Senior Manager - Strategy and Governance

We are looking for a Senior Manager - Strategy & Governance to support the development, governance, and execution of strategic priorities across the Marketing division.

The role will work closely 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 a key role in strengthening strategic planning, performance management, decision-making, and accountability across Marketing.

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 wider 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 support 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 agreed governance processes and identify opportunities to strengthen ways of working.
• 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 that provide clear visibility of progress, risks, dependencies, and areas requiring intervention.
• Lead periodic performance reviews and recommend corrective actions where required.
• Ensure effective cascading of strategic objectives across Marketing functions and teams.
• Track execution of strategic initiatives and ensure alignment with agreed outcomes and timelines.

Executive & Stakeholder Engagement

• Act as a strategic partner to Marketing leadership on strategy, governance, performance, and execution matters.
• Partner with Marketing functions and relevant corporate teams to drive alignment 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 to support 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 adoption of strategy and governance best practices across the function.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Strategy, Marketing, Economics, Finance, Management, or a related discipline. MBA or relevant master’s degree is preferred
• 7+ years of experience in strategy, strategic planning, governance, performance management, management consulting, transformation, or a related discipline.
• Demonstrated experience 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 capabilities, with experience working with senior leadership.

Benefits

Offering a comprehensive compensation and benefits package.