Strategy & Planning Lead

Role overview

Responsibilities

• Develop recommendations from complex data and business analyses and turn them into business plans.
• Build statistical and financial models to analyze business performance.
• Set performance metrics, evaluate results, and recommend strategies to address performance gaps.
• Lead complex, time-sensitive market research and identify trends and opportunities for business leaders.
• Staff and manage cross-functional teams and drive priority projects, making final team decisions.
• Develop business plans and identify opportunities with client business leaders.
• Create comprehensive business plan recommendations based on analysis, emerging trends, and experience.
• Identify or develop analytical tools, models, and methods for key business decisions.
• Advise business leaders on high-level strategy execution and develop creative solutions.
• Prepare execution plans, resource allocation, follow-up guidelines, assessments, and process accountabilities.
• Align activities with business plans, assess performance, and recommend actions to realize financial value.

Education and experience

• Typically 10 or more years of experience in strategy, planning, operations, finance, or a related function.
• Advanced university degree, such as an MBA, or demonstrable equivalent experience.
• Extensive knowledge of research methodology for challenging business issues.

Knowledge and skills

• Strong analytical thinking, technical analysis, and data manipulation skills; ability to develop creative analytical approaches.
• Strong business acumen and technical knowledge in the area of responsibility.
• Excellent verbal and written communication, negotiation, and influence skills.
• Excellent project management skills, including leading large cross-functional initiatives.
• Strong relationship management, partnering, and consulting skills.
• Leadership skills in team building, conflict resolution, and management; ability to lead multiple large, time-sensitive projects.
• Ability to identify emerging market and industry trends and make compelling business planning recommendations.

Benefits and development

• HPE describes benefits supporting physical, financial, and emotional wellbeing.
• The company offers personal and professional development programs.