Strategy Manager - Reading, United Kingdom - Thames Water

Thames Water
Thames Water
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Reading, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Who are we?
Thames Water is the UK's largest water and wastewater company.

We make a daily difference to our 15 million customers by supplying 2.6 billion litres of water through 32,000 km of pipes_,_ keeping taps flowing and toilets flushing.

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At Thames Water, every one of our actions, big and small, matters every day. Water is essential to life, so our business is always open.
This is an exciting time to join Thames Water as we embark on our collaborative "turn-around" plan. This plan will ensure an ambitious, resilient, and sustainable wastewater service for future generations.

What you'll be doing?

The Strategy Manager is a curious and tenacious individual who proactively supports the Head of Strategy in turning Thames Water's long-term strategy into reality, ensuring strategic alignment across all parts of the company.

As a member of the Strategy and Regulatory Affairs team, the Strategy Manager will actively support the Head of Strategy in improving Thames Water's relationships with all our regulators and will work actively to support the culture.


Key accountabilities will incorporate
Support the Head of Strategy to drive Thames Water's long-term strategy.
Create detailed implementation plans to drive and track delivery of all aspects of the strategy.

Design and run appropriate governance, risk and assurance processes to enable effective decision-making and prioritisation in support of the strategy.

Work with Strategy team to embed ways of working underpin delivery of the strategy e.g. financial planning decisions, employee incentive programme.
Collaborate with Strategy team to embed ways of working underpin delivery of the strategy e.g. financial planning decisions, employee incentive programmes.
Manage strategic modelling and analysts to inform and develop strategic plans, and making recommendations based on the output.
Drive regular cadence of engagement within the strategy communities of practice.

Proactively monitor external trends, both within the water industry and in wider society, understanding how those trends could/should impact the strategy.


What you will bring to the role?:

  • Experience in a commercial, consultancy, financial or strategy function within a corporate organisation with demonstrable benefit delivery.
  • A truly collaborative leader with the ability to build strong relationships across multiple teams and disciplines, influencing to gain consensus and buyin.
  • A creative thinker, with the ability to see multiple options, proactively look for the next practice, to think laterally and outside the immediate context.
  • Highly delivery focused, translating vision into actionable plans, systematising and embedding ways of working.
  • Experience of developing strategic projects from conception to benefits realised.
  • Able to independently prepare compelling materials to support on decision making on strategic topics.
  • Proven record of data analytics and commercial analysis.
  • Role models systemsthinking.
  • Thinks and operates in an agile way.

What's in it for you?

Our competitive salary and package include a bonus, car allowance, private healthcare, an excellent contributory pension and 26 days holiday per year increasing to 30 with length of service.

Thames Water is a dynamic, rewarding and diverse place to work, with opportunities around every corner.

If you join our team, you'll enjoy a fulfilling career, flexible working arrangements and a wider benefits scheme including our benefits hub, which is packedfull of offers and information to save you money and support your wellbeing.

Find out more about working at Thames Water.
We deliver life's essential service so our customers, communities and the environment can thrive. This means, that when a crisis happens, we all rally around to support our customers.

As part of your role, you'll be required to participate in a rota to provideCustomer Incident Support, as requested by the Company from time to time.

This may be by supporting our customers on the frontline as an Ambassador or being part of the team managing the incident as a Control Tower Lead.

This is incredibly rewarding, and you'llbe given full training - it's also a great opportunity to learn more about our business and meet colleagues.

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