Strategist, Corporate Strategy and Investment

Role Purpose:

To shape enterprise strategy and investment decisions through independent judgement, constructive challenge and evidence-based counsel. Leads complex strategy and investment matters by setting the analytical direction, mobilising relevant contributors, reviewing and integrating their outputs, and translating insights into clear recommendations for senior management and governance forums. Ensures strategic choices, resource allocation and capital deployment remain aligned with the Group’s long-term direction.

Position Information

Title: Strategist, Corporate Strategy

• Unit: Strategy & Innovation
• Division: Corporate Strategy, Strategy & Innovation
• Location: HQ

Grade:

• Strategist: P4

Minimum role requirements:

Qualification: Bachelor in relevant field

Experience:

• Strategist: 10 years of experience

Key Accountabilities

• Shape assigned components of the multi-year corporate strategy and refresh agenda, advising on strategic choices, priorities, objectives and enterprise-level trade-offs.
• Set the strategic questions, analytical approach and decision criteria for complex assignments; guide analysts, business teams and external advisors and assure the quality and coherence of their outputs.
• Advise and constructively challenge business units and subsidiaries on strategic alignment, planning assumptions, resource choices and capital allocation proposals.
• Interpret market, competitor, regulatory and scenario insights, synthesise their enterprise implications and counsel senior management on required strategic responses.
• Frame growth opportunities and strategic options for executive consideration and steer the development of decision materials for executive and Board strategy discussions.
• Advise on the strategic fit, value-creation potential and material risks of M&A, JV, partnership, investment and divestment opportunities and recommend priorities for further consideration.
• Set expectations for investment assessment and independently challenge business cases, feasibility studies, valuation assumptions, scenarios and recommendations prepared by deal teams, business units or advisors.
• Synthesize commercial, financial and strategic perspectives into a clear expert opinion for the Sr. Manager and relevant governance forums, highlighting key trade-offs, conditions and decision points.
• Guide due diligence and post-investment review agendas, coordinate specialist input where required, and advise on interventions to protect or enhance portfolio value.
• Advise on the design and evolution of the strategy execution and governance framework, ensuring clear ownership, decision rights, measures and escalation paths.
• Challenge the strategic logic, relevance and ambition of departmental and enterprise OKRs and KPIs, providing guidance to owners responsible for their definition and tracking.
• Interpret consolidated performance insights, identify material strategic implications and advise senior stakeholders on corrective action, reprioritisation or escalation.
• Provide an independent perspective for management, Board and shareholder strategy reviews, ensuring that decision materials clearly present progress, risks, trade-offs and required interventions.
• Act as a trusted subject-matter advisor to the GM – Corporate Strategy & Investment and senior stakeholders on complex strategic questions, priority matters and governance decisions.
• Lead complex cross-functional workstreams without formal authority by defining the mandate, aligning stakeholders, assigning analytical contributions, resolving intellectual issues and maintaining focus on the required decision and outcome.
• Coach analysts and peers through technical guidance, challenge and review; establish fit-for-purpose frameworks and quality standards rather than routinely producing detailed analysis or materials.
• Engage and direct external advisors where specialist capacity is required, ensuring their work is strategically relevant, integrated and decision-ready.

Qualifications

• Bachelor Degree