Manager Strategic Initiatives

Chesamel Group; Greater London; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 82,000; Full time

Job summary

Chesamel Group, a London-based agile consultancy, is seeking an experienced Strategic Initiatives Manager to drive internal communications, stakeholder engagement, and operational coordination across multiple teams.

You will support leadership communications, maintain engagement programs, and help deliver strategic projects within public sector technology programmes while ensuring alignment and information flow across the organisation.

Qualifications

• Strong background in internal communications, employee engagement, or stakeholder communications.
• Excellent copywriting, editing, and content creation skills.
• Outstanding organisational and time management skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously.
• Proven ability to work independently and take ownership of deliverables with minimal supervision.

Responsibilities

• Internal Communications & Employee Engagement: develop and manage communications across internal stakeholder groups; draft, coordinate and distribute communications; lead team engagement activities and newsletters.
• Stakeholder Management: build and maintain relationships; coordinate engagement activities; liaise with cross-functional teams; manage review and approval processes to ensure timely delivery.
• Operational Support: coordinate meetings, workshops and leadership sessions; manage logistics and administrative requirements across programmes; provide governance and status reporting.
• Strategic Project Support: maintain project plans and trackers; prepare presentations and briefing materials for leadership; assist with governance activities to ensure successful delivery.

Skills

Internal communications

Stakeholder management

Copywriting

Leadership communications

Organisational skills

Project coordination

Independent contributor

Cross-functional collaboration

Job description

Chesamel Group is an agile consultancy headquartered in London, focused on driving extraordinary growth for forward-thinking businesses through innovative, bespoke solutions. The team challenges traditional thinking to deliver transformative business outcomes using human ingenuity and advanced technology.

We listen with intent, connect brilliant minds, develop bold ideas, and create solutions so our partners achieve extraordinary success. Which is why some of the world’s biggest and best-known tech companies choose to work with us.

The Team

Chesamel has a large team of marketing experts delivering on client projects across the globe, ranging from fully integrated and embedded consultancy to ad-hoc on demand project delivery. You will be joining a collective focused on delivering excellent client servicing while leading business transformation for our clients.

We are seeking an experienced Strategic Initiatives Manager to support a high-profile Public Sector technology programme. This role is responsible for driving internal communications, stakeholder engagement, and operational coordination across multiple teams and functions.

The successful candidate will play a key role in ensuring teams remain informed, aligned, and engaged while supporting strategic initiatives, leadership communications, and business operations. This position requires exceptional communication skills, strong stakeholder management capabilities, and a proactive, highly organised approach.

Due to the nature of the work, candidates must be UK nationals and eligible to obtain and maintain the required security clearance.

Key Responsibilities

• Internal Communications & Employee Engagement
• Develop and manage communications across internal stakeholder groups.
• Draft, coordinate, and distribute internal communications, announcements, and business updates.
• Lead the planning and delivery of team engagement activities, celebrations, and milestone events.
• Create and manage internal newsletters, communication campaigns, and engagement initiatives.
• Support culture-building activities and wider employee engagement programmes.
• Ensure messaging is clear, consistent, and aligned across teams.

Stakeholder Management

• Build and maintain strong working relationships with stakeholders across multiple business functions.
• Coordinate stakeholder engagement activities and drive follow-up actions to completion.
• Liaise with cross-functional teams including operations, finance, programme delivery, and leadership teams.
• Manage review and approval processes to ensure timely delivery of communications and initiatives.
• Support alignment and collaboration across complex stakeholder environments.

Operational Support

• Coordinate meetings, workshops, leadership sessions, and team events.
• Manage logistics, scheduling, and administrative requirements for internal programmes.
• Provide operational support for business activities and team initiatives.
• Assist with ad hoc coordination and administration activities as required.
• Strategic Project Support
• Support the delivery of strategic programmes and business initiatives.
• Maintain project plans, trackers, timelines, action logs, and status reporting.
• Prepare presentations, briefing materials, and supporting documentation for leadership and stakeholder audiences.
• Assist with project coordination and governance activities to ensure successful delivery.

Skills & Experience

• Eligible to obtain and maintain the required security clearance.
• Strong background in internal communications, employee engagement, or stakeholder communications.
• Excellent copywriting, editing, and content creation skills.
• Outstanding organisational and time management skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously.
• Proven ability to work independently and take ownership of deliverables with minimal supervision.
• Strong project coordination and stakeholder management experience.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience working with cross-functional teams and senior stakeholders.
• High proficiency in modern workplace productivity and collaboration tools.
• Experience supporting technology, cloud, digital transformation, or public sector programmes.
• Previous experience working within large, complex, matrix organisations.
• Experience coordinating strategic projects and leadership communications.
• Familiarity with public sector environments and government-related programmes.