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The Vice President, Strategic Planning is a senior leadership role, responsible for overseeing the development and execution of long-term strategic plans and objectives to support the implementation of a world-class organization that will offer optimal value and offerings to clients.
This senior leadership role is responsible for the management, optimization, and implementation of operational activities that realizes and drives cost efficiencies whilst driving the achievement of the strategy.
This role leads a team responsible for formulating, executing, and monitoring strategic initiatives that align with the organization's long-term goals and vision, whilst fostering a collaborative and high-performing culture across the team(s) within their remit.
Key responsibilities:
- Sets direction for policies, standards, and guidelines on how the organization conducts strategy development and planning.
- Drives the execution of strategy, working with functional heads to maximize achievement of overall strategic objectives.
- Advises on and establishes operational processes and related improvements that constantly drive efficiencies, including opportunities for automation.
- Oversees the development, communication, implementation and reviews of the strategic planning and management process to ensure cross-functional alignment.
- Ensures the management and integration of functions, systems, processes that drive financial and operational efficiencies, including facilitating the development of aligned and integrated functional or divisional business plans.
- Identifies pursuit opportunities as well as individual executive relationships where investment should be made in order to ensure profitable and sustainable growth.
- Investigates and recommends areas for investment and growth, including innovation opportunities that will contribute to the achievement of strategic objectives.
- Provides high-quality expert advice to senior leadership / executives to enable strategic thinking and optimize the strategic planning processes for the organization.
- Directs the alignment of corporate reporting systems, identification of key performance indicators and high-level targets, communication, and promotional strategies and processes for review and evaluation to facilitate identification of variations from plan and necessary remedial actions.
- Positions the strategic direction and enablement through effective engagement with a variety of internal and external stakeholders.
- Identifies areas where continuous improvement can be applied.
- Mentors and develops team members within the strategic planning functional area, fostering a culture of growth and professional development
- Sets direction for the allocation of resources, including budget, personnel, and technology, to support the execution of strategic plans and initiatives.
- Provides long-term financial projections (for example, revenue growth) and develops market/client insights and projections.
- Oversees scenario planning anticipating potential shifts in the business environment and develops scenarios to prepare the organization for various outcomes.
To thrive in this role, you need to have:
- Has in-depth organizational knowledge in order to plan strategy.
- Ability to facilitate cross-functional/cross-region cooperation.
- Demonstrates strong business acumen, expertise, and strategic planning skills.
- A visionary and influential leader who is able to build report with relevant business stakeholders.
- Ability to collaborate with executives at a strategic and tactical level.
- Sense of ownership and pride in own performance and its impact on company’s success.
- Excellent critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to think conceptually and identify and address future challenges and opportunities, often in an ambiguous environment.
- Self-starter and has an affinity for technology’s ability to drive efficiencies and enhance service delivery.
- Ability to generate a commitment to change across a broad group of stakeholders and deliver against the multi-year plan.
- Proven leadership skills and management capability.
- Excellent client and stakeholder management skills, driving business value through consistent service delivery which exceeds expectations.
- Excellent project and change management skills.
Academic qualifications and certifications:
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Business Administration, Economics, Finance, or related field preferred.
- Advanced degree (MBA) is preferred.
Required experience:
- Substantial experience gained within a similar leadership capacity preferably within a similar global organization.
- Substantial experience in planning, developing, and managing budgets.
- Substantial experience directly managing people.
- Substantial working experience in a strategic leadership and management position, preferably working as a senior strategy manager in a fast-paced and dynamic business environment.
- Substantial experience in strategic planning and analysis, marketing/market research, competitive intelligence, and corporate business development.
Workplace type:
On-site Working
About NTT DATA
NTT DATA is a $30+ billion trusted global innovator of business and technology services. We serve 75% of the Fortune Global 100 and are committed to helping clients innovate, optimize and transform for long-term success. We invest over $3.6 billion each year in R&D to help organizations and society move confidently and sustainably into the digital future. As a Global Top Employer, we have diverse experts in more than 50 countries and a robust partner ecosystem of established and start-up companies. Our services include business and technology consulting, data and artificial intelligence, industry solutions, as well as the development, implementation and management of applications, infrastructure, and connectivity. We are also one of the leading providers of digital and AI infrastructure in the world. NTT DATA is part of NTT Group and headquartered in Tokyo.
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