General Manager - Corporate Strategy - Technology Firm

About Role:

Own and institutionalize Strategic Planning Process for Market Facing Units (Enterprise, SP, OTTs and Voice etc.) in alignment with the Corporate Strategy; Review plans and facilitate leadership consensus.

Objective

- Achieving organization wide alignment around segment plans, product roadmaps and available synergies

- Driving deployment and realization.

Areas of Responsibility (Key Activities)

1. Generate Strategic Insight- Trigger articulation of research requirements at the beginning of the planning cycle (or on specific research request from Senior Sponsors); Commission information gathering and research process; Devise project plan and assign roles to team; Review and help refine proposals put forward by the team; Supplement with own hypotheses and present the insights to the stakeholders involved.

2. Strategic Planning Process- Drive inclusion and participation in the Strategic Planning process; Facilitate Strategic Planning Workshops; Consolidate and structure the workshop outcomes; Work with sub-teams to scope out individual strategic elements; Review output for quality, comprehensiveness, realization of inter-segment synergy and alignment with the Corporate Strategy; Finalize the 3 year rolling Strategic Plan document and facilitate the presentation by the Segment and Product Heads for approval by the Top Management; Consolidate segment and product plans at a company level; Track the overall process schedule and resolve escalations to meet the set milestones.

3. Strategy Plan Deployment and Tracking:- Communicate the finalized strategic plans to the functional leadership teams; Drive agreement on the review process, frequency and dashboards of the plan; Periodically monitor and facilitate the review of functional dashboards; Track and review deviations in key internal strategic planning parameters and assumptions regarding the environment (Demand, Economy, competition); Facilitate course correction measures as required; Issue advisory to the AOP Team in the Strategic Plan imperatives to align AOP with the Strategic Plan.

4. Execution of Strategic Projects:- Drive clarity of objectives and success criteria of strategic projects commissioned by the Corporate or Functional Heads; Assign responsibilities to team and support with adequate resourcing (specialists from segment teams/ functions, funding etc.); Review progress vs. committed milestones as well as the quality of analysis of the critical projects; Facilitate Senior Management decision making and buy-in on the recommendations; Issue guidelines with the team for seamless handover to operations.

5. Team Management:- Regularly review team structure and assess talent requirements; Participate in the recruitment and selection process; Conduct goal setting and performance review for the team; Drive team development, engagement and reward initiatives; Coach and mentor team members as required to resolve any people issues.