1 to 25 of 50 Strategic Thinking Jobs in the North of England

UX Design Team Lead

Hiring Organisation
Yorkshire Building Society (YBS)
Location
Leeds, West Yorkshire, Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract, Work From Home
Contract Rate
£70,000
delivery environment and work in partnership with Product Owners, Developers, Content Designers and SMEs to deliver an outstanding experience design capability. This is a strategic leadership role that combines creative hands-on design expertise with the people leadership. Why join us now? We are at a very exciting place … that improves outcomes for our customers. You will - Lead, coach, mentor and develop a team of 12 UX designers to build their practice, maturity, strategic thinking skills and confidence Act as a role model, demonstrating exceptional levels of skill in collaboration, constructive challenge and strategic thinking ...

Senior Service Designer

Hiring Organisation
Yorkshire Building Society (YBS)
Location
Leeds, West Yorkshire, Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract, Work From Home
Contract Rate
£70,000
will be part of the Service Design Team working across YBS customer facing channels including digital, telephony and retail. You will contribute to strategic thinking across all customer channels (Digital, Retail, Customer Services) and drive Service innovation, across channels, for the YBS group. This role will focus … part of a community of best practice for Service Design that extends beyond the team to driving uptake and engagement in service design thinking across YBS About you You will be a brilliant communicator, skilled at influencing stakeholders. Youll know how to work collaboratively to advocate passionately on behalf ...

Software Manager

Hiring Organisation
SRG
Location
Sedgefield, County Durham, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent
Salary
£55000 - £65000/annum
drug delivery platforms. This is an exciting opportunity for a technically strong leader who enjoys combining hands-on engineering expertise with people leadership, strategic thinking and project delivery. You'll play a key role in shaping software capability, driving engineering excellence and delivering innovative solutions within a highly … next generation of engineering talent. This role offers a unique blend of: Technical leadership People management Innovation and product development Cross-functional collaboration Strategic influence and career growth Guidant, Carbon60, Lorien & SRG - The Impellam Group Portfolio are acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy. ...

Creative Director

Hiring Organisation
3Search
Location
Manchester Area, United Kingdom
have the opportunity to define the creative standard, strengthen team culture and help evolve the function from a production-led service into a more strategic creative partner to the wider organisation. This is not a role for someone looking for a traditional corporate creative environment. The business … makers and find opportunities to push the work rather than defaulting to safe or formulaic creative A creative leader who is comfortable operating at strategic level - you’ll have a seat at the table with senior leadership and strategic creative partners, contributing to conversations about the future direction ...

Sales Representative

Hiring Organisation
Hackajob Ltd
Location
Manchester, North West, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent
Salary
£70,000
mentorship, and access to a clear progression path within a high-performing team. As a Sales Representative, you'll sharpen your communication, analytical, and strategic thinking skills while working with industry experts and cutting edge tools at a Fortune 500 company, global leader in financial services, data analytics ...

Senior Digital Transformation Manager

Hiring Organisation
Cathcart Technology
Location
Manchester, North West, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent
Salary
£70,000
Senior Digital Transformation Manager required to join a growing UK organisation at an exciting stage of its digital transformation journey. This is a strategic role responsible for leading business-wide transformation initiatives, helping define the digital roadmap and driving the adoption of AI, automation and modern ways of working … established UK organisation with an ambitious vision for the future. Having experienced significant growth in recent years, they've expanded both organically and through strategic acquisitions, creating a broader group of specialist businesses that enables them to offer clients a far more integrated service than ever before. ...

Assistant Director, M&A Technology

Hiring Organisation
Yolk Recruitment Ltd
Location
Manchester, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Full-Time
Salary
Salary negotiable
reports and other M&A work products. Lead the modelling of technology integrations and separations, identifying synergies, one-off costs and ongoing costs. Provide strategic Programme Management Office leadership, helping technology workstreams achieve their objectives and deliverables. Engage with senior client stakeholders and colleagues to drive key activities, manage … contracts, licensing agreements and other qualitative information. Lead workshops and executive-level reporting, benefits tracking, change control and stakeholder management. Apply consulting expertise across strategic thinking, programme management and organisational change. Take ownership of quality and risk management, ensuring work is delivered to appropriate professional standards. Contribute ...

Technology Strategy Manager

Hiring Organisation
Anson Mccade
Location
Manchester, North West, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent, Work From Home
scale technology or operating model transformation initiatives. Excellent stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence senior decision-makers. Strong analytical, problem-solving and strategic thinking capabilities. Proven leadership experience managing project teams and client engagements. Outstanding communication, presentation and relationship-building skills. Commercial awareness and an interest … working on some of the most complex and impactful transformation programmes across the public sector landscape. You'll gain exposure to senior leadership, challenging strategic engagements and clear opportunities for career progression within a market-leading environment. To find out more about this opportunity, contact Daire McIlhatton at Anson ...

Solutions Architect

Hiring Organisation
Conferma Ltd
Location
Manchester, North West, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent
together! The position: As a Solutions Architect, you will design scalable, secure and maintainable technology solutions that support Conferma's strategic goals. As part of the Architecture team, you'll provide technical leadership across product delivery, cloud transformation and platform modernisation, ensuring solutions align with enterprise architecture principles … technical direction, AI-assisted engineering and the evolution of our technology platform. You'll be responsible for: Own end-to-end solution architecture for strategic initiatives, ensuring alignment with business goals and technology strategy. Translate business requirements into scalable, secure and maintainable solution designs. Provide technical leadership throughout delivery ...

