Strategic Development Manager

This position works with senior management to take, further develop and drive delivery of strategic business opportunities and internal initiatives. It involves incisive understanding of complex technical and business scenarios to keep focus energetically in working with a wide variety of groups and customers and building solutions.

• Leading strategic business discussions to drive relationship development, negotiate opportunities, and secure new business agreements
• Transforming discussions, ideas and company priorities into clear and structured outputs that enable better decision-making and execution across the business
• Managing strategic project timelines and stakeholder communication
• Driving the execution of marketing strategy including approach, campaigns, social media and event engagement
• Identifying activities to be automated, and implementing with AI/Wolfram technologies
• Aligning key leads, opportunities and communication efforts with business objectives through to execution
• Overseeing the marketing output and aligning communications, visions and events with strategic goals
• Supporting the CEO’s administration team ensuring that actions align with strategic goals

This full-time role offers hybrid remote. Office:Home / 60:40

Required/ideal skills

• Strong technical background and interest in technology, software, science or mathematics
• Incisiveness of understanding, ability to cross-examine and clarify
• Self-motivated and a pro-active approach to all tasks. Able to use own initiative
• Experience of project management methodologies and strategic project delivery
• Highly organised – able to prioritise workload, complete multiple tasks to deadlines and work under pressure
• Perceptive, with the ability to apply judgement, common sense and find practical solutions
• Able to communicate well at high level both externally and internally. Ability to adapt style of communication accordingly
• Management experience is an advantage, enjoys leading and mentoring a group
• Experience leading cross-function projects including system/program usage is advantageous