About this role
<table border="0" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1"> <tbody> <tr> <td><span style="color:#000000"><strong>Job Requisition Number </strong></span></td> <td><span style="color:#000000">8638 </span></td> </tr> <tr> <td><span style="color:#000000"><strong>Work Type</strong></span></td> <td><span style="color:#000000">Permanent</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td><span style="color:#000000"><strong>Job Function</strong></span></td> <td>Strategy</td> </tr> <tr> <td><span style="color:#000000"><strong>Salary Range</strong></span></td> <td>£70,000</td> </tr> <tr> <td><span style="color:#000000"><strong>Base</strong></span></td> <td><span style="color:#000000">South East Hub - Hybrid 3+ days office based</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td><span style="color:#000000"><strong>Closing date</strong></span></td> <td><span style="color:#000000"> </span></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p> </p><div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:16.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px"><b>What you’ll be responsible for</b></H2> </div><div><p> </p> <p>Reporting to the Strategy Director, the Senior Strategy Manager plays a central role in shaping Welsh Water’s strategic direction by leading the development of strategic content, coordinating long-term business planning, and liaising with stakeholders on strategic issues.</p> <p> </p> <p>The role is responsible for supporting the end-to-end strategy and business planning processes, ensuring that long-term pathways, choices and trade-offs are clearly articulated, credible and grounded in evidence. The postholder brings together horizon scanning, insight and organisational inputs to develop coherent strategic narratives that inform Executive and Board decision-making.</p> <p> </p> <p>Key responsibilities of the role</p> <p><br>1. Play a leading role in development and oversight of Dŵr Cymru’s long-term corporate strategy.</p> <p>2. Develop and articulate long-term planning pathways and directional choices, supporting clarity on options, dependencies and implications over 5, 10 and 25-year horizons.<br>3. Lead and coordinate horizon scanning activity across political, regulatory, environmental, technological and societal domains, translating emerging trends into strategic insights and implications.<br>4. Manage strategic planning frameworks and governance, ensuring alignment between corporate strategy, business planning and asset investment.</p> <p>5. Prepare high-quality written materials for Executive and Board consideration, including strategy papers, long-term plans and options narratives.<br>6. Work closely with Regulation, Finance, Asset Planning, Customer and Operations teams to ensure long-term plans are informed by evidence.</p> <p>7. Contribute to the ongoing development of tools to promote a strong strategic culture across the organisation, encouraging long-term thinking, collaboration and evidence-based decision-making</p> <p> </p></div></div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:16.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px"><b>About you</b></H2> </div><div><p> </p> <p>The following are essential requirements for the recruitment of the role:</p> <p> </p> <p>Qualifications</p> <p><br>• Degree or equivalent professional qualification in strategy, business, economics, public policy, social science or a related discipline.</p> <p> </p> <p>Experience</p> <p> </p> <p>• Experience operating in regulated, infrastructure companies.<br>• Proven experience leading or supporting structured strategy development processes and multi-year business planning, from early thinking through to Executive and Board sign-off.<br>• Strong track record of authoring high-quality strategy documents, long-term plans or position papers for senior decision-makers.<br>• Experience synthesising inputs from multiple disciplines (e.g. insight, regulation, finance, operations) into coherent long-term narratives.<br>• Experience undertaking or coordinating horizon scanning and translating emerging trends into strategic implications.<br>• Significant senior-level experience working in strategy development, regulatory policy or business planning within a complex, preferably regulated, organisation.</p> <p> </p> <p>Knowledge & Skills</p> <p><br>• Deep knowledge of the UK water sector, regulatory environment, government policy drivers and price reviews.<br>• Strong understanding of strategy development methodologies, including long-term planning and pathway-based approaches.<br>• Strong analytical skills with the ability to translate complex data and insight into strategic recommendations.<br>• Exceptional written communication and document authorship skills.<br>• Ability to work collaboratively across different parts of an organisation, forming strong networks.<br>• Strong critical thinking, synthesis and judgement.<br>• Ability to work effectively with senior stakeholders across organisational boundaries.</p></div></div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:16.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px"><b>Good to know</b></H2> </div><div><p> </p> <p>Whilst this role can be worked hybrid, there's a requirement for at least 3 days office (Linea/Cardiff St Mellons office).</p> <p>This role will close when a suitable candidate has been found. Please submit your application ASAP.</p> <p> </p></div></div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:16.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px"><b>Benefits</b></H2> </div><div><p> <br>As well as a market competitive salary, 34 days annual leave (pro rata, including public holidays), we offer a range of employee benefits and rewards including:</p> <p><br>• Variable pay schemes <br>• Enhanced employer pension contributions – Up to 11% employer contributions<br>• Several internal employee networks including Embrace, LGBT+, Neurodiverse, Disability, Women of Welsh Water, Parents, Wellbeing and many more...<br>• Enhanced family friendly policies<br>• Progression opportunities, including the ability to apply for funded training and coaching and mentoring programmes<br>• Reduction on high street & online shopping<br>• Cycle to work scheme/Car-leasing scheme<br>• Online GP service<br>• Voluntary private healthcare<br>• Free mortgage brokering service<br>• An employee assistance programme for employees and their immediate family<br>• Free Headspace App to support your wellbeing<br>• Colleague matched fundraising scheme up to the value of £500 per year for your chosen charity<br>• 20% off all Welsh Water visitor attraction centres and gift shops<br>• Flexible working patterns<br>• We also recruit our own volunteer Wellbeing Champions (on an annual basis) - successful recruits will receive full i-act and StRaW training</p> <p><br> <br>Whilst also working for a not-for profit company that truly cares about earning the trust of customers everyday, and about looking after our beautiful environment.<br> </p></div></div></div><p> </p> <p> </p> <p>Dŵr Cymru Cyf, a limited company registered in Wales No. 2366777. Registered office: Linea, Fortran Road, St. Mellons, Cardiff CF3 0LT</p> <p>© Dŵr Cymru Cyf 2019.</p>