JOB PURPOSE

As the Senior Manager for Strategy and Transformation, your core responsibility of the role is to ensure the effective delivery and tracking of priority Transformation initiatives, aligned with our Burberry Forward strategy.

RESPONSIBILITIES

In this role you will:

• Lead delivery of multiple Transformation projects in parallel (e.g., cost optimisation, data-led use cases, and operating model redesign & implementation):
• Plan and execute detailed analyses to advance workstream progress and generate actionable insights
• Engage with Project Sponsors, Stakeholders, and a range of cross-functional business and technical counterparts to gain input and drive alignment
• Prepare materials for senior stakeholder alignment and decision making (incl. SteerCo content)
• Proactively anticipating bottlenecks, managing escalations, and balancing business needs with technical and financial constraints
• Identify, evaluate, track, and mitigate risks and issues at various levels of the project
• Drive effective teamwork, communication, collaboration and commitment across multiple disparatecross-functional groups with competing priorities
• Apply best practices in programme management
• Lead communication and tracking of Transformation programme delivery, including definition and tracking of relevant Group / Regional / Functional KPIs for ExCo and Board, along with input to Budget process
• Lead preparation of Board and ExCo updates
• Provide timely input to key governance mechanisms (e.g., Board materials for CEO, Performance Dashboards, etc.)
• Manage Strategy Analyst and/or Insights Intern
• Support wider Transformation & Strategy team work planning, to balance / allocate resources based on business needs