this in strategy development.

A FEW POINTS TO NOTE:

Although these roles are listed as full-time, if you're a job share partnership, work reduced hours, or any other way of working flexibly, please still get in touch.

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