Manager, Location Strategy Optimization (24-month Secondment/Fixed term contract) in London

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Role Purpose

Are you passionate about driving strategic transformation in a global organization? As Manager, Location Strategy Optimization, you will lead the day-to-day management and governance of our Location Strategy Optimization function. You will ensure disciplined execution, cross-functional alignment, and high-quality engagement with senior stakeholders while championing ongoing improvements and innovation.

Key Responsibilities

• Act as the primary owner and representative for Location Strategy Optimization, engaging with executive stakeholders and representing the function in leadership forums.
• Refine operational processes, prioritize initiatives, and ensure seamless alignment with global optimization objectives.
• Drive cross-functional alignment by orchestrating efforts to deliver results and resolve challenges.
• Manage the governance calendar, council readiness, decision logs, and closure of actions.
• Provide end-to-end support for location-focused councils, including agenda setting, executive briefings, meeting facilitation, and follow-up.
• Define and track KPIs, generate insight-driven reports, monitor performance, and drive corrective actions.
• Prepare leadership reports and conduct post-implementation reviews.
• Oversee the Risk, Issues, and Opportunities log, from intake to resolution.
• Lead scenario planning and contingency management for location-related risks, including organizing tabletop exercises and codifying lessons learned.
• Cultivate and manage senior stakeholder relationships across geographies and functions, communicating complex topics clearly and credibly.
• Lead change initiatives to drive adoption of location strategy and hub development through playbooks, training, and communications.
• Guide and embed ongoing methodology enhancements.
• Promote AI-enabled ways of working, automation, and data-driven decisions across the function.
• Coach and mentor team members, set standards for quality.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in program/portfolio management, operations strategy, or HR within global, matrixed organizations, with a track record of leading multi-stakeholder initiatives.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in business, Strategy, Operations, HR, Economics, Public Policy, Data/Analytics, or equivalent experience.
• Experience designing and leading governance frameworks, operating models, and process documentation.
• Strong executive engagement skills, including stakeholder mapping, influencing, and presenting to senior leaders.
• Quantitative and financial acumen, including cost/risk/talent analysis and dashboard interpretation.
• Proficiency with AI tools (e.g., Copilot/GenAI) and data storytelling required, business intelligence platforms (Power BI, Tableau) considered an asset.
• Working knowledge of risk, compliance, and structured triage/escalation processes.
• Experience leading through matrixed teams and dotted-line reporting relationships.
• Flexibility to occasionally work across time zones as needed.

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