Strategy

• Own and lead on all Costain’s Costain Engineering Limited’s Business Development and Work Winning activities, liaising with Costain’s sectors, group functions and clients
• Collaborate strategically with Costain’s Sectors and CEL Management teams in the pursuit of relevant engineering opportunities, developing best in class value propositions and winning bids to secure a strong future pipeline of work aligned with Costain’s growth ambitions.
• As a member of the CEL SLT, provide cross- business leadership to deliver CEL’s business plan and growth ambitions, with effective communication to all key stakeholders on challenges and progress.
• Improve visibility and management of the engineering pipeline across all six sectors, assisting CEL Management teams to better identify future workload and map resource demand against our pipeline. Conduct regular relevant market research and analysis to identify any new opportunities for CEL and sectors.
• Identify and implement process and system improvements for CEL work winning efforts to enable more streamlined integration with Costain sector work winning efforts, whilst also enabling CEL to manage bids independently as required.
• Drive improvements in tender submission quality and implement automation into CEL work winning processes to find efficiencies, including but not limited to engineering estimating processes.
• Develop benchmarking data for engineering services tenders to track development and drive change as required against industry standards, in addition to KPIs and performance metrics for business, winning activities across CEL
• Develop and maintain external client partnerships and alliances to complement in-house capabilities and position Costain for growth and success in target markets

Strategic Development Lead

• Lead a high performing and high profile team which plays an essential role in Newham’s continuing improvement journey.
• Shape and drive the Council’s strategic vision and priorities.
• Ensure that borough ambitions are translated into clear, deliverable plans that achieve meaningful outcomes for Newham.
• Lead the development of the Council’s corporate planning, performance frameworks, ensuring robust governance, data-driven decision making and a strong focus on continuous improvement, Best Value and service excellence.
• Championing inclusive and evidence-based policy development, ensuring that resident voice, equality considerations, performance intelligence and lived experience are at the heart of decision making and service design.

Assistant Director of Corporate Strategy

• Independently deliver and manage exceptional work across multiple accounts in ways that boost and unlock creativity in the team and for the client.
• Ensure end-to-end client satisfaction on big projects and manage and empower teams and junior strategists to deliver quality work.
• Lead pitches from brief to delivery, Proactively bring in new clients, leads pitch processes, represent the agency at networking events, and devise killer content for reports and events.
• Proactively identify and drive growth opportunities on existing accounts, confidently contribute to and shape scopes and write winning proposals with CS.
• Build an external profile through thought leadership, handle line management responsibilities, provide training to the department. Role model key behaviours to the rest of the team.

Strategy Director

• Support defined work packages across energy transition strategy, commercial advisory, decarbonisation planning and transformation.
• Undertake research, analysis, benchmarking and stakeholder engagement to help develop clear, evidence-based recommendations.
• Contribute to high-quality client deliverables, including reports, presentations, options assessments, business cases and implementation plans.
• Support project management activities, including planning tasks, tracking progress, managing actions and contributing to quality control.
• Work with client teams and internal specialists to gather insight, test findings and support practical implementation.
• Contribute to proposals, market insight, capability development and knowledge sharing across the Commercial Advisory business.
• Collaborate with colleagues across advisory, engineering, environment, digital and project delivery teams to support integrated solutions for clients.

Consultant, Strategy – Transformation

• Define and deliver a digital strategy aligned to business objectives, customer needs, market trends, and performance insights.
• Evaluate the effectiveness, adoption, and future direction of key digital platforms, including Buy Online (BOL) and the Funeral Director Portal.
• Recommend opportunities to enhance, simplify, or optimise digital products, identifying risks, inefficiencies, duplication, and cost-to-serve improvements.
• Benchmark competitor digital propositions and partner tools to identify opportunities for competitive advantage and differentiation.
• Develop and maintain a prioritised digital roadmap, sequencing initiatives based on strategic value, business impact, and feasibility.
• Build evidence-based business cases, quantifying revenue growth, efficiency gains, cost reduction, and return on investment.
• Define ownership and accountability models across technology, proposition, marketing, and digital capabilities, addressing governance gaps where required.
• Establish effective governance and prioritisation frameworks to support ongoing digital performance and decision-making.
• Present strategic insights and recommendations to executive stakeholders, enabling informed decision-making and investment choices.

Digital Strategy Manager

• Support the development and execution of market-level strategy and value creation initiatives across the UK portfolio
• Translate strategic priorities into clear initiatives and workstreams
• Track progress against targets and maintain focus on measurable business outcomes
• Play a key role in coordinating priority cross-functional initiatives

Strategy & Value Creation Manager

• Leading client research projects, end to end.
• Take ownership of strategic insight work for senior pharma clients, from designing the right approach through to translating findings into the decisions, directions or briefs that clients can actually act on.
• Translating insight into action.
• You'll be working at the synthesis end, helping clients see what to do next and giving them the confidence to do it.
• Using the right mix of methods.
• We work across peer-network research and secondary analysis to deliver forward thinking research and real client value.
• Converting opportunities into business.
• Shaping the practice as we grow.
• Powering our thought leadership.

