Senior Strategy Manager: COO & Innovation Lead

Royal London; England; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

28 days annual leave

Private medical insurance

Pension scheme

Job summary

Royal London is seeking a Senior Strategy Manager to serve as a senior strategic partner to the COO SLT. You will shape, maintain and evolve priorities, turning evidence into insight and action to drive clarity, alignment and outcomes.

You will collaborate across operations, technology, data, security, digital, change and shared capabilities to connect strategic thinking, identify dependencies, and focus on critical choices and outcomes.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in strategic planning, technology, management consulting or a related field.
• Strong track record of turning enterprise strategy into clear priorities, roadmaps and measurable outcomes.
• Experience in executive priority reporting, providing insight and recommendations.
• Credible senior stakeholder influencer capable of facilitating leadership discussions.
• Strong analytical skills and ability to derive conclusions from complex data.
• Understanding of technology, data, analytics and automation; comfortable with AI-enabled tools.

Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end process for shaping, agreeing, maintaining and evolving COO and SLT priorities.
• Own priority reporting and strategic review, turning evidence into insight on progress and decisions.
• Partner with SLT members to create, refresh and connect functional strategies and roadmaps.
• Join up strategic thinking across operations, technology, data, security, digital, change and shared capabilities.
• Embed outcome-led strategic practices across COO and Royal London.
• Lead the COO Strategy Community and engage with external partners to identify opportunities.

Skills

Strategic planning

Executive reporting

Stakeholder influence

Analytical thinking

Effective communication

Tech/data/automation understanding

Financial services experience

Job description

Royal London is seeking a Senior Strategy Manager to serve as a senior strategic partner to the COO SLT. You will shape, maintain and evolve priorities, turning evidence into insight and action to drive clarity, alignment and outcomes.

You will collaborate across operations, technology, data, security, digital, change and shared capabilities to connect strategic thinking, identify dependencies, and focus on critical choices and outcomes.