Head of Strategy, Data and Digital

Job Description

The incumbent will champion and oversee the process of the company’s strategy formulation and execution. He will manage a team of business analysts, statisticians, data scientists, and data modelers in using data to provide insights into business performance and suggest areas for and methods of improving operations. Translate the work of the Analytics function into findings for application by the broader business, including for use in strategic decision making and planning. Implement analytical approaches and methodologies and assist in the interpretation of results.

Strategy Management

• Ensure discipline in execution and continuous communication of the strategic direction to the business.
• Ensure tactical initiation of strategy by focusing on internal processes.
• Sources and/or conduct ad hoc research/ insights for management use and strategy formulation.
• Compile presentations to facilitate continuous understanding of strategy and progress in delivery of strategy.
• Ensure business units comply with timelines for reporting deliverables and follow up on outstanding reports.
• Collect information from business units that feed into the segment business plans and reports and consolidates to a segment view.
• Assess status of initiatives, analyses trends in delivery and highlights areas of concern for Management discussion.

Data and Analytics Strategy

• Lead the implementation of data and analytics strategy by developing a data insights integration approach and process aligned to key business processes and decisions.
• Conceptualize, design and implement strategic plans through the effective management of projects and or team/s through Data Analytics

Enterprise Business Analysis

• Proactively interpret the business need and identify solution recommendations to business problems at a business unit level.
• Lead the improvement efforts to be made that are within span of control at this level, in line with industry best practice.

Data Exploration and Manipulation

• Lead the performance and integration of highly sophisticated analytics to promote understanding of different business areas or critical business challenges/opportunities.

Insights and Reporting

• Set and lead execution of the data and analytics reporting plan, creating strategies and templates to report data in a meaningful way.
• Create, present, and communicate high-impact data and analytics insights and recommendations to critical internal and external stakeholders.

Performance Management

• Manage managers and report on performance within the department or area of responsibility; set appropriate performance objectives for direct reports and hold them accountable for achieving these; take appropriate corrective action where necessary to ensure the achievement of annual business objectives.

Business Requirements Identification

• Elicit the most complex business requirements using a variety of methods such as interviews, document analysis, workshops, and workflow analysis to express the requirements in terms of target user roles and goals, in order to garner the “why” of the requirements and the benefits of such requirements.

Performance Improvement through Business Intelligence

• Make authoritative recommendations about technical or professional solutions that would significantly improve business performance and seek incremental improvement in an agile manner.

Information and Business Advice

• Provide authoritative specialist and thought leadership advice to senior managers at the business unit or regional level to enable the implementation of policy, projects, and change initiatives.

Internal Client Relationship Management

• Manage relationships with strategic internal clients and act as a business partner to them, build high levels of professional credibility and mutual trust, and mobilize appropriate internal and/or external resources to support in delivering business strategy and plans.

Data Management

• Take responsibility for developing and delivering a key element of the organization’s data management system.
• Take responsibility for ensuring data and information provided to business is of commercial value.

Skills

Analytics Strategy, Business Strategies, Data Analysis, Data Analytics, Data Insights, Planning Ability, Strategic Decisions, Strategic Direction, Strategic Management, Workflow Management

Competencies

• Builds Effective Teams
• Business Insight
• Communicates Effectively
• Cultivates Innovation
• Decision Quality
• Develops Talent
• Drives Engagement
• Drives Results

Education

Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA): Computer and Information Science (Required)

Closing Date

24 April 2025 , 23:59

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