Strategy Manager

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

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

25 days leave + volunteering

Company pension

Parental leave

Healthcare options

Flexible benefits

Job summary

Kantar in London is seeking a Strategy Manager to shape the strategic direction of the Solutions and Product organisation. You will support planning, assess market opportunities, and develop business cases to inform investment decisions.

You'll lead strategy projects from problem definition to implementation planning, translate strategy into roadmaps, and build trusted relationships with senior stakeholders across functions. Most roles are hybrid, with three days in the office.

Qualifications

• Strong structured problem-solving with ambiguity.
• Excellent analytical and commercial capabilities incl. market sizing & modelling.
• Turn complex analysis into clear, actionable recommendations.
• Understand how strategy informs product roadmap & investment decisions.
• Leading complex projects from question to implementation planning.
• Strong communication & stakeholder influencing skills.
• Autonomy to operate in a fast-moving matrix organisation.

Responsibilities

• Support business planning and strategic decision-making across Solutions and Product.
• Assess market and commercial opportunities through market sizing, competitor analysis, client insight and financial modelling.
• Develop business cases and recommendations to inform investment and prioritisation decisions.
• Help shape Product and Solutions roadmaps using market, client and commercial evidence.
• Lead strategy and transformation projects from problem definition through to recommendation and implementation planning.
• Translate strategy into clear plans, milestones and measures of success.
• Build trusted relationships across Product, Solutions, Commercial, Finance and Engineering.
• Develop and present clear recommendations to senior leaders, including executive and board-level audiences.

Skills

Strategic thinking

Analytical skills

Market sizing

Financial modelling

Business cases

Stakeholder management

Project leadership

Job description

We go beyond the obvious, using intelligence, passion and creativity to inspire new thinking and shape the world we live in.

Job Details Why this job is important

As Strategy Manager, you'll help shape the strategic direction of Kantar's Solutions and Product organisation.

• Support business planning and strategic decision‑making across Solutions and Product.
• Assess market and commercial opportunities through market sizing, competitor analysis, client insight and financial modelling.
• Develop business cases and recommendations to inform investment and prioritisation decisions.
• Help shape Product and Solutions roadmaps using market, client and commercial evidence.
• Lead strategy and transformation projects from problem definition through to recommendation and implementation planning.
• Translate strategy into clear plans, milestones and measures of success.
• Build trusted relationships across Product, Solutions, Commercial, Finance and Engineering.
• Develop and present clear recommendations to senior leaders, including executive and board-level audiences.

The ideal skills & experience

• Strong structured problem‑solving skills and confidence working with ambiguity.
• Excellent analytical and commercial capabilities, including market sizing, financial modelling and business‑case development.
• Experience turning complex analysis into clear, actionable recommendations.
• An understanding of how strategy informs product, roadmap and investment decisions.
• Experience leading complex projects from initial question through to implementation planning.
• Strong communication, storytelling and stakeholder influencing skills.
• The judgement, curiosity and autonomy to operate effectively in a fast‑moving, matrixed organisation.
• Experience within a leading management consultancy would be particularly valuable, although we're also interested in candidates who have developed comparable strategic capabilities in a relevant in‑house environment.

What’s in it for you

• Hybrid working 25 days leave, 2 days paid for volunteering and life event leave
• Competitive salary and bonus (bonus dependent on role)
• Company pension
• Enhanced parental leave
• Healthcare options
• Wide range of flexible benefits

Please be aware, the majority of our roles are hybrid, working three days a week in our office. We're not able to offer visa sponsorship or help with relocation support for this role. Please make sure you've got the right to work in the country where this role is located before applying.

Location London, South Bank CentralUnited Kingdom

Kantar Rewards Statement

At Kantar we have an integrated way of rewarding our people based around a simple, clear and consistent set of principles. Our approach helps to ensure we are market competitive and also to support a pay for performance culture, where your reward and career progression opportunities are linked to what you deliver.

We want to create an equality of opportunity in a fair and supportive working environment where people feel included, accepted and are allowed to flourish in a space where their mental health and well being is taken into consideration.

We want to create a more diverse community to expand our talent pool, be locally representative, drive diversity of thinking and better commercial outcomes.

KANTAR Kantar is the world’s leading AI-native marketing data and analytics business and an indispensable brand partner to the world’s top companies. We combine the most meaningful attitudinal and behavioural data with deep expertise and advanced analytics to uncover how people think and act. We help clients understand what has happened and why and how to shape the marketing strategies that shape their future.

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