Strategic Initiatives Lead, Value Delivery

BENTLEY SYSTEMS, INC.; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading infrastructure software company is seeking a Strategic Initiatives Lead in London or Dublin to drive high-priority projects within the Value Delivery team. The role involves extensive collaboration with senior leaders, ensuring strategic initiatives align with company objectives, alongside a commitment to enhancing overall operational efficiency. Ideal candidates will have 5–7 years of experience, particularly in consulting or tech, and demonstrate strong leadership qualities in a fast-paced environment. An exciting career awaits with an inclusive culture and attractive benefits package.

Benefits

Attractive salary and benefits package

Commitment to inclusion and wellbeing initiatives

Opportunities for career advancement

Qualifications

• 5–7 years of professional experience, including 2 years in consulting or as chief of staff in tech.
• Ability to operate in ambiguity and handle multi-variable problems.
• Experience translating analytics into actionable communications.

Responsibilities

• Lead strategic projects across various operational domains.
• Collaborate with senior leadership for project alignment with strategic priorities.
• Identify and implement opportunities for better outcomes.

Skills

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Analytical thinking

Problem-solving

Collaboration

Job description

Strategic Initiatives Lead, Value Delivery

Strategic Initiatives Lead, Value Delivery

Location: London or Dublin

Position Summary:

Bentley is embracing significant changes in the way we operate to accelerate our growth through product innovation and secure our long-term leadership in infrastructure engineering software.

To help drive this process, we are looking for a Strategic Initiatives Lead to join our Value Delivery team to lead a range of strategic projects. This is a high-profile role with significant exposure to senior leadership across the business.

Responsibilities

• Work with the Senior Director of Value Delivery and functional leaders across the business to develop, launch, and deliver projects and initiatives in line with company’s strategic priorities
• Lead or actively contribute to strategic projects across all operational domains, from go-to-market, M&A and product to operations, talent and business functions
• Partner with cross-functional teams to ensure timely implementation and adoption of strategic initiatives
• Support business review processes, the corporate planning cycle and other key priorities
• Collaborate with relevant internal teams (e.g., Product, Finance, Market Intelligence and Voice of the Customer) to distill customer, market and competitor insights critical for Bentley’s strategic considerations
• Proactively identify opportunities to reach better outcomes, faster
• Limited travel to main Bentley offices to lead strategy workshops (<10%)

Qualifications

• 5–7 years’ total professional experience, including at least 2 years in a top-tier consulting firm, or as a chief of staff in a tech company
• Comfortable operating in ambiguity and deconstructing complex, multi-variable problems
• Proven capability to turn analytical outputs into clear, actionable value stories for senior stakeholders
• Highly driven self-starter who thrives in fast-evolving environments.
• Strong leadership and stakeholder-management skills
• Highly collaborative and able to drive decisions in ambiguous context
• Passion for solving ambiguous and complex problems
• Ability to translate complex analytics into clear, concise, and actionable communications
• Experience in AEC / infrastructure-related end markets helpful but not a prerequisite
• An exciting career as an integral part of a world-leading software company providing solutions for architecture, engineering, and construction - watch thisshort documentary about how we got our start.
• An attractive salary and benefits package.
• A commitment to inclusion, belonging and colleague wellbeing through global initiatives and resource groups.
• A company committed to making a real difference by advancing the world’s infrastructure for better quality of life, where your contributions help build a more sustainable, connected, and resilient world. Discover our latest user successstories for an insight into our global impact.

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About Bentley Systems

Around the world, infrastructure professionals rely on software from Bentley Systems to help them design, build, and operate better and more resilient infrastructure for transportation, water, energy, cities, and more. Founded in 1984 by engineers for engineers, Bentley is the partner of choice for engineering firms and owner-operators worldwide, with software that spans engineering disciplines, industry sectors, and all phases of the infrastructure lifecycle. Through our digital twin solutions, we help infrastructure professionals unlock the value of their data to transform project delivery and asset performance. www.bentley.com

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Bentley is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and considers for employment all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, gender/gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, marital status, religion/belief, national origin, caste, age, or any other characteristic protected by local law or unrelated to job qualifications.

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