Strategy Manager - McGregor Boyall in London - eFinancialCareers

Strategy Manager - Digital, Technology & Transformation

We're partnered with a major UK financial services organisation undergoing a significant digital and technology transformation. This is a unique opportunity to help shape the organisation's technology strategy, customer digital experience, and long-term transformation roadmap. If you're motivated by complex challenges, innovation, and the opportunity to influence senior leadership, this role offers a compelling next step.

What You'll Be Doing

As Strategy Manager, you will play a pivotal role in driving commercial success by optimising the organisation's technology strategy, portfolio, and people capability. You'll work within Business Management, Strategy & Transformation, providing strategic insight and direction to multiple domains.

Key responsibilities include:

Strategic Leadership & Planning

• Develop and manage the technology strategy for core functions, ensuring alignment with the wider organisational vision.
• Facilitate strategic planning across key business areas, ensuring strategy is cascaded effectively.
• Produce high-quality executive briefings on external market trends, industry shifts, and competitor activity.

Technology & Digital Transformation

• Shape the future of the Commercial & Institutional digital customer experience through data-driven insights and strategic decision support.
• Lead the development of domain-specific technology strategies that deliver clear customer outcomes.
• Support major technology transformation programmes with strategic communication and stakeholder engagement.

Stakeholder Engagement

• Influence decision-making at senior and executive levels through insight-driven recommendations.
• Act as a trusted advisor to senior technology leaders, articulating plans, strategic direction, and challenges clearly.
• Collaborate across technology, digital, and business teams to drive alignment across a diverse, global organisation.

What We're Looking For

You'll bring a blend of strategic thinking, delivery capability, and strong stakeholder engagement skills. The ideal candidate will have:

Essential Skills & Experience

• Significant experience in technology strategy, business planning, or strategic change within a large organisation.
• Strong research, insight generation, and analytical capabilities.
• Deep understanding of the evolving digital and technology landscape, including tools, processes, and emerging trends.
• Proven ability to simplify complex technical concepts for senior leaders and governance forums.
• A collaborative, people-focused approach with experience influencing diverse stakeholders.

Highly Desirable

• Experience within banking, fintech, or wider financial services.
• Delivery experience across large-scale transformation programmes.
• A global organisational background or experience working across multiple regions.

McGregor Boyall is an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate on any grounds.