Strategy Manager - 12 Month Fixed Term Contract

Many Group; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 80,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A dynamic pet insurance firm is hiring an experienced Strategy Manager to shape their strategic direction and drive high-impact initiatives. This role involves managing strategic planning efforts, coordinating initiatives across the company, and working with senior stakeholders. Candidates should have a strong background in strategy with excellent communication and analytical skills, and a degree in relevant fields. Salary ranges from £80,000 to £90,000 GBP.

Benefits

Best-in-class technology

Money towards a desk

Vision support

Qualifications

• Proven experience in strategy consulting, corporate strategy, or high-growth scale-up.
• Current understanding of industry trends and competitive dynamics.
• Highly proactive and self-directed with a collaborative mindset.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development of long-term strategic and financial plans.
• Manage board materials and investor presentations.
• Support departmental leaders in operational plan alignment.

Skills

Verbal communication skills

Written communication skills

Research and analytical skills

Project management skills

Financial modelling skills

Problem-solving abilities

Education

Degree in Finance, Economics, or a related field

Job description

Overview

About us

We love pets - which is why we're on a mission to make the world a better place for pets and their parents. We offer pet insurance policies with generous pet health benefits that are designed with their needs in mind. We've helped half a million pets stay happy and healthy since 2017 - and many more customers throughout the world are joining us every day. Our company is respectful, fun-loving and passionate about pets and their wellbeing. Throughout our business you'll meet people who think differently, aim for impact, and love to try new things. Want to join our pack? Join us. Love every moment. Love ManyPets.

A day in the life

We\'re looking for an experienced Strategy Manager to join ManyPets on a fixed-term basis. You\'ll play a key role in shaping our strategic direction, driving high-impact initiatives, and delivering clear, actionable insights that support business growth and long-term planning. Reporting to the Head of FP&A and Strategy, this is a hands-on, high-visibility role at the heart of our strategy and performance cycle. You\'ll lead strategic planning efforts, coordinate key initiatives across the business, and partner with senior stakeholders to evaluate opportunities, assess risks, and support decision-making at the highest level. The scope includes cross-functional strategic projects, investor- and board-facing responsibilities, and continuous strategic alignment across functions. You\'ll join a fast-paced, collaborative, and mission-driven environment where strategy is central to everything we do and plays a key role in unlocking our next stage of growth.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development and evolution of the long-term strategic and financial plan aligning strategic choices with valuation maximization
• Manage Board materials and investor presentations, ensuring clear, concise messaging and data-driven storytelling
• Act as internal lead for critical strategic initiatives ensuring alignment across different functions
• Lead valuation modelling, scenario planning, and business case development in support of investment decisions and capital allocation
• Direct the work of the Strategy Associate in the team, overseeing business plan modelling, assigning priorities and reviewing outputs to ensure strategic and analytical rigor
• Support departmental leaders in aligning operational plans to the broader company strategy
• Conduct competitor and market research to inform marketing and product strategy
• Deliver ad-hoc strategic analysis to support Senior Leadership Team and Board decision-making

Qualifications

• Proven experience in a top-tier strategy consulting firm, corporate strategy function, or a high-growth scale-up, ideally within financial services or insurance
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively across all levels of the organization, including senior leadership and board members
• Strong research and analytical capabilities to interpret complex market, competitor, and industry data, and extract strategic insights
• Demonstrated project management skills, with the ability to lead cross-functional initiatives and deliver results on time and within scope
• Current understanding of industry trends, competitive dynamics, and insurance market processes, with the ability to translate this knowledge into strategic recommendations
• Solid grasp of financial structures, including capital markets, valuation drivers, and financial modelling
• Advanced problem-solving abilities, with a pragmatic and structured approach to creating strategies that mitigate risk and maximize impact
• Highly proactive and self-directed, with strong leadership presence and a collaborative mindset
• Degree in Finance, Economics, or a related field

Salary range: £80,000 - £90,000 GBP

Ways of working

On a typical day you\'ll be working from a laptop with a screen, mouse, keyboard, and headset. You\'ll be meeting your colleagues on Zoom and keeping in touch regularly via email and Slack too - we\'d expect you to be using your computer for around seven hours a day. We\'d ask that you have a distraction-free work area and a reliable internet connection with a speed of 25Mbps so you can work effectively. We\'ll make sure you have the right home set-up that supports you in the role by providing best-in-class technology, money towards a desk, and vision support.

Inclusion at ManyPets

We promise to give you the same opportunities as everyone else and we won\'t discriminate against you at any point in the process. This includes how we source talent, our interview process, our conditions of employment (including pay) and feedback. If you\'d like to read more about this, please download our Approach to Inclusion policy.

Reasonable adjustments and support

If you need any help, support, or advice at any point during the hiring process please contact us. If you want to ask any questions or request an adjustment, please let us know and we\'ll do what we can to flex our approach.

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