Strategy and Planning Lead

Strategy and Planning Lead

Description -

Job Summary
• This role is responsible for leading the management of business and financial plan development, enabling the achievement of strategic objectives of the organization. The role collaborates with business management on various business issues and influences senior management by suggesting recommendations for optimizing business performance. The role manages a team of individual contributors who support complex business plan execution across the organization.

Responsibilities
• Leads efforts to develop business and financial plans that enable the execution of business strategies (e.g., implementing new growth initiatives, reducing costs).
• Leads business planning initiatives, including M&A integration projects at a regional or business unit level.
• Directs and prioritizes important, complex business planning projects by monitoring deliverables and milestones, including developing contingencies to minimize risks and maximize success.
• Partners with business management on a wide range of business issues, including risk management and implementation tactics.
• Manages the development of project guidelines, plans, objectives, and deliverables; handles budgets for multiple complex plans and projects.
• Influences senior management by presenting compelling analysis and recommendations for optimizing business performance.
• Develops and executes innovative strategic plans for building long-term business needs, negotiates with external partners, and monitors industry trends.
• Directs large cross-functional teams and communications to facilitate projects and ensure timely delivery to clients.
• Leads training and development initiatives for the business team and provides a knowledge base for product solutions and support services.
• Provides strong leadership, develops individual and team performance goals, and manages change; ensures proper tools and resources are in place to support team efforts.

Education & Experience Recommended
• Four-year or Graduate Degree in Business Administration, Finance, Economics, or any other related discipline or commensurate work experience or demonstrated competence.
• Typically has 7-10 years of job-related experience or 5-7 years of management experience, preferably in strategy, planning, operations, market research, or a related field.

Preferred Certifications
• Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification

Knowledge & Skills
• Analytics
• Business Intelligence
• Business Strategies
• Competitive Intelligence
• Customer Insights
• Dashboard
• Data Analysis
• Data Visualization
• Economics
• Market Intelligence
• Market Research
• Marketing
• New Product Development
• Power BI
• Python (Programming Language)
• R (Programming Language)
• SQL (Programming Language)
• Statistics
• Tableau (Business Intelligence Software)
• Thought Leadership

Cross-Org Skills
• Customer Centricity
• Prioritization
• Resilience
• Team Management
• Strategic Thinking

Impact & Scope
• Impacts function and leads projects requiring understanding of multiple disciplines or areas of HP.

Complexity
• Uses managerial concepts and company objectives to resolve issues in creative and effective ways.

Disclaimer
• This job description describes the general nature and level of work performed in this role. It is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, skills, responsibilities, knowledge, etc. These may be subject to change and additional functions may be assigned as needed by management.
 

Job -

Business Planning

Schedule -

Full time

Shift -

No shift premium (India)

Travel -

Relocation -

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