Strategy Development Specialist

Purpose

Supports planning, execution, and finalization of projects and initiatives of local or global strategic value. Updates and implements strategy and supporting continuous quality improvement. Prepares materials for communicating strategic objectives, business cases and oversight of the quality control throughout their life cycle. Consults relevant projects and delivers partial consolidated outcomes across the local organization. Works in an analyst position in global strategic projects, liaises with relevant global counterparts.

Key accountabilities

• Plans, prepares and creates buy-in for strategy analysis and implementations.
• Consults assigned project tasks and manages partial tasks in strategy and/or organization development.
• Defines and implements partial scope, goals and deliverables that support strategic business priorities at the local or global level.
• Uses knowledge of and applies methods of conceptual analysis to prepare business cases, profitability and scenario analyses, process analyses and design recommendations, and similar) needed for decision making at the level of Board of Management.
• Plans and facilitates communication of strategic objectives and business cases.
• Plans and elaborates partial budgets, particularly in the area of organizational change management and organizational development of the local organization.
• Executes oversight of quality control for strategy implementation tasks and initiatives throughout their life cycle.
• Manages project and/or organizational stakeholders to review, interpret, document, and communicate business/project needs, risks, constraints, issues, etc.
• Leads relevant project tasks/sub-projects at local or global level and delivers consolidated outcomes across the local organization.
• Acts as a strategy consultant for the local organization, typically at the level of departments and units (MD – 2).
• Acts as analyst and solution designer in the scope of assigned global strategy and/or organizational change projects.
• Responsibility for project management, indirect steering of up to 15 people locally and globally.
• Budget size responsibility – no explicit responsibility for budget
• Representation of company in national, governmental bodies and committees.

Education

• Management – Master’s degree

Experience

• Project Management – 2 years

IT Technical Skills

• Office productivity tools, KB's - Advanced

Soft skills

• Leadership/people mgmt

Finance Skills

• Planning, breakdown of budgets

Other Skills

• Writing advanced materials
• IT service delivery
• Strategic analysis

Languages

• English - Upper intermediate (B2)
• German advantage - Intermediate (B1)

Other criteria or requirements

• Cross-functional experience (min 2 different fields in IT service delivery)
• Knowledge of strategic analysis (resources & capabilities, choice definition, prioritization)
• Knowledge and application of conceptual, analytical and organizational methods (e.g., business case preparation, business analysis, process analysis and design, etc.)
• Planning, breakdown and elaboration of budgets

We believe in balance between work and personal life. An attractive and extensive work-life balance portfolio guarantees lasting motivation for employees and thus a better quality of life, promotes physical and mental well-being and contributes to a positive work environment. All this with the aim of providing more freedom in reconciling work, career growth, private life and individual lifestyle. Therefore we offer to our employees over 25 different benefits to improve their personal and professional life in these areas:

• Financial benefits
• Benefits with focus on learning and development *
• Benefits with focus on health and sport *
• Benefits with focus on family and work – life balance
• Other benefits *

For more information about our benefits click to Benefits

Benefits with * are applicable also to part-time positions.
This information may be subject to changes and other internal rules.

Contact person: Mgr. Alžbeta Butkayova
E-mail: send CV