Avp / VP, Corporate Strategy & Development

Job Description : Corporate Strategy Ongoing surveillance and analysis of evolving market trends including competitive landscape situational analysis and strategic response to regulatory changes Lead workstreams to formulate corporate strategies regarding specific themes together with business and ‘chapter’ units Originate impactful strategic initiatives that will help bridge gaps between strategic aspirations and actual performance situations Corporate Development Continuous engagement / immersion in the relevant industry / segment / product scenes, in order to uncover potential timely opportunities for strategic alliances / partnerships / acquisitions Lead partnership workstreams from a Country level, stitching together all potential collaboration opportunities and develop these propositions till Go-To-Market Perform necessary market assessment studies and commercial due diligence for senior management consideration PerformanceManagement Drive and manage / track Country-level KPIs / OKRs and metrics for reporting purposes Organise concerted Country-level response to other ad-hoc reporting requests Skill requirements : At least 5 years’ experience in Strategy Consulting / Corporate Strategy in a Financial Institution Knowledge in Banking – preferred expertise in Corporate Banking / Global Banking / Regionalising Banking Operations (areas currently lacking now in the team) Excellent stakeholder management skills with ability to deal with / communicate well with C-suite level stakeholders Strong research and analytical skills with keen business / logical sense to establish causation and spot pertinent trends Ability to think ‘out-of-the-box’ and bridge performance gaps with innovative solutions Project management expertise to run things efficiently and problem-solve whenever needed