1 to 25 of 31 Strategic Thinking Jobs in the Midlands

Head of Networks

Hiring Organisation
Airband Community Internet
Location
Droitwich Spa, England, United Kingdom
+ £4,800 Car Allowance + discretionary annual bonus Job Summary The Head of Networks will lead the end-to-end management and strategic development of Airband’s network and physical infrastructure. This pivotal role oversees ISP network operations—including IP core, BNG, access, capacity, and CPE—while managing … legislation, regulations, safety standards, and best practices. Lead or support disaster recovery, resilience, and business continuity planning for critical infrastructure and network services. Financial & Strategic Planning Own and manage budgets for network and infrastructure assets, including hardware, software, licensing, maintenance, and capacity expansion. Forecast future investment requirements based ...

IT Project Manager

Hiring Organisation
Muller UK & Ireland
Location
Market Drayton, Shropshire, England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Full-Time
Salary
Competitive salary
Project Management methodology (Prince2, PMI, APM or equivalent)•Excellent Microsoft Office skills.•Excellent English written and verbal communication skills; German\Polish would be advantageous•Strategic thinking and experience in project management/lead•Distinct goal and solution orientation as well as economic thinking & acting•Strong process orientation ...

IT Project Manager

Hiring Organisation
Muller Dairy
Location
Market Drayton, Shropshire, West Midlands, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent, Work From Home
Project Management methodology (Prince2, PMI, APM or equivalent) • Excellent Microsoft Office skills. • Excellent English written and verbal communication skills; German\Polish would be advantageous • Strategic thinking and experience in project management/lead • Distinct goal and solution orientation as well as economic thinking & acting • Strong process orientation ...

Enterprise Portfolio Capacity and Demand Manager

Hiring Organisation
Akkodis
Location
West Midlands, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent
Salary
£65000 - £75000/annum bonus and benefits
Role As the Portfolio Capacity and Demand Manager you will ensure that the Enterprise Change Portfolio is resourced to succeed. This is a strategic role responsible for leading proactive capacity planning across the business and Change team, enabling delivery teams to operate effectively and efficiently. This is a leadership … points, and developing contingency plans to ensure delivery continuity. Your insights will support effective governance and decision-making, ensuring that resource-related data drives strategic outcomes. You will also lead and develop a high-performing team, fostering talent and succession planning to build a strong pipeline for the Change ...

Business Development Manager - Defence

Hiring Organisation
Jonathan Lee Recruitment Ltd
Location
Braunstone, Leicestershire, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent
Salary
GBP Annual
their Defence portfolio in both UK and international markets. The role is primarily focused on identifying, shaping and securing new business opportunities within established strategic frameworks and priority campaigns. Operating within a defence environment, the Business Development Manager will work closely with internal technical, programme and commercial teams … control regulations and all applicable UK and international legal and regulatory frameworks. - Establish and maintain trusted relationships with key defence customers, industry partners and strategic stakeholders. - Identify, shape and progress new business opportunities across the Defence sector in alignment with the organisation's strategic priorities and capability roadmap. ...

Digital Product Manager

Hiring Organisation
Blinds 2go
Location
Nottingham, England, United Kingdom
spent 3–5 years honing your craft, you own outcomes (not just features), and you’re starting to think and operate at a strategic level. This role is designed for someone who wants to lead, shape direction, and help grow a team of talented, hungry product managers around them. … great product looks like Strategy & Domain Leadership: Define and evolve a clear UX product vision that ladders up to commercial and business strategy Translate strategic objectives into actionable, sequenced initiatives Identify high-impact opportunities through data, customer research, and stakeholder collaboration Own prioritization and trade-off decisions within your ...

Lead Analyst

Hiring Organisation
Harnham - Data & Analytics Recruitment
Location
Leicester, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Full-Time
Salary
£55,000 - £65,000 per annum
space is investing heavily in data transformation and modern BI capability. They're looking for a Lead Analyst who can balance technical depth with strategic thinking, and who's comfortable being the analytics voice in senior conversations. This is a role where you won't just report … elevate analytics capability across the organisation. What you'll be doing Programme & Project Leadership Lead delivery of analytics and reporting workstreams across multiple strategic initiatives. Build clear scopes, plans, milestones, and measurable outcomes. Ensure new dashboards, data models, and reporting structures are embedded and adopted. Insight & Stakeholder Partnership ...

Lead Analyst

Hiring Organisation
Harnham - Data & Analytics Recruitment
Location
Birmingham, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Full-Time
Salary
£55,000 - £65,000 per annum
space is investing heavily in data transformation and modern BI capability. They're looking for a Lead Analyst who can balance technical depth with strategic thinking, and who's comfortable being the analytics voice in senior conversations. This is a role where you won't just report … elevate analytics capability across the organisation. What you'll be doing Programme & Project Leadership Lead delivery of analytics and reporting workstreams across multiple strategic initiatives. Build clear scopes, plans, milestones, and measurable outcomes. Ensure new dashboards, data models, and reporting structures are embedded and adopted. Insight & Stakeholder Partnership ...

