Strategy Director France

Verisure; Antony; Sur place; EUR 180 000 - 240 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Verisure, a market-leading security services provider in France, seeks a Strategy Director to join the France Executive Committee and drive the strategic agenda, accelerate value creation and translate ambition into measurable business impact.

Reporting to MD France, the role combines strategic thinking with hands-on execution across the business, leading a strategy team and partnering with functional leaders to deliver high-impact priorities.

Qualifications

• Proven track record in strategy consulting or corporate strategy.
• Experience leading cross-functional teams across large organisations.
• Fluent in French and English.

Responsabilités

• Partner with MD France and exec committee to shape priorities and governance.
• Lead strategic and transformational initiatives from diagnosis to implementation.
• Collaborate with Sales, Marketing, Operations, Finance and HR to translate priorities into plans.
• Prepare clear, fact-based strategic analyses and presentations for senior leadership.

Connaissances

Strategic thinking

Stakeholder influence

Cross-functional leadership

Formation

MBA or equivalent

Description du poste

Executive Committee & Reporting to the MD France

We are a market-leading, high-growth business entering the next phase of our development in France. We are looking for a Strategy Director to join the France Executive Committee and play a central role in shaping the company’s strategic agenda, accelerating value creation and translating ambition into measurable business impact.

Strategy + Transformation + Execution

Working closely with the Managing Director France and the wider leadership team, the Strategy Director will combine strategic perspective with hands‑on execution. The role will operate across the full business, acting at the intersection of strategy, transformation and execution, leading critical enterprise priorities and helping the organisation translate ambition into measurable business impact. The Strategy Director will lead and further develop an established strategy team, working closely with the Managing Director, the France Executive Committee and functional leaders across the business.

This role requires intellectual rigour, commercial curiosity and a strong ownership mindset. We are looking for a strategy leader who combines exceptional problem‑solving skills and business judgement with the ability to influence, mobilise and deliver. The successful candidate will be able to move from an ambiguous question to a clear strategic recommendation, and from recommendation to coordinated execution across multiple functions. They will also be comfortable operating with the Executive Committee while remaining close to implementation and business results.

This is a highly visible position for a leader who can structure complex questions, influence senior stakeholders and mobilise cross‑functional teams, while maintaining the pace, ownership and execution discipline required in a high‑growth business.

About Verisure

Verisure is the leading provider of professionally monitored security services with 24/7 responsein Europe and Latin America. Every day, our dedicated teams use leading technology to Deter, Detect, Verify and Intervene to protect our residential and small business customers against intrusion, burglary, fires, physical attack, home occupation, theft from a business, life‑threatening emergencies and other hazards that may risk the safety, wellbeing or condition of our customers and their properties.

We protect a portfolio of over 6.2 million customers across 18 countries. In 14 of our 18 geographies, we lead the category in terms of customers served and we continue to gain market share. We have a strong track record of profitable and resilient growth, primarily delivered organically by our codified and industrialised business model with high share of recurring revenues (about 90%) and industry leading retention.

Our mission is to give our customers peace of mind by protecting what matters most to them. We believe that everyone has the right to feel safe and secure. Thanks to a strong focus on high quality service, we aim to have the most satisfied and loyal portfolio of customers in the industry. We estimate that we have some of the strongest growth and retention rates globally in consumer‑facing services, which demonstrates our commitment to exceptional service levels and strong value proposition to our customers.

For the year ended 31 December 2025, Verisure delivered another year of strong, profitable growth, generating €3.7 billions in Total Revenue, €1.7 billions in Adjusted EBITDA (46% margin) and €953 millions in Adjusted EBIT (25% margin). Beyond the numbers, this performance reflects a business with rare resilience, a highly predictable recurring revenue model, and uninterrupted growth. We will continue to scale with discipline, investing in innovation, customer experience, and market leadership across every market we serve.

For more information:www.verisure.com/ www.verisure.com/investors

Verisure in France

France stands out as one of Verisure’s largest and fastest‑growing markets, now surpassing 1 million customers and continuing to expand in a highly underpenetrated category with strong long‑term growth potential. Verisure France is the clear category leader in professionally monitored alarms for residential households and small businesses. The business has been a key growth engine for the Group and continues to scale at pace, driven by a distinctive, vertically integrated model combining marketing excellence, direct sales, and high‑quality service delivery.

