Title:  Director Strategy Deployment

Job Summary

We are looking for a transformational leader with strong people skills, business acumen and strategic competences who can operate in a high-paced and challenging environment. The Director Strategy Deployment owns the structure of Strategy 2030 with Strategic Pillars and Objectives, leads the continuous evolution of our portfolio of strategic programs, facilitates the allocation of key resources for the programs and follows up on strategic progress and business value. 
This position is part of Strategic Planning in Human Resources & Transformation unit. Strategic Planning’s mission is to enable the implementation of Strategy 2030. Together with others in Transformation, the goal is to ensure that we have the right strategy, effectively deployed, and that strategic programmes are well executed and supported to deliver on our objectives. 
This is a permanent position with flexibility around the world for location; the default location is Lund (Sweden).
This position reports to Vice President Strategic Planning and Next Chapter System Platform.

What you will do

As our new Director Strategy Deployment, you will be responsible to:

• Work with EVP strategic pillar leaders and the pillar VPs to maintain the set of strategic objectives, the related measurements and targets.
• Work with stakeholders to define an effective portfolio of strategic programs to achieve the desired transformation, incl. prioritization, sequencing and timing of the programs.
• Work with the strategic program owners and drivers to set their contribution to the objectives and follow up on their business case.
• Lead the reporting towards ELT on the status of strategy deployment and propose changes incl. start / stop / redirect strategic programs, change the allocation of funding, etc.  
• Lead the investigation in case of deviations, escalate if necessary, propose corrective actions and support resolution of the issues.
• Lead the integration of strategic programs into the 3-year business and functional plans. Ensure connections to the financial and workforce plans on 3-year and 1-year horizon.
• Support decision making on the allocation of company resources towards strategic objectives and programs incl. IT project funding, R&D spend, CAPEX investments, promotional investment and workforce allocation.
• Maintain transparency of how the funding is allocated (forward looking) and consumed (backward looking). Evaluate the effectiveness of resource allocation and provide feedback to senior stakeholders.
• Contribute to the success of Strategic Planning’s mission in the area of strategy development with leading one project annually to resolve an important strategic issue that requires a strategic response. 

We believe you have

• As a person, you are passionate about people and change, have a high level of commitment and drive for results. It comes natural to you to deal with ambiguity, continuous challenges and to inspire others for success with our strategy.
• You have demonstrated excellent communication skills and have a proven ability to manage internal and external relationships in a cooperative, diplomatic, and successful manner.
• You have several years of hands-on experience in working with strategy formulation, deployment and/or 3-year planning.
• You are used to work across boundaries in a global organization and have the competence to think strategically while supporting the organization to achieve long term ambitions.
• You hold a university degree in business management, engineering or a similar field and have a minimum of 10 years of relevant work experience. An MBA is an advantage.
• You are fluent in written and spoken English.