Manager, Strategic Initiatives

Inmarsat

Company Description

Inmarsat has been at the forefront of global mobile satellite communications for over forty years, and is the market leading provider of voice and high-speed data communications for users on land, at sea and in the air through its constellation of 15 geostationary satellites. Inmarsat is a privately owned company with a profitable track record and significant growth aspirations. This is represented by more than 55 nationalities in the workforce, reflecting the global and dynamic nature of the business. With an investment of over $3 billion in its latest network infrastructure, Inmarsat is at the forefront of global mobile communications innovation.

CDS

Inmarsat CDS is enabling safer, more efficient, more sustainable operations wherever businesses operate on land. Our customers trust us to deliver the industry standard in reliable mobile satellite connectivity, underpinning mission critical communications, remote operations, machine-to-machine (M2M) applications and the Industrial Internet of Things (IoT). With expertise in agriculture, aid and NGO, media, mining, oil and gas, renewables, transport and utilities we build solutions that deliver transformational outcomes and ensure the right level of ongoing management.

Job Description

Primary role purpose:

The Commercial and Digital Solutions division has been formed to drive the commercial agenda across all markets Inmarsat serves.

To this end, a Manager, Strategic Initiatives role has been created to support the definition and driving of a coherent commercial agenda and critical initiatives for the medium to long term.

The role will own / play a key role in specific point initiatives for CDS or pan Inmarsat.

Key Responsibilities:

• Undertaking strategic discovery activities via market and business analysis to support the definition and then mobilisation of key strategic initiatives, from concept through to execution.
• Utilising “hypothesis based/ answer 1st” approach to support the development of strategic concepts to then be validated by facts/ insights.
• Playing key role in the production and achieving sign-off of strategic initiative investment papers, such as business case modelling or scenario and sensitivity analysis.
• Subject to the initiative, playing a leading or supporting role in the execution to ensure successful transition to “business as usual” operations.
• Example initiatives:
  • ‘Grow Customer Value’, driving volume and/ or ARPU growth, churn reduction etc.
  • CDS-led IoT initiative to achieve market leading positions.
  • Play key analyst role in the integration of Viasat/ Inmarsat for ‘Products and Pricing’.
  • Identification and sharing of commercial best practice across Inmarsat.
• Foster collaborative working practices across all BUs and critical functions across the business.

Qualifications

Knowledge, Skills, and Experience:

• Definition and delivery of key strategic initiatives, strategic thinker, able to transition to execution.
• Hypothesis based, structured problem solver.
• Commercially savvy, with an ability to set, drive and deliver successful commercial plans.
• Ruthless executer.
• Ability to build strong, collaborative, and effective relationships to drive business outcomes.
• Confident, effective, and inspiring communicator and storyteller at all levels.
• Effective influencer.
• Building ambitious, and commercially robust business cases.
• An inspiring leader, able to educate, motivate, and lead direct colleagues and teams.
• Effective in a fast-paced and changing environment, gives focus and clarity to initiatives.
• Good organiser.
• Provide leadership to immediate team of 3 FTE but wider virtual team of 10s of colleagues.
• Relentless curiosity, transformatory thinker, challenges status-quo, growth mindset
• Communication/ Tech industry knowledge and experience desirable.
• Degree or similar desirable

Additional Information

You must be eligible to work in this location advertised.

Our culture and ways of working

Our values define Inmarsat’s culture and represent what we believe in. Inmarsat employees aspire to behaviours that support our values, which create a stronger working environment and lie at the heart of our continued success as an organisation.

• Customer – we provide a unique value to our customers
• Accountability – we take ownership, we deliver results, and we keep our promises
• Respect – we collaborate, we embrace and celebrate diversity and we value difference
• Excellence – we create bold solutions for our customers and put quality at the heart of everything we do

We also value and encourage a healthy work-life balance, so we offer flexible working wherever possible. Depending on the operational requirements of your job and your team, we can offer compressed hours (nine-day fortnight), hybrid office-remote working, and flexibility during your working day to take care of personal commitments.

Diversity

At Inmarsat we want the best people for the job, and we warmly welcome applications from you if you’re suitably qualified and eligible, regardless of your sex, gender, age, race, ethnicity, disability, sexuality, gender identity, neurodiverse qualities, religion or belief, marital status, pregnancy, or maternity status.

Inmarsat is signed up to the Halo Hair Code, which aims to protect employees who come to work with natural hair and protective hairstyles associated with their racial, ethnic, and cultural identities.

To give you the best experience possible during your application process and interview, we can make adjustments. For example, if you’re visually impaired we’ll happily meet you locally and help you find your way to our office, or if you have neurodiverse qualities, we can provide you with additional support to help you prepare for your interview. Please let our Resourcing Team know if there are any ways in which we can support you.