Today, over 4,000 colleagues across the country bring our purpose to life every day: People Protecting People. From field sales and installation teams to operations and customer service, our teams are at the frontline of customer interaction, delivering a highly human and high‑touch service model that differentiates Verisure in the market.

France Is a Business With An Entrepreneurial DNA And Strong Performance Culture, Constantly Pushing The Boundaries Of Growth.

Key Priorities Include

• Expanding the core business while opening up new customer segments (including younger families and professionals)
• Innovating in go‑to‑market and distribution channels, both offline and digital
• Further monetising a large installed base through retention, upsell and cross‑sell dynamics
• Continuously improving operational efficiency and scalability

Despite its leadership position, market penetration in France remains relatively low, offering significant headroom for continued expansion and innovation in the years ahead.

At the same time, Verisure France is building a best‑in‑class people and customer culture, consistently recognised through external benchmarks — including Top Employer certification in France and Europe and multiple customer service awards.

Beyond business performance, Verisure is also committed to having a positive societal impact. Initiatives such as the Verisure Association reinforce this commitment, supporting victims of domestic violence and extending the company’s mission beyond security into broader social contribution.

Verisure operates with a strong local ownership mindset, where country organisations are accountable for delivering business performance end‑to‑end, with clear responsibility across commercial and operational levers.

Responsibilities Of The Startegy Director France

The Strategy Director France will be a strategic partner to the Managing Director and Executive Committee, supporting the definition and implementation of the strategy for France and helping to identify, prioritise and deliver the company’s most important value‑creation opportunities. The position will work transversally across the organisation, partnering with leaders in Sales, Marketing, Operations, Finance and HR. It will combine enterprise‑level strategic thinking with end‑to‑end ownership of selected critical and transformational initiatives.

The role is at the intersection of growth strategy, business transformation, operating model evolution, and execution of critical CEO‑sponsored initiatives. This is a highly visible leadership position within one of Verisure's largest and most successful businesses. The role offers exceptional exposure to the France Executive Committee, close partnership with the Managing Director and regular interaction with senior leaders across the wider Group. It represents a unique opportunity to shape the future direction of Verisure France while building a broad leadership platform for future executive responsibilities.

Key Responsibilities & Priorities

• Act as a strategic partner to the Managing Director and France Executive Committee, helping to shape priorities, support governance, drive alignment and maintain execution momentum across the organisation.
• Help the Executive Committee focus management attention, resources and organisational energy on the highest‑value opportunities, transformation priorities and strategic choices facing the business. Lead selected strategic and transformational initiatives from initial diagnosis through recommendation and implementation
• Work across Sales, Marketing, Operations, Finance and HR to align stakeholders and translate strategic priorities into executable plans
• Influencing management rhythm, preparing strategic reviews and decision materials for the France leadership team and other senior governance forums, and contributing to budgets and long‑range planning.
• Contribute to the annual budget, long‑range plan and broader strategic planning processes
• Lead and support a broad portfolio of strategic and transformational initiatives spanning commercial growth, customer experience, operating model evolution, organisational effectiveness, capability development and productivity improvement across the value chain.
• Bring analytical rigour, external perspective and clear recommendations to complex business choices
• Strengthen strategic capabilities across the organisation, helping teams frame problems, make decisions and monitor impact
• Build and lead a high‑performing strategy team (c.5 people), creating clarity, accountability and strong development opportunities.

