Chief Strategist - Corporate

At Softcat, we celebrate change makers and entrepreneurs. We are not just a company; we are a community that stands at the forefront of progress. As a Chief Strategist, you will be empowered to lead with creativity, drive strategic initiatives, and make a tangible impact. With Softcat, you will find a culture that values your insights and supports your journey every step of the way. If you are ready to inspire and be inspired, we invite you to be part of our mission to revolutionise IT services for our customers. Join our Advisory Services team!

Our Advisory Services function advises organisations on IT strategy, implementing the most appropriate technologies, optimising their performance, and helping them in managing their end-to-end IT services against business needs. In doing this, we help the leaders (CxOs) within our customers to maximise productivity and realise the business value of IT for internal and external users.

The Chief Strategist will be working with key, strategic accounts within the Private Sector to help them drive large-scale transformation. The role is pivotal in bridging the gap between business problems and technology solutions for our top tier customers.

As Chief Strategist, you will be responsible for:

• Engaging at senior level to influence customer strategy and become a trusted advisor.
• Leading the Architecture team within the account and sector, ensuring the solutions proposed are fit for purpose and provide good value.
• Functioning as a proactive member of the relevant Sector/Account leadership teams.
• Providing leadership input into transformational sales opportunities within accounts.
• Identifying and analysing requirements and customer problems, developing suitable architectures, and leading a virtual team including the Softcat and Partner network.
• Actively contributing to the Softcat Propositions and standards.

We would love you to have:

• Consultancy and/or Senior Leader level experience.
• Experience at leading major large-scale transformational programmes.
• Relationship-focused; experience of building relationships at the highest levels within enterprise customers, becoming a trusted advisor on a technology basis.
• Excellent negotiating skills and exceptional commercial skills.
• Knowledge of and experience in designing and implementing solutions comprising of multiple technologies and business applications.
• Commercially astute with governance experience.
• Demonstrable experience in having previously identified and led cross working party initiatives through discovery, selection, implementation, and continuous review to assure customer satisfaction.

We also acknowledge that the confidence gap and imposter syndrome are a real thing and can get in the way of us meeting fantastic talent, so please do not hesitate to apply – we would love to hear from you!

Work in a way that works for you. We recognise that everyone is different and that the way in which people want to work and deliver at their best is different for everyone too. In this role, we can offer the following flexible working patterns:

• Working flexible hours - flexing the times you start and finish during the day.
• Flexibility around school pick up and drop offs.

Wherever you work, we want you to experience the freedom and autonomy to realise your potential. You will feel supported by a team that celebrates individuality, encourages different perspectives, and embraces every background. To become part of the success story, please apply now.

If you have a disability or neurodiversity, we can provide support or adjustments that you may need throughout our recruitment process or any mitigating circumstance you wish for us to consider. Any information you share on your application will be treated in confidence.

We offer a competitive salary and benefits package and will provide you with opportunities to grow, flourish, and achieve great things. Our benefits include:

• Pension.
• Share incentive plan.
• Life Assurance.
• Holiday.
• Two days extra holiday on top of your usual entitlement on your birthday and at Christmas.
• Opportunity to qualify for Director hosted (often Michelin star) lunches as well as half and full year incentive trips to places all over the world.
• Technology vouchers, activity passes, restaurant discount card.
• Option to add your partner/family to some of the benefits.
• Access to Perklife, our dedicated portal for all perks and flexible benefits.
• Maternity, Paternity and Adoption support.