Corporate Strategy and Planning Manager

Key Responsibilities:

• Partner with C-level executives to synthesize the overarching vision for the upcoming fiscal year and transform high-level strategic direction into actionable plans cascaded across business groups.
• Lead the annual corporate visioning and enterprise planning cycle (July kickoff).
• Coordinate planning inputs across Corporate Planning, Finance, HR, ePMO, and Business Units into a single, integrated enterprise plan.
• Partner with the 5 core groups (Revenue and Network) to support the creation of BU strategies with 3–5-year horizons and near-term annual milestones.
• Monitor all identified strategic initiatives at a program level during the non-planning season (Jan–Jul): track program health, keep milestones on track, and proactively address roadblocks.
• Collaborate with the Corporate Performance Team to link vetted strategic initiatives to Group Grid Metrics and corporate strategy.
• Establish regular cadences with initiative teams to troubleshoot bottlenecks and strategize execution plans.
• Lead and support ad-hoc high-priority special projects, including Build vs. Buy vs. Partner frameworks and Joint Venture strategic evaluations.
• Drive market scan activities to source, evaluate, and establish preliminary interactions with potential strategic targets or alliance partners.

Core Capabilities Required:

• Strong ability to translate corporate strategy into measurable performance metrics; solid understanding of KPI frameworks, OKRs, and enterprise performance management.
• Working knowledge of BI platforms (e.g., Tableau); ability to review KPI logic, metric definitions, and dashboard outputs, and validate data accuracy from a decision-making perspective.
• Strong stakeholder engagement across Corporate Planning, Business Units, Assurance, and BI teams; ability to synthesize multi-source data into clean executive summaries with advanced PowerPoint/Slides skills.
• Corporate finance fundamentals (P&L, cash flow, capex/opex planning), business case assessment for Build vs. Buy vs. Partner and JV evaluations, and budget-to-actual variance analysis; understanding of telco-specific drivers (ARPU, churn economics) is a plus.
• Structured, detail-oriented thinker with strong business judgment; able to challenge assumptions constructively, influence without formal authority, and operate with a high-ownership, execution-focused mindset.

Qualifications

• Years of Experience: 8–10 years in one or more of the following: Corporate Planning, Performance Management, Business Analytics, Strategy and Insights, or Management Reporting. Experience in large, matrixed organizations and in supporting corporate strategy development, annual planning cycles, or enterprise-wide planning coordination is strongly preferred.