Candidate profile

Experience And Qualifications

• Proven track record as a high performer within a top‑tier strategy consulting firm, with exceptional analytical rigour, structured problem‑solving capabilities, and a strong strategic toolkit, with the ability to influence, mobilise stakeholders and deliver business outcomes through execution.
• Successful transition into a corporate strategy, transformation, or business leadership role, ideally within a large‑scale, international B2C or consumer‑facing organisation.
• Strong commercial acumen, financial judgement, and relevant exposure to B2C business models, customer dynamics, go‑to‑market strategies, and value‑creation initiatives.
• Deep experience in data‑driven analysis, with the ability to rapidly distil complex information into actionable insights, identify the key drivers of business performance, and support fast, fact‑based decision‑making.
• Experience partnering with Executive Committee members and senior business leaders, influencing decision‑making and aligning diverse stakeholders around strategic priorities.
• Experience preparing clear, compelling strategic analyses, recommendations, and presentations for senior leadership, Boards, or governance forums.
• Demonstrated ability to structure complex strategic and operational questions, develop fact‑based recommendations, and translate them into tangible business outcomes through disciplined execution.
• Proven ability to lead cross‑functional initiatives and drive execution across multiple functions while maintaining accountability for outcomes.
• Strong communication and influencing skills, with the ability to simplify complex topics, bring clarity to ambiguity, build alignment, and drive action.
• Experience operating successfully in complex, matrixed, fast‑paced, and entrepreneurial environments, balancing strategic perspective with a hands‑on approach to execution.
• Proven people leadership experience, including building, developing, coaching, and leading high‑performing teams, while fostering engagement, accountability, succession planning, and sustained business performance.
• A low‑ego, hands‑on leadership style, with the willingness to engage in the detail when required while maintaining a broader strategic perspective.
• Fluency in both French and English, with the ability to operate effectively in local and international environments.

Intrinsic competencies

• Problem Solving and Analytics – strong at structuring complex problems through quantitatively sound analysis, demonstrating exceptional business and commercial judgment. Ability to synthesize information into actionable conclusions enabling efficient decision making.
• Agility and Flexibility - thrives in dynamic environments, adapting swiftly to new information and changing circumstances, and with a solid ability to navigate and operate successfully amidst complexity.
• Effectiveness and Impact - self‑motivated, proactive in self‑development and demonstrates a hands‑on approach to deliver by rolling up their sleeves and deep dive into the details
• Entrepreneurial - forward thinker who can challenges the status quo while maintaining a strong customer focus. Willing to take a "hands on" approach, while keeping the strategic objectives in mind.
• Communication - active listener, with high emotional intelligence and decision‑making ability with discernment, who communicates clearly and effectively, projecting credibility, capable of influencing stakeholders across various levels. Also good at ammnaging confidentiality.

Strong Fit With Our Company DNA

Passionate in Everything We Do: Our people bring a contagious energy and a sense of urgency that is unmistakable. We create a vision and inspire others around that vision with full engagement and focus. We are all‑in, and we love what we do.

Committed to Making a Difference: We are courageous, we deliver what we promise through hard work and resilience. We make a difference, through operating with discipline and doing what is needed. We are hands‑on, and we aren’t afraid to get into the detail. We deliver results and we execute with excellence.

Always Innovating: Our people make the impossible possible; it’s a continuous state of mind. We are purpose‑driven, curious and we challenge the status quo. We believe good ideas travel, we share and reapply. We take smart risks, and we are not afraid to fail. We believe innovation can be big or small.

Winning as a Team: We are determined to become number 1, and to do that we need to listen to one another, collaborate and work together. We play our part, fueled by a winning attitude and a fighting spirit. We celebrate our successes. We play to our strengths and our diversity to deliver even better outcomes, while developing and supporting one another. We believe that together we go further, and that nothing is impossible.

With Trust & Responsibility: Our people take responsibility for the people we protect. We are accountable and reliable. We role model operating with integrity. We trust and empower one another to do the right thing, always. We deliver on our promise through world‑class expertise and meticulous know‑how. And, we do this with humility while being honoured to play such an important role in society.

Strong fit with Verisure RISE Leadership Model

Role Model Responsible Owner: Acting as a long‑term owner, always putting the customer first, thinking and acting big and being accountable and responsible.

Inspire Outstanding Performance: Motivating others for high performance, prioritising and making decisions with an analytical approach and executing with excellence.

Strengthen and grow a high‑performance, diverse organisation: Building high‑performance and diverse teams, enhancing a learning culture by setting continuously higher standards.

Empower and lead with courage, integrity, and purpose: Inspiring our people, honouring our mission and purpose by leading with confidence, positive energy and genuine empathy and humility.

Diversity, inclusion,equity,andbelonging at Verisure

At Verisure, we are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace, recognising that diversity of thought and background only makes our teams stronger and more innovative. We reject all forms of discrimination and bias, and we believe in access to opportunities for everyone, regardless of gender, age, disability status, race, sexual orientation, or any other status.