Junior Strategy Manager

Team

This position reports to the UK Chief of Staff, who is responsible for leading complex strategic projects and ensuring the strategic alignment of UK and European business teams while directly supporting the CEO.

In this role as a strategy analyst, you will be involved in orchestrating and executing multifaceted projects across various departments. You will have significant visibility within the organisation, working closely with senior leadership. With initiatives impacting every part of the organisation, you will have a unique opportunity to gain comprehensive insights into our business and contribute to high-level strategic projects.

Your Responsibilities

As a Junior Strategy Manager (UK), you will play a pivotal role in supporting key initiatives within our rapidly growing UK business. You will collaborate closely with various stakeholders and cross-functional teams to ensure the successful execution of our strategic projects.

Project Management

• Support the UK Chief of Staff and senior management in delivering major change initiatives or large-scale projects by assisting the project management office or taking the lead in individual work-stream areas.
• Manage minor change initiatives working with other departments or business leads to improve our services.
• Develop the skills and experience to eventually lead projects independently.

Strategic Planning & Governance

• Prepare for senior management meetings and support governance processes around these meetings.
• Ensure alignment of business unit strategies with the overall company strategy and priorities.
• Learn and apply the Objectives and Key Results (OKR) goal-setting framework, supporting teams in setting and tracking their OKRs.
• Track agreed actions and owners across these meetings, and follow up to ensure completion.

Presentation Preparation

• Prepare high-quality presentations for senior management, stakeholders, and strategy meetings.
• Translate complex data and insights into clear, concise, and visually appealing presentations.
• Ensure presentations effectively communicate strategic recommendations and key findings.
• Deliver improvements to the overall governance and reporting process.

Market Research

• Gather and analyse data from multiple sources to understand market trends, competitor performance, and internal metrics.
• Conduct comprehensive market research to identify opportunities and potential threats as and when required.

Data Analysis

• Design and maintain dashboards with key performance indicators (KPIs) relevant to the business and various departments.
• Analyse complex data from various sources as well as company performance to support management decision-making processes.
• Own and manage the overall Looker MI and reporting suite for UK Senior Management to aid in commercial decision making.

Your Profile

• Experience in consulting, investment banking, private equity, venture capital or corporate development (e.g. through internships or 0-2 years of professional experience).
• Bachelor's degree in Business, Economics, Finance, or a related field.
• Excellent communication, presentation and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and projects simultaneously.
• Strong problem-solving skills.
• Proficiency with PowerPoint / Google slides.
• Proficiency in data analysis tools and software (e.g., Excel, Looker, SQL).

Join our mission, join our team - and grow with us!

At Raisin, we care about each other and it is one of our top priorities to foster an open and caring environment in which everyone feels welcome and comfortable. Our culture is strongly driven by our ambitious team, who are at the heart of our success.

As part of the Raisin UK team, you benefit from:

• Employee Development Budget of £1,700 and 4 full training days per year.
• Access to Babbel for continuous learning.
• Always hungry? Breakfast, snacks, daily fresh fruit and drinks are at your disposal around the clock.
• We are hybrid working, we are in the office twice a week, giving the team the opportunity to collaborate and spend time together. Wednesday is our core day in the office.
• We offer 28 days + Bank Holidays of holiday a year.
• One day birthday leave and gift voucher to celebrate your birthday.
• We offer you a company stakeholder pension with a minimum employer contribution of 5%.
• The opportunity to experience our annual retreats in exciting European cities and other team building events.