Data Analytics Manager

Hiring Organisation
Capital One UK
Location
Nottingham, UK
Employment Type
Full-time
Kingdom, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire Data Analytics Manager About the role Are you an inspiring data leader who thrives on developing people, shaping culture, and driving strategic impact across an organisation? This could be the perfect role for you. Data Analysis is at the core of our UK business, delivering critical … insights that influence strategic direction and enable information‐driven decisions. In this role, you will lead and nurture a high‐performing team, set the vision for analytical excellence, and ensure our data community continues to grow in capability, cohesion, and influence. You will combine strong technical understanding with exceptional ...

Business Analyst - 12 Month FTC

Hiring Organisation
Sanderson
Location
Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Full-Time
Salary
£60,000 per annum
Analyst 12 Month FTC £60,000 Hybrid working - Burton on Trent As a Transformation Business Analyst , you will play a key role in delivering strategic change initiatives that improve operational efficiency and enhance customer experience. Working closely with cross-functional teams, you will help shape and deliver impactful solutions … alignment, and commitment throughout delivery. Elicit, document, and agree end-to-end requirements spanning people, processes, and technology. Contribute across multiple workstreams, programmes, and strategic portfolios, supporting the delivery of complex, high-value initiatives. Track and evaluate the success of solution design and execution, ensuring outcomes align with strategic ...

DevOps Tech Lead

Hiring Organisation
Rebel Recruitment
Location
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, East Midlands, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent
someone who: Wants influence. Wants ownership. Wants scale. Wants to build systems that dont wobble under pressure. This business moves fast, it rewards bold thinking and it backs leaders who step up. If youre ready to take full ownership of platform reliability and build something that genuinely operates ...

Product Director (Innovation)

Hiring Organisation
Macildowie Recruitment and Retention
Location
Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Full-Time
Salary
Salary negotiable
opportunity within the technology sector, focused on SaaS innovation across HCM and Finance markets. Reporting directly to the Chief Officer - Marketing, you will provide strategic leadership, operational direction and commercial oversight across the product innovation function. As Director - Product Innovation, you will shape and define the future … seeking a senior leader with a proven track record within a SaaS, technology, or HCM/Finance-related organisation. You will combine strategic thinking with a strong bias for execution, using data-driven insight to guide decision-making and market positioning. You will bring: * Experience delivering successful, market ...

Portfolio Manager

Hiring Organisation
Pontoon
Location
Warwick, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contractor
Contract Rate
Competitive salary
extension) Locations: Warwick or Wokingham (Hybrid based role 1-2 times a week) Rate: £600 per day via umbrella - Inside IR35 Are you a strategic thinker who also enjoys rolling up your sleeves to make things happen? Do you thrive in environments where things move quickly, change often … implementing portfolio processes , not just operating existing ones. Comfortable working in fast-changing, ambiguous environments where the roadmap evolves quickly. Ability to balance strategic thinking with hands-on delivery Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills, with credibility at senior levels. Experience supporting continuous improvement and organisational maturity uplift ...

Infrastructure Engineer

Hiring Organisation
JAM Recruitment Ltd
Location
Hereford, Herefordshire, West Midlands, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
Up to £72.54 per hour
communicate at an appropriate level with other stakeholders such as the project and security teams. You will enjoy being hands-on while also thinking strategically about how systems fit together. You take ownership of your work, care deeply about reliability and user experience and are motivated to build ...

Product Marketing Manager

Hiring Organisation
Macildowie Recruitment and Retention
Location
Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Full-Time
Salary
Salary negotiable
Providing market intelligence, competitive analysis and customer insight * Producing high-impact content including case studies, white papers and thought leadership materials You will blend strategic thinking with hands-on delivery, ensuring that product launches are executed on time, with clear value propositions that resonate across defined sectors ...

Marketing Manager

Hiring Organisation
Oscar Associates (UK) Limited
Location
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, East Midlands, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent, Work From Home
Salary
£50,000
Marketing Manager for an expanding UK-based IT services business based in the Nottingham area. This is a great opportunity to join a forward-thinking organisation working on large-scale projects, where your ideas and input will genuinely shape the marketing function. You'll be part of a collaborative … through to conversion and long-term engagement. You'll be responsible for planning and delivering integrated campaigns across digital channels, content, and CRM, combining strategic thinking with hands-on delivery. Decisions will be guided by insight and data, ensuring marketing efforts directly support sales growth and customer retention. ...

SAP Technical Architect

Hiring Organisation
Stealth IT Consulting Limited
Location
Telford, Shropshire, West Midlands, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£620 per day Inside IR35
business stakeholders Strong understanding of non-functional requirements and architecture impact Experience governing complex SAP implementations Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills Strong strategic thinking at enterprise architecture level Ability to work effectively in high-pressure delivery environments Key Technologies SAP CRM SAP UI5, Fiori & Gateway SAP NetWeaver ...

