VP Strategy - Cirium in London

Location: London (preferred), or another Cirium global hub office (New York, Dallas, Singapore, Dubai).

About the Business: At Cirium, our goal is to keep the world connected. We are the industry leader in aviation analytics; helping our customers understand the past, present, and predicting what will happen tomorrow. Our mission is to transform the aviation industry by enabling airlines, airports, travel companies, tech giants, aircraft manufacturers, financial institutions and many more accelerate their own digital transformation.

The Role: Shape the Future of Global Aviation Intelligence. Cirium is at a defining moment in its evolution. As the world’s most trusted provider of aviation analytics and insight, we are making bold investments in a multi‑year growth strategy—strengthening our market leadership, accelerating innovation, and expanding the value we deliver across the global aviation ecosystem. As VP Strategy, you will be a key member of the Senior Leadership Team, accountable for shaping and driving the enterprise strategy of the business. Working closely with the CEO, SLT, and RELX partners, you will define the strategic choices, priorities, and investments that guide Cirium’s next phase of growth and competitive advantage. This is a high‑impact role at the centre of decision‑making in a globally recognised aviation data and analytics business at a moment of significant transformation.

Responsibilities:

• Enterprise Strategy & Strategic Direction: Own the development and continuous refinement of Cirium’s long‑term enterprise strategy, grounded in deep customer insight, rigorous market analysis, and data‑driven decision‑making. Define strategic priorities and investment theses across products, data assets, markets, and emerging digital ecosystems. Partner closely with the CEO and Leadership Team to ensure strategic coherence across the organisation.
• Strategic Planning & Portfolio Governance: Lead Cirium’s annual strategy development and planning cycles, translating choices into executable roadmaps with clear KPIs and outcome ownership. Build and maintain a unified enterprise‑wide view of market opportunities, product evolution, data asset priorities, and commercial focus areas. Establish governance mechanisms to track progress and ensure disciplined execution of strategic bets.
• Enterprise Initiatives & Cross‑Functional Leadership: Lead high‑impact, cross‑functional strategic programmes spanning new product innovation, pricing, customer segments, technology investment, and operational excellence. Bring structured evaluation and sizing to strategic opportunities, making recommendations grounded in commercial and operational feasibility.
• M&A, Ecosystem Strategy & Partnerships: Lead the development of Cirium’s M&A strategy and pipeline, aligned to long‑term portfolio ambition. Partner closely with RELX Corporate Development across sourcing, diligence, business case creation, deal negotiation, and integration planning. Identify and evaluate new data partnerships, strategic alliances and ecosystem plays that strengthen Cirium’s differentiated market position.
• Market Intelligence, Foresight & External Positioning: Provide a forward‑looking external perspective to Cirium—developing deep customer, competitor, and market understanding to help the business “see around corners.” Shape SLT and Board‑level decision‑making through insight, foresight, and clear strategic narratives. Act as a visible thought leader in aviation analytics and digital transformation, representing Cirium at industry forums and with strategic partners.
• Leadership & Organisational Influence: Build, develop, and lead Cirium’s strategy capability that models analytical excellence, curiosity, and innovation. Influence and align senior stakeholders globally, ensuring strategy translates into clear decisions and measurable outcomes.

Requirements:

• Strategic & Industry Expertise: Significant experience in senior strategy roles within data, technology, aviation, analytics, or related B2B information industries. A background in top‑tier consulting (BCG, Bain, McKinsey) or equivalent strategy leadership experience strongly preferred.
• Analytical, Commercial & Strategic Judgement: Exceptional problem‑solving capability and comfort with ambiguity—able to bring structure, rigour, and insight to complex landscapes. Outstanding ability to synthesize, simplify, and communicate complex ideas in compelling ways. Strong financial acumen with a proven track record of linking strategic decisions to commercial outcomes.
• Enterprise Leadership & Influence: Proven experience operating in a global, matrixed environment. Demonstrated ability to influence and align senior stakeholders, driving coherent decisions at scale. Strong storytelling, narrative, and external communication skills.
• M&A & Ecosystem Experience: Experience evaluating acquisitions, partnerships, market adjacencies, and ecosystem opportunities.

Why Join Cirium?

• Impact at Scale: Shape the strategy of a business whose insights power decisions across airlines, airports, financial institutions, technology innovators, and governments worldwide.
• A Moment That Matters: Join at a pivotal time of investment, transformation, and bold ambition, backed by parent company RELX, a FTSE Top 20 business.
• A Global Mission: Lead in our purpose to “Power Every Decision Connected to Aviation.”

Working for you: We know that your wellbeing and happiness are key to a long and successful career. These are some of the benefits we are delighted to offer:

• Generous holiday allowance with the option to buy additional days.
• Health screening, eye care vouchers and private medical benefits.
• Wellbeing programs.
• Life assurance.
• Access to a competitive contributory pension scheme.
• Save As You Earn share option scheme.
• Travel Season ticket loan.
• Electric Vehicle Scheme.
• Optional Dental Insurance.
• Maternity, paternity and shared parental leave.
• Employee Assistance Programme.
• Access to emergency care for both the elderly and children.
• RECARES days, giving you time to support the charities and causes that matter to you.
• Access to employee resource groups with dedicated time to volunteer.
• Access to extensive learning and development resources.
• Access to employee discounts scheme via Perks at Work.

Equal Opportunity: We are an equal opportunity employer: qualified applicants are considered for and treated during employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, national origin, citizenship status, disability status, protected veteran status, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.