Director of Strategy - #2190551

Director of Strategy

Farringdon | Personal contract

Full-time | Hybrid

Joint-contribution pension from 6% (12% total) – Enhanced maternity & family leave – Life assurance – HolidayPlus – Virtual GP & Employee Assistance Programme plus retail and leisure discounts & many more.

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This is a senior leadership role responsible for shaping SGN's corporate strategy, ensuring long-term priorities are informed by insight, customer understanding, market intelligence and sustainability considerations. The role drives strategic planning and investment priorities, providing the evidence and foresight needed to support effective decision-making, sustainable growth and success through the energy transition.

We deliver safety, warmth, and comfort to homes and businesses. Every role, whether in the office or on the front line, plays a key part in this mission. Here’s how you will contribute…

• Accountable for shaping and delivering SGN’s overall corporate strategy, ensuring alignment between insight, market dynamics and long-term organisationalobjectives.

• Leads the development of robust, evidence-based strategic plans, integrating market intelligence, customer understanding, and external trends to inform business planning and investment decisions.

• Provides enterprise-wide strategic leadership, ensuring strategic priorities are clearly articulated, understood and embedded across the organisation.
  Oversees strategic insight and horizon-scanning activity, identifying emerging risks, opportunities and industry developments that could impact SGN’s future direction.

• Leads the sustainability agenda, ensuring environmental and social priorities are appropriately reflected within corporate strategy and organisational decision-making.

• Provides senior leadership across teams, ensuring alignment, capability and performance to deliver strategic priorities and support organisational success.

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