Strategy Lead

YTL Construction UK; Bath; On-site; GBP 60,000 - GBP 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading UK construction firm is seeking a Strategy Lead to oversee the development and delivery of long-term strategies for operational resilience and investment planning. You will ensure alignment with corporate objectives while influencing the company's strategic direction. Candidates should have strong strategic thinking capabilities, excellent stakeholder engagement skills, and a high level of leadership experience. This role offers competitive benefits and a supportive work environment focused on professional development.

Benefits

Combined pension contribution of up to 20%

25 days' holiday, increasing with service

Healthcare package

Enhanced family leave and pay arrangements

Qualifications

• Strong influencing and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Excellent time management skills.
• Ability to shape a narrative.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development and delivery of long-term strategy.
• Ensure future investment decisions are aligned with business objectives.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams.

Skills

Strategic thinking

Stakeholder engagement

Analytical skills

Leadership

Flexibility

Education

HNC/Degree or equivalent professional experience

Job description

As the Strategy Lead, you will lead the development, coordination, oversight, and delivery of Wessex Water's long-term strategy for its enabling services functions. This is to further support operational resilience, digital and cyber security capabilities, compliance and customer satisfaction.

This role leads long-term strategic investment planning in this area by identifying and prioritising future business needs. The role ensures alignment with corporate objectives, regulatory expectations, and AMP8 deliverables.

What you'll do

You will play a pivotal leadership role in safeguarding operational resilience and shaping strategic investment across core business support areas. Acting as a key interface between the asset technology planning manager, the wider business and senior leaders, the postholder ensures that future investment decisions are informed, aligned, and deliver sustainable value.

You will be:

• leading the strategy of the Management & General (M&G) investment portfolio, encompassing diverse domains: Plant & Fleet, Laboratories, Property, Facilities Management, Conservation, Access & Recreation, Information Security, IT, Retail, Net Zero, Resilience, SEMD, and Smart Metering
• understanding the needs of customers, communities, and the environment
• influencing our 25-year company-wide strategic direction and business planning process
• delivering a strategy that meets legislative and regulatory requirements whilst delivering customer and environmental needs and investor returns
• providing visible leadership internally and externally, including across the UK water sector
• collaborating with all areas of the business to define strategy in partnership with stakeholders
• horizon scanning, understanding technological innovations, keeping ahead of the market
• bringing a structured and analytical approach to solving strategic, commercial, operational, and health and safety issues
• contributing to a developing culture within the strategy team to achieve high levels of strategic thinking and cross-company collaboration
• influencing sector and government policy.

What you'll need

We are looking for:

• HNC/Degree qualified or equivalent professional experience
• High level of strategic thinking, vision, horizon scanning
• the desire to investigate, analyse, and innovate
• excellent two-way dialogue with cross-functional teams
• strong influencing and stakeholder engagement skills
• a self-starter with a demonstrated ability to define and lead business-critical projects
• proven experience in developing creative solutions to difficult problems
• excellent time management skills
• flexibility, adaptability and able to work under pressure
• exceptionally good analytical skills, and the ability to translate raw information into actionable strategies and initiatives
• the ability to shape a narrative and structure communications
• proven strong leadership skills
• knowledge of any aspects of Plant & Fleet, Laboratories, Property, Facilities Management, Conservation, Access & Recreation, Information Security, IT, Retail, Net Zero, Resilience, SEMD, and Smart Metering (beneficial).

What you'll receive

• A combined pension contribution of up to 20%.
• Career progression and professional development opportunities.
• 25 days' holiday rising to 28 with length of service.
• The opportunity to sell up to five days of holiday every year.
• The opportunity to buy up to ten days of holiday each year (subject to conditions).
• A healthcare package that allows you to claim back healthcare costs.
• Life assurance of up to eight times your salary.
• The opportunity to lease a new electric car through salary sacrifice (subject to conditions).
• Cashback and discounts from more than 3,000 retailers.
• One paid volunteering day each year.
• Enhanced family leave and pay arrangements.
• Access toan interactive health and wellbeing platform.
• Support from trainedmental health first aiders.
• A £1,000 referral fee if you recommend someone who is successfully recruited by us.

Who we are

YTL UK is part of the international YTL Group based in Kuala Lumpur. The UK companies include:

• Wessex Water – one of the top-performing water and sewerage companies in England and Wales, serving 2.9 million people across the South West
• YTL Developments – a major UK developer currently redeveloping a 350-acre former airfield into an award-winning, exciting mix of houses, apartments, schools, commercial space, restaurants and hotels, to make a truly sustainable new community
• YTL Construction UK – a top 20 UK contractor providing fully integrated services to infrastructure, residential, commercial, industry, energy and environmental sectors
• YTL Arena – the development and operation of an entertainment complex that includes a 20,000 capacity arena, conferencing and exhibition space
• plus a number of other retail,environmental and specialist businesses.

Our people tell us that YTL UK is a great place to work, which is why so many of them stay with us! You will have a unique opportunity to develop and progress your career within such a diverse group.

We are passionate about diversity and inclusion – with that in mind, all applicants are welcome. We are delighted to have signed the Armed Forces Covenant and are a Disability Confident Employer.

If you require reasonable adjustments to be made during the recruitment process, please inform a member of our Recruitment team.