Dynamics 365 Business Central/ NAV Solution Architect

Hiring Organisation
Nigel Frank International
Location
West Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Full-Time
Salary
£85,000 - £90,000 per annum
full project life cycle skill set, and comfortable to be hands on with multiple projects concurrently Diverse industry project exposure - adaptable to new environments Strategic thinker - preferably offering experience in delivery best practice design Confident management ability, proven experience in team leadership/management Whats on offer? Strong D365 ...

Business Analyst - Change/Transformation

Hiring Organisation
Harvey Nash
Location
Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Full-Time
Salary
Salary negotiable
transformation projects Proven track record working within digital environments, with hands-on implementation and adoption of apps and websites Exceptional analytical and strategic thinking abilities Outstanding communication and interpersonal skills, capable of engaging and influencing stakeholders at all levels Ability to identify, define, and support change efforts that ...

Infrastructure Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Outsource
Location
Hereford, Herefordshire, West Midlands, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
Hourly Rate £53.73 PAYE or £72.54 Umbrella
communicate at an appropriate level with other stakeholders such as the project and security teams. You will enjoy being hands-on while also thinking strategically about how systems fit together. You take ownership of your work, care deeply about reliability and user experience and are motivated to build ...

Product Owner

Hiring Organisation
Compass Group UK & Ireland Ltd
Location
Birmingham, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Full-Time
Salary
Competitive salary
cross-functional teams, both in the UK and overseas, to deliver innovative features, integrations, and user experiences that delight our customers and support our strategic roadmap. What you’ll be doing Own, refine, and prioritise the product backlog to align with business strategy. Partner with development and QA teams … managing offshore/distributed teams and mentoring junior product colleagues. Excellent communicator who can bridge the gap between technical teams and business stakeholders. A strategic thinker with strong problem-solving skills, detail orientation, and a passion for delivering value through technology. Why join Compass Group UK&I? Be part ...

Chief of Staff

Hiring Organisation
Phipps Cameron
Location
Birmingham, England, United Kingdom
dynamic organisation at the forefront of the IT infrastructure sector. The successful candidate will play a pivotal role in driving value creation and providing strategic consultancy to support the company’s growth and operational excellence. Responsibilities: Act as a trusted advisor to the executive leadership team, providing strategic … cross-functional initiatives to drive value creation and operational improvements. Collaborate with stakeholders to identify opportunities for growth and efficiency. Oversee the execution of strategic projects, ensuring alignment with organisational goals. Develop and implement frameworks to monitor and measure the success of key initiatives. Facilitate effective communication and collaboration ...

Enterprise Data Architect

Hiring Organisation
Compass Group UK & Ireland Ltd
Location
Birmingham, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Full-Time
Salary
£100,000 per annum
Architects, you’ll ensure data initiatives are aligned to business priorities and designed for long-term value — not short-term fixes. This is a strategic, influential role, balancing future-state architecture with delivery-aware guidance that enables teams to move faster with confidence. What You’ll Be Responsible … with enterprise data modelling and MDM Strong understanding of cloud-based data ecosystems Experience with APIs, event-driven integration, batch ingestion and data replication Strategic thinker with a delivery-aware, pragmatic approach Excellent communication and stakeholder influencing skills Typically 10+ years’ experience in data, analytics or architecture roles within ...

Director

Hiring Organisation
Morson Edge
Location
Spalding, Lincolnshire, East Midlands, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent
delivery of high quality services to enterprise clients and wholesale partners. Lead the wholesale and enterprise segments with passion and creativity. Set the strategic direction, build key partnerships (e.g., with MNOs, carriers, ISPs, data centre providers), and drive revenue growth across wholesale and enterprise segments. Oversee sales, commercial … product development within the division. Strategic Leadership & Planning Define and execute the overall business strategy for wholesale and enterprise segments. Identify new market opportunities (e.g., cross-border capacity, data centres, dark fibre, IP VPN, Ethernet, cloud connectivity, managed services.) Develop go-to-market plans, pricing models, and market driven ...

Head of International Accounts

Hiring Organisation
Innotech Digital & Display
Location
Bardon Hill, Coalville, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Full-Time
Salary
£70,000 - £80,000 per annum
Innotech’s products into international markets. Role Purpose The Head of International Accounts is responsible for driving growth, strengthening distributor performance, and managing strategic customer relationships across mainland Europe (Benelux, Germany, Italy), the UK, and Canada. The role combines commercial leadership, market development, and cross-functional collaboration, ensuring Innotech … handled by the Commercial Director, but it is at the scale where it requires an individual focus to achieve its full potential. Key Responsibilities Strategic Account Leadership International Growth & Market Development Distributor Management Customer-Specific Product Development Senior Leadership & Strategy Contribution Internal Collaboration & Teamwork Forecasting & Reporting Skills & Experience Essential ...