Strategy Manager

LanguageWire; København; On-site; DKK 900,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Open office space

Monthly Town Halls

Social events

Job summary

LanguageWire seeks a highly analytical Strategy Manager to own the corporate strategy, its structure, and its operationalization. You will bridge strategic thinking with financial discipline, commercial execution, and M&A, ensuring data-driven decision making across the value chain.

You’ll drive end-to-end strategic initiatives, align business cases with BI reporting, and collaborate with senior leadership to translate high-level strategy into actionable divisional plans and measurable OKRs.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree / Cand.merc. (e.g., FIR, MAC, International Business, Strategy, Finance, or similar).
• 3–5 years of experience from Management Consulting, Corporate Strategy, FP&A, or Commercial Finance in an international corporate or tech environment.
• Proven ability to transform strategic hypotheses into quantitative business cases, valuations, and OKRs.
• Strong data analytics, financial modelling, and BI/reporting capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Strategy Creation & Facilitation: lead annual strategy process, benchmarking, exec workshops, translate strategy into divisional plans, drive OKRs.
• Executive & Board Sparring: prepare board materials, support C-team cadence, ensure follow-through on decisions.
• M&A Execution: screen targets, assess strategic fit, coordinate due diligence.
• Financial Alignment & BI Integration: embed strategic initiatives into budgets, business cases, and KPIs with resource awareness.

Skills

Strategic thinking

Financial modelling

Stakeholder management

Data analysis

BI literacy

Commercial mindset

Education

Master’s degree / Cand.merc.

Job description

Key Responsibilities and Impact

Do you want to drive strategic execution, build robust business cases, and act as a key advisor to executive leadership?LanguageWire is looking for an ambitious, analytically sharp Strategy Manager to take ownership the company’s corporate strategy, how its structured and how its operationalized, and executed. In this role, you will bridge high-level corporate strategy with financial discipline, commercial execution, and M&A.

You will hold an end-to-end responsibility for ensuring that LanguageWire’s strategic choices are backed by data, proper business cases, and rigorous follow-through across the value chain.

Your core impact areas include: Strategy Creation & Facilitation: Driving LanguageWire’s annual strategy process. This includes market and competitive benchmarking, facilitating executive strategy workshops, translating top-level strategy into coherent divisional plans, and driving our quarterly OKRs. Together with the Management operationalize the strategy into Sales, Operation, Product & Pricing and Tech.

Executive & Board Sparring: Serving as a close resource and sparring partner for the CEO. You will prepare materials for Board meetings, facilitate C-team meeting cadences, handle ad-hoc executive analyses, and ensure reliable follow-through on executive decisions.

M&A Execution: Active member of LanguageWire’s core M&A group. Tasks include target screening, strategic fit and first valuation, meeting targets, and coordinating financial/legal due diligence.

Financial Alignment & BI Integration: Ensuring strategic initiatives are directly integrated into our business cases, budgets, and BI reporting frameworks, accounting for resource constraints and financial KPIs.

Desired experience and competencies

We envision that you bring a strong analytical background combined with the commercial curiosity and maturity required to interact directly with top management:

Education: You hold a Master’s degree / Cand.merc. (e.g., FIR, MAC, International Business, Strategy, Finance, or similar).

Experience: You have 3 - 5 years of experience from Management Consulting, Corporate Strategy, FP&A, or Commercial Finance within an international corporate or tech environment.

Stakeholder Management: You are a natural trusted advisor with the credibility, poise, and communication skills to challenge and align executive stakeholders.

Analytical & Business Case Excellence: Strong financial modelling skills with a proven track record of converting complex strategic hypotheses into solid quantitative business cases, valuations, and actionable OKRs.

Data Savviness: You navigate large data sets with ease and understand how to leverage Business Intelligence (BI) tools to drive operational clarity.

Experience from the tech, SaaS, or Language Service Provider (LSP) industry is a plus.

As a professional, you are structured, outcome-driven, and take natural ownership of deliverables. You possess an inquisitive, objective mindset, thrive in cross-functional setups, and want to see strategic ideas become measurable results.

About LanguageWire

At LanguageWire, we combine the structure and capabilities of an established global tech leader with the agility and heart of a scale-up. We offer an environment with flat hierarchies, direct feedback, and the freedom to voice and execute your own ideas.

Our perks

International, high-performing colleagues in a bright, collaborative, and open office space. Great social initiatives, including monthly Town Halls, social gatherings, and Friday bars.