Lead: Strategy Execution Enablement

SUMMARY:
The purpose of this position is to lead the strategy execution enablement function within the Strategy Management Office (SMO)

POSITION INFO:

Brief description

The purpose of this position is to lead the strategy execution enablement function within the Strategy Management

Office (SMO), through integrating and coordinating strategy execution functions such as portfolio, programme and

project management, scorecard management and enterprise change management within the strategy cycle.

Detailed description

The successful candidate will be responsible for, but not limited to, the following key performance areas:

• Oversee the development and continual improvement of fit-for-purpose strategy execution products and

services (framework, practices, methods, tools and templates) to ensure effective end-to-end strategy execution enablement.

• Integrate and coordinate the strategy execution functions throughout the strategy management process to
• support effective strategy execution in the Organization.
• Work with business in maturing strategy execution skills and resources across the strategy execution
• functions to help build sufficient capacity and capability to execute the Organisation’s strategy.
• Provide integrated reporting on the Organisation’s performance by connecting business architecture, portfolio
• performance, strategic scorecard performance and enterprise change assessments.
• Identify and mitigate risks related to the strategy execution function and ensure compliance with relevant
• governance frameworks as defined by the Organisation and the SMO Centre of Excellence.
• Take responsibility for the performance and overall development of staff in the function.
• Partner with key stakeholders in the Organisation departments, such as Business Solutions and Technology,
• Internal Audit, Financial Services, Risk Management and Compliance and Human Resources, as well as
• project management offices and enterprise architecture across the Organisation to collaborate on strategy
• execution.
• Develop and manage relationships with key business stakeholders through the SMO business partnering
• model to enable effective strategy execution.
• Use advanced analytics to understand the relationships or cause and effect within the strategy to provide
• insight to business to constantly test and adapt their strategy.

Job requirements

To be considered for this position, candidates must have:

• Honours degree in Strategy Management or an equivalent (NQF 8) qualification;
• Minimum of 8 to10 years’ experience in strategy management and/or experience in managing a centre of
• excellence, with at least five of these in general management.

The following would be an added advantage:

Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree.

Additional requirements include:

• industry, organisational and business awareness knowledge;
• quality assurance knowledge and skill;
• continuous improvement knowledge and skill;
• strategy knowledge and skill;
• legislation as well as governance, risk and compliance knowledge and skill;
• stakeholder management knowledge and skill;
• market research knowledge and skill;
• project management knowledge and skill

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