(Executive) Director Strategy (m/f/d)

(Executive) Director Strategy (m/f/d)

Valtech is the experience innovation company, combining the uncommon to unlock a better way for people to experience the world. We work at the intersection of diverse disciplines, cultures and perspectives to create solutions that achieve the exceptional – helping brands make the leap beyond the competition and become leaders in a digital world.

Our clients trust Valtech to remove complexity and deliver innovative, frictionless solutions that close the experience gap between customer expectation and reality. We are a network of more than 6,500 makers, strategic thinkers, marketers, creatives, and deep-tech engineers and data AI specialists spanning 5 continents with 60 offices in 20 countries.

The role in a nutshell

We are looking for a strategic leader to support our ambitious trajectory and keep proving that Valtech makes sustainable digital transformation happen. As a member of the Strategy & Consulting practice, you will always have a varied role, between pre-sales & GTM, project or programme leadership, and stakeholder engagement and management. Over your first six months with Valtech, you are likely to have an opportunity to participate in all of the below:

Help Valtech win more work, and uncover new opportunities:

• Pitch and win work for Valtech across our target and growth verticals, leveraging your extensive experience and deep understanding of client needs
• Work with our Portfolio Directors to deeply understand client needs and grow our presence in existing client organisations
• Evolve our GTM proposition to meet emergent opportunities based on prospect and client contact time

Help Valtech build its presence and credentials across Digital Transformation with new content and ideas:

• Develop points of view, marketing content and activities to drive awareness of what we do and how we do it
• Collaborate with the brightest designers and engineers to deeply understand the latest technologies and their potential applications
• Represent Valtech externally at events and conferences

Support senior clients, and Valtech delivery teams with your subject matter expertise:

• Targeted or ongoing coaching, counselling or network building within client organisations to help us deliver the best possible work and uncover commercial opportunities
• Coach, mentor and manage team members from different disciplines and people across Valtech
• Help junior associates with less complex digital transformation or client-wrangling experience to rapidly progress and develop

Develop new propositions and ventures for clients:

• Work with clients and cross-functional team of developers and designers to uncover new opportunities to create value or improve their organisation with technology
• Experiment, incubate and prioritise to make the case for further investment in the most promising opportunities

Lead a strategic product or transformation project:

• Work in a tight, cross-functional team with our clients to explore, validate and uncover a path to delivery for a new product or service, or outline an organisational transformation roadmap

The type of person we’d love to meet

• You have a wealth of experience and understanding of digital transformation and the nuances of delivering change in enterprise environments, either in-house or in a consultancy context
• Experienced in the development and delivery of new business pitches and proposals
• You’re an innovative thinker who pushes the boundaries and loves thinking about commercially viable solutions for organisations to embrace digital solutions for growth and efficiency
• You can lead out on and effectively communicate a product, service, or transformation strategy to C level stakeholders, and are able to demonstrate strong understanding of ROI and business benefits of digital change.
• You’re able to think in both business and behavioral models, researching and analysing organisations, and develop insight into customer behavior;
• Somebody who possess a deep knowledge of how products and services get built, launched and grow - from discovery through to delivery and live;
• You’re able to employ a varied toolkit of frameworks and techniques from across disparate areas of consulting, design, technology and tangential fields;
• You truly understand what makes an excellent customer experience, and how that translates into commercial success for businesses;
• You’re comfortable with ambiguity and applying those tools to the organisation you work within - not just clients.

Nice to Have

• You are passionate about technology and the transformative effect of software on the world
• Experience in planning and facilitating collaborative working sessions
• Experienced navigating the structures, politics and incentives of the large organisations we (usually) work for, and building strong relationships with clients and stakeholders
• Experience working as a strategic leader in technology or design agencies / consultancies;

What can you expect from us

At Valtech you will become part of our exceptional team of more than 6,500 talented innovators, design thinkers, marketers, creatives, and engineers. We interact across countries, disciplines, trades, roles, and teams. We are consultants before anything else and take ownership of our own work, clients, and careers. We provide everyone with a large degree of freedom - in return, we expect an equally high degree of accountability and dedication. We transform by doing and are insanely passionate about improving the end user experience. We are a people company. We share our knowledge and learnings; we dare to speak up and take risks. And we care deeply about one another, our clients, and the world around us.

We have from our very beginning always worked hard on providing everyone within our organisation the opportunity to grow and transform their job opportunities and career paths across the world. From graduates to seasoned professionals who are experts in their field. Valtech will always be recognised not just for the quality of the work we deliver, but for all the amazing people that make it happen. We don’t just talk about how to get things done; we really do transform by doing.

Does this sound like the role for you?

If so apply today and if you match the criteria a member of our Talent Attraction team will be in contact to start the selection process with you!