About the Role
We are seeking a Senior Manager for Strategy & Governance to bolster the development, governance, and execution of strategic priorities within the Marketing division. This role requires close collaboration with Marketing leadership and cross-functional stakeholders to translate strategic direction into clear priorities, initiatives, governance frameworks, and measurable outcomes. The successful candidate will play an instrumental role in enhancing strategic planning, performance management, decision-making, and accountability across Marketing.
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Key Responsibilities
Strategy & Strategic Planning
- Lead the development and refinement of Marketing’s strategic priorities, objectives, and multi-year plans.
- Translate strategic objectives into actionable initiatives, roadmaps, and measurable outcomes.
- Ensure alignment between Marketing priorities, corporate strategy, and broader organizational objectives.
- Support leadership in evaluating strategic priorities, opportunities, trade-offs, and key business decisions.
- Lead strategic assessments, benchmarking, and analysis to support future planning and decision-making.
- Support the development and evaluation of strategic initiatives and business cases.
Strategy Governance
- Develop and maintain governance frameworks that underpin effective strategy execution across Marketing.
- Establish clear planning cycles, decision-making forums, accountability mechanisms, and reporting structures.
- Define governance standards and ensure consistency across strategic planning and reporting activities.
- Facilitate governance forums and leadership reviews, ensuring decisions, actions, and accountabilities are clearly documented and followed through.
- Monitor adherence to established governance processes and identify opportunities for enhancement.
- Ensure strategic decisions and priorities are translated into clear ownership and execution requirements.
Performance Management & Strategy Execution
- Establish and oversee performance management frameworks, including KPIs, OKRs, scorecards, and strategic performance measures.
- Monitor progress against Marketing strategic objectives and key initiatives.
- Develop executive dashboards and performance reports reflecting progress, risks, dependencies, and intervention areas.
- Lead periodic performance reviews and recommend corrective actions as necessary.
- Ensure effective cascading of strategic objectives across Marketing functions and teams.
- Track execution of strategic initiatives, ensuring alignment with agreed outcomes and timelines.
Executive & Stakeholder Engagement
- Act as a strategic partner to Marketing leadership on strategy, governance, performance, and execution matters.
- Collaborate with Marketing functions and relevant corporate teams to align on strategic priorities.
- Prepare high-quality executive presentations, strategic recommendations, and performance updates.
- Facilitate strategic discussions and working sessions with senior stakeholders.
- Build strong cross-functional relationships for effective strategy execution and timely decision-making.
Continuous Improvement
- Identify opportunities to enhance Marketing’s strategic planning, governance, and performance management practices.
- Introduce frameworks, methodologies, templates, and tools that improve planning and execution effectiveness.
- Promote greater accountability, transparency, and data-driven decision-making across Marketing.
- Support capability building and the adoption of strategy and governance best practices across the function.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Strategy, Marketing, Economics, Finance, Management, or a related discipline; MBA or relevant master’s degree preferred.
- 7+ years of experience in strategy, strategic planning, governance, performance management, management consulting, transformation, or a related field.
- Demonstrated experience in developing and implementing strategies, strategic plans, governance frameworks, and performance management frameworks.
- Strong experience in strategy execution, KPI/OKR management, executive reporting, and business planning.
- Proven ability to translate complex strategic priorities into practical plans and measurable initiatives.
- Strong analytical and structured problem-solving capabilities.
- Excellent executive communication, presentation, and storytelling skills.
- Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills, with experience working with senior leadership.
Benefits
Offering a comprehensive compensation and benefits package.