Insights & Strategy Director

• Shape strategic choices and accelerate growth
• Partner with the CEO, Executive Committee and senior leaders to evaluate strategic opportunities, investment choices and business trade-offs.
• Lead the development and evolution of the Group strategy and five-year plan, ensuring priorities remain aligned to customer, market and shareholder needs.
• Bring together customer, market, commercial and operational perspectives to provide insight and challenge on the choices that will shape the future success of the business.
• Ensure strategic priorities are translated into clear plans, measurable outcomes and aligned business actions.
• Drive understanding and engagement with the Group strategy, ensuring priorities are embedded across the organisation and reflected in decision-making.
• Maintain focus on the Group's most important strategic priorities, identifying barriers to delivery and helping leaders navigate trade-offs and competing demands.
• Assess progress against the Group's strategic objectives and value creation ambitions, helping leaders identify where to accelerate, adapt or intervene.
• Use customer, commercial and operational insight to strengthen decision-making, prioritisation and resource allocation.
• Champion a customer-first, evidence-based and test-and-learn approach to growth and value creation.
• Lead, develop and inspire a talented team of Strategy Managers.
• Create a high-performance culture characterised by curiosity, challenge, collaboration and accountability.
• Ensure the team operates as a trusted partner to the Executive Team and wider organisation

Head of Strategy

• Evaluate global macroeconomic trends, cloud Availability Zone architectures, and power grid constraints to identify and prioritize next-generation data center markets.
• Build and own the visual data architecture using Geographic Information System mapping assets to define targeted land search areas and validate site selection.
• Partner with Investment and Finance teams to inject real-time market data into financial models, maintaining a proprietary database of global transaction pricing and competitor pipelines by Ready for Service dates.
• Synthesize complex supply, demand, and pricing dynamics into high-impact briefings for executive leadership and the Investment Committee to derisk capital deployment.
• Establish a standardized, repeatable market intelligence framework and consistent taxonomy to compare global investment opportunities on an apples-to-apples basis.

Global Market Strategy Director, Data Centers

• Lead Barnet’s strategic and operational response to Domestic Abuse (DA) and Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG)
• Ensure a coherent, multi-agency, high-quality approach that improves outcomes for adult and child victims/survivors
• Provide specialist advice to senior leaders, councillors, partners, and practitioners
• Ensure Barnet meets all statutory duties under the Domestic Abuse Act 2021
• Facilitate and negotiate improved multi-agency working on DVA and VAWG issues in Barnet on behalf of the Safer Communities Partnership
• Review and commission specialist DVA and VAWG services and projects
• Monitor and evaluate performance, risks and issues
• Seek and secure funding to further enhance Barnet’s response to DVA and VAWG

V A W&G Strategy Manager

• Nurture and build out our team of talented strategists from every aspect of the marketing discipline
• Lead hands on with one key account to drive the most pioneering work.
• Ensure creative excellence by closely collaborating with the existing creative teams.
• Work closely with wider EMEA and UK and global strategy teams to identify talent and resources and shared processes and tooling
• Lead- and guide a range of (creative) strategic disciplines; We're looking for a modern strategist that is able to stitch together a lot of disciplines and set out a clear trajectory to fix our clients' challenges. Rooted in today's culture and all the touch points we have at hand; from social, to influencer, to TTL
• Innovate our offering working closely with tech, creative, media and analytics to ensure we are delivering market-leading strategic approaches to our clients
• Upping the benchmark of the work and ensuring we are leading the industry by pushing the boundaries of what’s possible while delivering incremental improvements on ROI
• Lead and participate in new business pitches; locally and globally
• Serve as a thought leader across the business and externally on topics of planning, strategy and innovation.

• Drive high-priority initiatives across the business.
• Work with leadership to solve business and product challenges.
• Build new teams, processes, and capabilities as the company grows.
• Lead cross-functional projects from planning through execution.
• Research new markets, products, and business opportunities.
• Improve how we operate by identifying problems and implementing practical solutions.
• Take ownership of projects and deliver meaningful business outcomes.

Lead, Strategy

• Lead the development of Arriva's Group-wide climate strategy and long-term decarbonisation roadmap.
• Shape Arriva's position on sustainable mobility and modal shift, supporting greater adoption of public transport.
• Work with commercial and external affairs teams to influence policy, funding and regulatory developments.
• Represent Arriva with policymakers, industry bodies and transport authorities on climate and sustainability matters.
• Provide strategic oversight of emissions reduction initiatives across fleet, energy, property and operational activities.
• Partner with key stakeholders to ensure zero-emission transition programmes align with climate objectives.
• Identify emerging technologies, regulatory developments and opportunities that accelerate progress towards net-zero ambitions.
• Advise senior leaders on climate-related investments and business cases.
• Lead Arriva's approach to climate risk identification, assessment and management.
• Develop frameworks and governance processes that support effective climate risk management across the Group.
• Lead climate scenario analysis and resilience planning to support long-term strategic decision-making.
• Provide expert guidance on emerging climate risks and adaptation strategies.
• Own Arriva's climate reporting strategy and governance framework.
• Oversee carbon reporting, emissions accounting and climate-related disclosures.
• Lead engagement with relevant frameworks and standards, including TCFD, ISSB, CDP and SBTi.
• Work closely with auditors, investors and other external stakeholders on climate performance and reporting requirements.

