Strategic Planning and Delivery Manager

at  abrdn

Job Description
Clients worldwide trust us to find future-fit investment opportunities to deliver the outcomes they want. Our technology and insight help empower them to make better decisions, while the powerful partnerships we build help to enhance the expertise that we offer. And by enabling clients to invest responsibly, it helps us to build a better world.
About the department
The CEO Office, Investments at abrdn is dedicated to driving and monitoring strategic initiatives and projects within the CEO’s office. We focus on strategic planning, analysis, and ensuring effective communication and coordination across key stakeholders and departments. Our team supports senior management in making informed decisions that align with our business objectives and market trends.
About the role
The Strategic Planning and Delivery Manager will support the Head of CEO Office in driving and monitoring strategic initiatives and projects within the CEO’s office, Investments. This role involves strategic planning, analysis, monitoring delivery, and ensuring effective communication and coordination across key stakeholders and departments. The ideal candidate will possess strong analytical, organizational, and communication skills, and have a proven track record in enabling business strategy and dealing with senior stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities:

• Assist the Head of CEO Office in developing and implementing strategic plans, monitoring progress, analysing market trends, and preparing key documents like board and annual reports.
• Lead and manage key projects from inception to completion, ensuring timely delivery, quality standards, and facilitating cross-departmental collaboration.
• Support the CEO and Head of CEO Office in executive meetings, drafting and reviewing communications, presentations, and reports.
• Handle confidential and sensitive information with discretion.
• Conduct business analysis to provide decision-making insights, prepare comprehensive reports and presentations for the executive team, and track key performance indicators and business metrics.

About the candidate requirements

The successful candidate will bring experience in Strategy and Delivery and be able to demonstrate:

• Experience in the investment/asset management/banking industry.
• Proven experience in strategic planning, business management, or a similar role.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).

Our benefits
There’s more to working life than coming home with a good salary. We have an environment where you can learn, get involved, and be supported.
When you join us, your reward will be one of the best around. This includes 40 days’ annual leave, a 16% employer pension contribution, a discretionary performance-based bonus (where applicable), private healthcare, and a range of flexible benefits – including gym discounts, season ticket loans, and access to an employee discount portal. You can read more about our benefits here.
Our business
Enabling our clients to be better investors drives everything we do. Our business is structured around three distinct areas – our vectors of growth – focused on our clients’ changing needs. You can find out more about what we do here.
We’re committed to providing an inclusive workplace where all forms of difference are valued and which is free from any form of unfair or unlawful treatment. We define diversity in its broadest sense – this includes but is not limited to our diversity of educational and professional backgrounds, experience, cognitive and neurodiversity, age, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, religion or belief and ethnicity and geographical provenance. We support a culture that values meritocracy, fairness and transparency and welcomes enquiries from everyone.
If you need assistance or an adjustment due to a disability please let us know as part of your application and we will assist

• Assist the Head of CEO Office in developing and implementing strategic plans, monitoring progress, analysing market trends, and preparing key documents like board and annual reports.
• Lead and manage key projects from inception to completion, ensuring timely delivery, quality standards, and facilitating cross-departmental collaboration.
• Support the CEO and Head of CEO Office in executive meetings, drafting and reviewing communications, presentations, and reports.
• Handle confidential and sensitive information with discretion.
• Conduct business analysis to provide decision-making insights, prepare comprehensive reports and presentations for the executive team, and track key performance indicators and business metrics