Manager, Strategy & Planning, GFG VN

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Get to know the Role:

The Strategy team assists Head of GrabPay in developing its long term objectives and setting its course. By assessing a broad range of trends and issues that span across markets, customer, competitor, regulatory and technology insights, the team develops winning strategies that will have a significant impact on GrabPay's growth.

The day-to-day activities:

• Develop and/or update GrabPay's strategies on a periodic cadence, including identifying and prioritising major cross-functional initiatives by synthesizing:
  Internal business performance and competencies

• External trends (market, customer, competitor, regulatory, technological etc)

• Provide inputs and advise the CEO and the management team on key issues (e.g. strategic initiatives, BU-level plans, and major investments) based on clear issue framing, systems-level thinking and rigorous analyses

• Lead the strategic planning work stream which includes setting up the strategic objective, resource allocations, and other relevant aspects of the planning-to-execution metrics, which is produced on a regular basis

• Bridge business opportunities with product development via a keen grasp of the business imperatives and clear understanding of the possibilities and / or limitations of technology and regulatory framework

• Lead the development of experimental business opportunities including development of baseline capabilities, definition of the parameters of success, and ensuring smooth transition to operations

• Align company organisational structure to achieve strategic objectives including identification of internal capabilities to be developed or strengthened

• Execute the strategic planning rhythm to ensure follow-through of the functional deliverables via discussions, updates and action-tracking

• Undertake other activities as appropriate

• Communicate GrabPay’s vision to stakeholders and support translation into operational reality via various channels.

• Assess proposals for all major initiatives to ensure judicious investment of company resources in line with strategic direction.

• Actively and independently engage with senior executives to identify new opportunities and to seek alignment on strategic priorities

• Influence a high-performance company culture by challenging critical business assumptions and encouraging cross-functional collaboration 

• Drive coherence across functions and business units in order to achieve strategic objectives, including with product, engineering, operations, partnerships functions

Requirements:

• A degree with good honours from a top tier university in any discipline.

• Past experience in payment, banking, technology, or strategic consulting is an advantage, as well as an Advanced Degree from a top tier university.

• Experience with quantitative analysis e.g., financial modelling and data manipulation

• Ability to construct and deliver clear presentations to senior company executives

• Well-developed communication skills to interact with broad ranges of audiences

• Ability to look beyond individual issues to identify broader themes with wider-reaching impact

• Experience in analysing and quantifying complex strategic issues tied to long term business growth

• Superb presentation and communication skills

• Experience in project managing complex, cross-functional projects

• Creativity and comfortable with ‘blank sheet of paper’ assignments

• A natural leader who displays integrity, humility and responsibility, with excellent interpersonal skills

• Ability to empathise and collaborate with stakeholders across functions and at all levels of experience

• A self-starter and independent learner who takes the initiative to challenge the status quo. 

• A big-picture thinker who is detail-oriented

• Ability to perform under pressure in a dynamic, fast-paced environment

• 7+ years, with 3+ years in similar capacity