Head of Strategic Planning

Head of Strategic Planning

Agency Reference Number: 7123890

Venn Group is currently working with a large telecommunications company who are looking to recruit a Head of Strategic Planning who will have a specific focus on leading the annual and long-term planning processes across the business.

Rate: Flexible depending on experience

Location: London

Duration: 3 – 6 months

Job Responsibilities:

• Shaping and delivery of compelling annual and long-range plans for the business

• Developing a thorough understanding of the competitive context of the business, including key customer, economic, technology and regulatory trends, and potential strategic moves of competitors

• Producing robust forecasts, and competitive benchmarks for their markets

• Orchestrating a top-down end-to-end planning process to produce a fully aligned and committed plans, in particular working closely with central and functional finance teams

• Working with Finance teams, production of a compelling investor-relations story, and supporting the influence of key external stakeholders

• Putting in place robust measurement and reporting processes to track and assure delivery of our plans

• Assuring effective communication of our strategy and plans

• Building trust and strong collaboration with and between both Shareholder Strategy and Finance Teams

The successful candidate will have:

• Significant experience in a relevant tier 1 global TMT business, evidencing strong value creation

• Exceptional understanding of the UK and relevant foreign TMT markets evolution, and expected strategies of major market players and their owners

• Thorough understanding of financial and capital drivers in large Tier 1 telco operation

• Effective & credible communicator, with influence at all levels including EC members, shareholders, and external influencers

• Innovator, able to think laterally, and identify creative opportunities

• Excellent team-working and interpersonal skills, building positive relationships and forming effective project teams across the business and external parties

• High impact self-starting individual, resourceful and solution-driven, able to manage and successfully deliver multiple projects in parallel

To apply for this role or to find out about other roles in education, please contact Steve Hill on 0118 207 1229 or email s.hill@venngroup.com

Venn Group is an equal opportunities employment business and employment agency and welcomes applications from all candidates.