Senior Manager Strategy Business Development
WhiteSlips Job Management Consultants
Greater Bengaluru Area
- Develop and drive the business strategy, annual operating plan, and long-range priorities for the Cross Border Trade organization.
- Identify key opportunities for business growth; develop and execute plans to leverage these opportunities.
- Drive internal productivity and operational efficiency improvement projects.
- Translate strategic objectives into clear workstreams, milestones, owners, success metrics, and governance mechanisms.
- Lead the PMO for high-impact, cross-functional programs from definition through execution, ensuring alignment on scope, timelines, dependencies, and outcomes.
- Establish and manage operating cadences, including weekly program reviews, monthly business reviews, quarterly business reviews, and leadership updates.
- Create executive-ready narratives, dashboards, and decision documents that communicate progress, insights, risks, and recommendations clearly.
- Partner with Business Development, Category Management, Account Management, Operations, Product, Engineering, Marketing, Finance, Legal, and Compliance teams to drive coordinated execution.
- Identify business performance trends, root causes, and growth opportunities through structured analysis and translate insights into actionable plans.
- Define and track key performance indicators, program health metrics, and benefits realization across the strategic portfolio.
- Proactively surface risks, interdependencies, and resource constraints, and drive mitigation and escalation with the appropriate stakeholders.
- Improve planning and execution mechanisms by standardizing processes, templates, governance, and decision-making frameworks.
- Lead strategic problem-solving on ambiguous business questions, evaluate options, and develop recommendations for senior leadership.
- Ensure accountability and follow-through across workstreams while enabling teams to move quickly and make informed decisions.
- Support organizational goal setting, resource prioritization, and change management for new initiatives and operating model improvements.
- Build strong stakeholder relationships and influence outcomes without direct authority across a complex, matrixed environment.