Head of Strategy and Research

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Requirements

• Minimum 10 years of relevant experience in corporate strategy, strategic finance, investment, corporate development, management consulting, private equity / venture capital, investment banking or a comparable analytical leadership role.
• Demonstrated experience developing or maintaining enterprise or group-level strategy and translating complex analysis into clear choices for senior decision-makers.
• Strong portfolio mindset, with the ability to assess strategic fit, concentration, adjacency, risk, expected value and trade-offs across multiple businesses, products, markets and initiatives.
• Strong financial and investment analysis skills, including business-case review, valuation logic, unit economics, scenario analysis and sensitivity testing.
• Proven ability to evaluate new projects, market-entry plans, strategic initiatives and investment theses independently and to challenge assumptions constructively.
• Excellent research and intelligence capabilities, including the ability to synthesize market, competitor, regulatory, technology and customer signals into decision-relevant implications.
• Experience preparing executive and Investment Committee / Board-level materials, recommendations and concise decision memos.
• Prior experience leading and developing a high-performing strategy, research or analytical team, with strong quality-control standards.
• Experience in financial services, FinTech, digital assets, payments, banking, brokerage, investment or financial infrastructure is strongly preferred.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, stakeholder management and presentation skills; able to build trust while maintaining independent judgment.
• High professional integrity, intellectual curiosity, discretion and the confidence to provide an evidence-based challenge to senior stakeholders.
• Advanced degree or relevant professional qualification is a plus.

Responsibilities

Group Strategy Portfolio Stewardship

• Own and maintain the group strategy process, including the strategic narrative, priorities, key choices, assumptions and periodic refreshes.
• Maintain a portfolio-wide view of businesses, products, markets, capabilities and strategic initiatives, and identify imbalances, gaps, duplication, concentration risk and adjacency opportunities.
• Develop evidence-based recommendations on where the group should focus management attention, strategic resources and future investment, while preserving the Investment Committee's decision authority.
• Ensure that major roadmaps and programs remain coherent with the approved group strategy and portfolio logic.

Research, Intelligence Strategic Insight

• Set the strategic research agenda based on the group's highest-priority decisions and uncertainties.
• Build and maintain structured intelligence on markets, competitors, regulation, technology, customer behavior, business models and relevant macro trends.
• Convert research findings into implications, scenarios, strategic options and concise recommendations rather than stand-alone information reporting.
• Establish strong standards for source quality, analytical rigor, assumptions, fact checking and institutional knowledge retention.

Value Creation Opportunities

• Continuously identify and prioritize value creation opportunities across the existing portfolio, including growth, cross-business synergies, product / market adjacencies, partnerships, operating-model improvements and other strategic moves.
• Structure each opportunity into a clear thesis covering expected value, strategic rationale, risks, dependencies, required capabilities, sequencing and success measures.
• Work with the Portfolio Management Team and Business Owners to convert approved opportunities into roadmaps and executable initiatives without taking over day-to-day execution ownership.

Evaluation of New Projects, Markets Strategic Moves

• Lead independent strategic review of new project proposals and market plans before they are submitted for approval.
• Assess strategic fit, market attractiveness, competitive position, economics, risk, execution readiness, alternatives and portfolio implications; test critical assumptions through scenarios and sensitivity analysis.
• Formulate a clear recommendation - proceed, revise, stage, defer or stop - and define the key conditions or milestones required for success.
• Partner with the M A and Deal Team on strategic fit, investment thesis and portfolio impact of potential acquisitions, divestments and other transactions, while the Deal Team retains transaction execution ownership.

After-Action Review Portfolio Learning

• Establish a systematic after-action review approach for major strategic actions, initiatives and completed deals.
• Compare actual outcomes with the original strategic thesis, expected economics, risk assumptions, milestones and value-creation plan, and assess the resulting effect on the group portfolio.
• Capture lessons learned, identify repeatable patterns and feed findings back into strategy, evaluation frameworks and future recommendations.

Investment Committee Executive Decision Support

• Prepare clear, concise and decision-grade strategic recommendations for Investment Committee and senior leadership consideration.

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