Head of Climate Strategy

• Conduct and interpret research to uncover meaningful insights and opportunities.
• Translate insights into clear strategic thinking, recommendations, and creative provocations.
• Interrogate client briefs to identify underlying challenges and ensure strategic clarity.
• Develop solution-focused strategies that inform creative development and client decision-making.
• Take ownership of your responsibilities across multiple client projects.
• Deliver high-quality strategic outputs independently, seeking support from Directors when appropriate.
• Ensure work is delivered on time, on brief, and to a consistently high standard.
• Support the development of strategic narratives that guide creative and brand work.
• Build strong relationships with clients and establish yourself as a trusted strategic partner.
• Present strategic recommendations confidently, clearly, and persuasively.
• Facilitate discussions that build client confidence and strengthen long-term partnerships.
• Work collaboratively with clients, creatives, designers, and other stakeholders throughout projects.
• Contribute strategic thinking to new business opportunities and pitches.
• Turn research and market intelligence into compelling strategic perspectives.
• Support the development of proposals, pitch materials, and client presentations.
• Provide strategic input throughout the business development process.
• Manage your workload efficiently and independently across multiple projects.
• Maintain awareness of project budgets, timelines, and commercial objectives.
• Balance strategic quality with project efficiency and client expectations.
• Actively contribute to internal team discussions, initiatives, and knowledge sharing.
• Support the development of the agency's thought leadership.
• Contribute to external-facing content, including articles, reports, and industry commentary.
• Collaborate closely with colleagues across strategy, design, and creative disciplines.

Senior Strategy Consultant

• Own the social presence end-to-end across seven platforms: Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, YouTube, X/Twitter, Reddit, and Discord
• Define the role of each channel, the content mix, and how the seven platforms work together
• Build the operating rhythm: briefing templates, approval flows, publishing checklists, and content review processes
• Act as the quality gate before anything goes live — strategically sound, on-brand, compliant, and built for the platform
• Own weekly and monthly reporting across all platforms, run structured content experiments, and use the data to optimize performance
• Drive a community-first content philosophy — UGC, fan-generated narratives, rapid-response cultural moments, and platform-native creativity

Social Strategy Lead

• - Lead, manage and deliver strategic projects
• - Translate clients' business and brand priorities, along with cultural and category insights, into opportunities for the brand
• - Support creative development through strong interdepartmental collaboration
• - Inspire creative and design teams as the voice of the consumer
• - Ensure work is strategically aligned
• - Build close relationships with client teams

Strategy Director – Fixed Term Contract

• Partner with senior leadership to define strategic priorities, OKRs, and high-impact initiatives, and translate them into clear execution plans.
• Drive end-to-end execution of strategic, cross-functional initiatives by aligning stakeholders, structuring workstreams, and tracking delivery against outcomes.
• Support market expansion and growth planning through analysis, business cases, and execution support for new initiatives.
• Build frameworks, dashboards, and performance tracking to provide visibility into progress, risks, and trade-offs.
• Identify bottlenecks, inefficiencies, and execution gaps, and work with teams to resolve them and improve how the business operates.
• Prepare analysis, materials, and recommendations to support leadership decision-making, including reviews, planning sessions, and executive discussions.

Strategy Lead

• Owning relationships with panel of debt collection agencies and debt purchasers
• Identifying strategic opportunities to drive recovery rate
• Implementing segmentation for recoveries strategies
• Negotiating commission rates and other commercial relationships with suppliers
• Operate a strong control environment on: payments and invoicing account statuses live listing placements and closures minimising buybacks and unexpected costs
• Identifying opportunities to onboard new and additional suppliers that will add strategic value

Recoveries Strategy Manager

• Lead the development, authoring and maintenance of Global Datasheets for new medicines
• Manage local prescribing and patient information through development and early post-approval stages
• Partner with colleagues in global markets to support implementation of Global Datasheets
• Author regulatory responses and supporting documentation relating to prescribing information
• Interface with key stakeholders across GSK
• Maintain labelling documentation in relevant systems and databases

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Strategic Development Lead

Assistant Director of Corporate Strategy

Strategy Director

Consultant, Strategy – Transformation

Digital Strategy Manager

Strategy & Value Creation Manager

Insights & Strategy Director

Head of Strategy

Global Market Strategy Director, Data Centers

V A W&G Strategy Manager

Strategy Director

Lead, Strategy

Head of Climate Strategy

Senior Strategy Consultant

Social Strategy Lead

Strategy Director – Fixed Term Contract

Lead, Strategy

Strategy Lead

Recoveries Strategy Manager

Manager, Labelling Strategy – Development