Strategy & Programs Manager
HybridLondon, England, United Kingdom
Job Summary
Lead outcome-driven programs by partnering with functional leaders to deliver time-boxed initiatives that amplify team performance and align with company-wide goals. Translate broad strategic objectives into measurable steps, manage risks, and drive status syncs to ensure clear execution across Delivery, Product, Research, and Operations. Support the annual strategy refresh, quarterly business reviews, and OKR cycles while maintaining automated telemetry for leadership visibility. Proactively surface company and team-level challenges through stakeholder feedback and competitive intelligence, then structure them into actionable plans. Foster cross-functional alignment to remove blockers and communicate impact via internal briefs and program updates. Collect feedback, quantify ROI, and ensure every program leaves behind durable improvements.
Required Qualifications
- 2–4 years in strategic operations, program management, or consulting within fast-growing tech companies, consultancies, or product operations teams
- High judgment, low ego: The discretion to be trusted with decisions that shape the company's future, and the humility to do the unglamorous work that makes everything else possible
- Strategic execution: Proven ability to translate high-level strategy into clear, executable plans and drive them through to completion
- Exceptional communication: A strategy that can't be communicated clearly isn't a strategy. You're comfortable leading syncs, writing concise updates, and delivering impactful presentations
- Stakeholder management: Comfort with accountability without authority — you influence across functions without owning any of them, and adapt your message for audiences from team members to executive leadership
- Data-driven mindset: A data-first approach, with the skills to define key metrics, build dashboards, and interpret trends to inform decisions
- Love of learning: Willingness to dive into unfamiliar domains and build credibility quickly as a non-specialist amongst deep experts
- Self-direction: We don't operate with traditional line management — you thrive with freedom and know when to pull others in
- Bias towards durable systems: You build solutions that work without you, not ones that depend on you
Desired Qualifications
- Prior experience in deep-tech, AI-enabled engineering, simulation, or scientific R&D environments
- Experience designing change management or strategy communication frameworks
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