Senior Strategy Manager

PurposePhil Career; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Learning & development

Generous holidays

Remote working

Job summary

GSMA in London is seeking a Senior Strategy Manager to join a newly established Strategy function. You will shape industry outlooks, provide rigorous analysis, and present clear recommendations to senior leadership, spanning sector strategy and corporate planning.

You will lead cross-functional projects, build business cases, develop KPIs, and support executive decision-making with data-driven insights. The role offers exposure to global leadership and opportunities to influence mobile ecosystem

Qualifications

• Experience in strategy consulting, corporate strategy, or project delivery roles.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities.
• Comfortable working with quantitative and qualitative data.
• Ability to structure ambiguous questions into clear frameworks.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
• High intellectual curiosity and learning agility.

Responsibilities

• Framing complex problems clearly.
• Conducting structured research and analysis.
• Synthesising insights into compelling narratives.
• Supporting executive decision-making with robust evidence and clear options.
• Build analytical models, scenarios, and frameworks.
• Present clear recommendations with defined trade-offs and risks.

Skills

Analytical reasoning

Problem solving

Stakeholder management

Clear communication

Structured problem framing

Qualitative & quantitative data

Adaptability to ambiguity

Job description

Department: Strategy

Team: Industry Strategy & Foresight, Corporate Strategy

Location: London (Hybrid 2 - 3 days in the office)

Position type: Permanent, Full time

What The Hiring Manager Says

In a newly established Strategy function, we are building a small, high-impact team that shapes the future direction of GSMA and the mobile industry. Our Senior Strategy Managers are at the heart of this work. They combine structured thinking, analytical rigour, and strong communication skills to turn complex questions into clear recommendations. You will work across both sector strategy and corporate strategy priorities — supporting industry foresight, strategic planning, business case development, and executive decision-making. This role offers exceptional exposure to senior leadership and the opportunity to influence high-impact industry topics.

About The Team

The Strategy team shapes the long-term direction of the GSMA to ensure we provide maximum value to our members and the broader mobile ecosystem.

The Team Is Responsible For

• Sector Strategy & Foresight – defining the industry’s 3–5 year outlook and implications for GSMA
• Corporate Strategy – developing the 3-year strategic roadmap of GSMA, KPIs, business plan, and high-level operating plan
• Strategic Initiatives – leading/ coordinating cross-functional initiatives externally and internally (e.g., 5G monetisation, 6G, AI, Innovation, inorganic growth opportunities, AI-first GSMA etc.)
• GSMA Intelligence – the only data and insights source built from inside the telecoms industry, delivering trusted forecasts, real-time insights and deep research across the global telecoms ecosystem
• Strategy Group – convening telecom CSOs to align on industry-level priorities

As a small, high-impact team, we work across functions and regions to drive clarity, alignment, and execution against long-term goals.

About The Role

The Senior Strategy Manager supports the development of high-quality strategic insights, recommendations, and decision frameworks for both industry-facing and internal strategy priorities.

This Role Is Responsible For

• Framing complex problems clearly
• Conducting structured research and analysis
• Synthesising insights into compelling narratives
• Supporting executive decision-making with robust evidence and clear options

The position requires strong intellectual curiosity, analytical discipline, and the ability to work in ambiguity.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Analysis & Insight Development

• Conduct structured analysis on industry trends (e.g., AI, 5G monetisation, 6G, ecosystem shifts)
• Develop market, competitor, and ecosystem assessments
• Support development of sector outlooks and foresight reports
• Translate complex information into clear strategic implications

Corporate Strategy & Planning Support

• Support development of 3-year plans and strategic roadmaps
• Assist in portfolio analysis and prioritisation exercises
• Develop business cases and investment assessments
• Support definition of KPIs and success metrics
• Prepare materials for Executive Committee and Board discussions

Problem Structuring & Decision Support

• Break down ambiguous challenges into structured workstreams
• Build analytical models, scenarios, and frameworks
• Present clear recommendations with defined trade-offs and risks
• Ensure strategic choices are supported by data and evidence

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Work closely with regional and functional teams to gather insights
• Facilitate workshops and stakeholder discussions when required
• Ensure alignment between strategic recommendations and operational realities

About You

• Experience in strategy consulting, corporate strategy, or project delivery roles
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities
• Comfortable working with quantitative and qualitative data
• Ability to structure ambiguous questions into clear frameworks
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• High intellectual curiosity and learning agility.
• Comfortable operating across different functions and levels of seniority
• Experience in management consulting, telecom, technology, or digital ecosystems is essential

About Your Skills

• Delivery - providing clear, data-driven recommendations by breaking down complex problems and turning analysis into actionable insights for decision-making
• Agility - adapting quickly to changing priorities and ambiguity and adjusting approaches to deliver effective outcomes
• Teamwork - collaborating effectively across teams, building strong relationships and aligning stakeholders to deliver clear, actionable strategic outcomes
• Analysis - using structured, data-driven analysis to break down complex problems and generate clear, actionable insights

We strive to offer a meaningful and inclusive application experience for all candidates. Should you require any accommodations or adjustments due to a disability or for any other reason during the hiring process, please contact [e-mail] with your request.

Contract type

Regular

Worker type

Employee

What We Offer

Working at the GSMA offers you unparalleled access to the mobile industry. We offer a chance to truly shape the direction of mobile, whatever your role. By joining the GSMA, you will be exposed to a fast-paced rapidly evolving environment, working on global solutions, genuinely fascinating and industry-changing projects and a stimulating and dynamic environment designed to enable you to flourish.

In addition to architect-designed offices and competitive compensation, our benefits include fantastic learning & development opportunities, generous holiday allowances, four additional days off for professional development and many others.

To learn more about the GSMA, visit our career site, our LinkedIn page and our Twitter page.

Being You at the GSMA

We care deeply about diversity, equity and inclusivity and aspire to be the best at it. Your well-being and work/life balance is important, so flexi-time and remote working is available to all staff. We're keen to ensure everyone is equal, represented and connected so we particularly encourage applications from all demographics. The sucess of the GSMA year on year will continue to be contributed by people from all walks of life.

GSMA Values

Our values not only drive our culture – they shape how we work and interact inside and outside our global organisation.

Passionately driven

We approach everything we do with unparalleled capability, tenacity and commitment, knowing that the challenging scale, pace and complexity of our work is what leads to its world-changing impact.

Insightful leaders

We continually develop and engage our expertise, insight and creativity so that we’re always ready to respond to the changing landscape with authority, agility and nuance.

Stronger together

We lean on each other so the industry can lean on us, embracing our diversity by actively seeking out perspectives and skill sets beyond our own, fuelling each other’s successes and constantly asking how we can help.

Underpinning our values is our collective mindset to show up purposefully as good human beings every day, in every situation. When we’re at our best – we are collaborative, considerate and compassionate to others, and we create a safe space for one another to thrive, assuming positive intent in our colleagues. And if we aren’t at our best and the pressure is on – we feel free to be ourselves but still remain curious, lean into the tough stuff and we are always respectful to others and accountable for the part we play.