Vice President, POM Product Owner

Hiring Organisation
Hackajob Ltd
Location
Manchester, North West, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent
mechanisms. Process Optimization & Workflow Integration Design end-to-end custody workflows across trade lifecycle events, asset servicing, cash processing, and reporting. Integrate workflows into strategic platforms (e.g., Staff Workstation and related tooling), ensuring alignment with SLA frameworks and operational priorities. Identify inefficiencies, duplication, and control gaps, and drive process … cross-functional pods. Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills, with the ability to align senior leaders across operations, technology, and product. Strong analytical and strategic thinking capabilities, with the ability to translate complex operational challenges into scalable solutions. At BNY, our culture speaks for itself, check ...

Bid Executive

Hiring Organisation
OptumUK
Location
Leeds, England, United Kingdom
bids and play a key role in securing new business opportunities? Do you thrive in a fast-paced environment where organisation, collaboration and strategic thinking come together to deliver high-quality bid responses? If so, we encourage you to read on. About the Team/Business Area … play a key role in supporting business growth while developing your career within bid management. You'll work on a wide range of strategic opportunities, collaborate with colleagues from across the business and gain exposure to complex bids and procurement processes that directly contribute to our continued success. ...

Data Tech Lead

Hiring Organisation
Morson Edge
Location
Manchester, North West, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent
Salary
£90,000
senior stakeholders to deliver reliable, scalable data solutions. The role would suit someone who enjoys the balance of people leadership, technical problem solving and strategic thinking — someone who can give their team the autonomy to do their best work while providing the technical direction and support they need. ...

Digital Marketing and Acquisition Lead

Hiring Organisation
DESIGNER RECRUITMENT LTD
Location
Alderley Edge, Cheshire, North West, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent, Work From Home
Salary
£40,000
optimisation. Working knowledge of HTML/CSS for ad and landing page troubleshooting. Strong project management and cross-functional collaboration skills. Ability to balance strategic thinking with hands-on execution. Track and report on digital performance, producing monthly and quarterly dashboards to communicate insights and actions to stakeholders. ...

Business Development Manager - Care & Education

Hiring Organisation
LJ Recruitment
Location
City, Leeds, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent
Salary
GBP 54,000 - 55,000 Annual
Education, Health and Care Plans (EHCPs), commissioning processes and the wider sector landscape. This is a key role focused on identifying new opportunities, developing strategic partnerships with local authorities and commissioners, and ensuring services are aligned with both regulatory requirements and the evolving needs of young people. Key Responsibilities … Strategic Business Partnering Partner closely with regional operational teams to drive service growth, improve occupancy and align business development activity with operational capacity. Provide market intelligence and insight into commissioner requirements, regulatory developments and local demand. Support operational teams to maximise placement opportunities and ensure service offerings remain competitive ...

Vice President, POM Product Owner

Hiring Organisation
Hackajob Ltd
Location
Manchester, North West, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent
Product Owner is an integral role within the POM Product Management function, focusing on delivering exceptional product solutions that align with BNY's strategic priorities and principles. This position is responsible for defining and executing product strategies that drive innovation and enhance client experiences. By leveraging deep industry knowledge … Product Owner ensures that product development aligns with BNY's commitment to operational excellence and client-centric services, contributing to the organization's strategic pillars of growth, operational efficiency, and client engagement. **PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:** - Lead the development and execution of product strategies by demonstrating expertise in POM Product Management ...

Transformation Lead (Charity)

Hiring Organisation
Michael Page Finance
Location
St. Helens, Merseyside, England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Temporary
Salary
£200 - £250 per day
Shape Change. Drive Improvement. Deliver Impact. Client Details We're looking for a talented finance and business consultant to help drive strategic transformation and continuous improvement across a medium sized charitable organisation. This role is ideal for someone who enjoys working at the heart of change, bringing people, processes … stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence and build relationships at all levels. Strong analytical and problem solving capabilities. The ability to balance strategic thinking with hands-on delivery. A collaborative, resilient, and proactive approach to change. Advanced Excel skills and PRINCE2 Job Offer Hybrid and flexible ...

Head of Data Protection

Hiring Organisation
MERJE
Location
North West, England, United Kingdom
managing complex personal data breaches and regulatory investigations. Excellent stakeholder management, communication and influencing skills, including at senior leadership level. The ability to combine strategic thinking with hands-on operational delivery in a fast-paced, regulated environment. Experience within a highly regulated environment would be advantageous, as would ...

Pre-sales AI Solutions Architect

Hiring Organisation
Sopra Steria
Location
Salford, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Full-Time
Salary
£80,000 - £101,000 per annum
that deliver real business value? As our Pre-sales AI Solutions Architect within the AI Practice, you'll combine technical leadership, client engagement and strategic thinking to help grow our AI capabilities across a wide range of UK sectors. You'll have the opportunity to shape ...

Enterprise Architect

Hiring Organisation
ASDA
Location
Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Full-Time
Salary
Competitive salary
digital commerce ambitions. The successful candidate will play a key leadership role in shaping the future of online retail at Asda, including the strategic migration of Grocery Home Shopping capabilities to the Ocado platform ecosystem. What You'll Love Define and own the technology strategy and architecture roadmap … digital transformation. Govern technology decisions, architecture standards and solution designs across the domain. Partner with business and technology stakeholders to shape investment priorities and strategic initiatives. Promote modern architectural approaches including API-led, event-driven and cloud-native patterns. Drive simplification of the technology estate, reducing technical debt ...

Enterprise Architect

Hiring Organisation
Harvey Nash
Location
Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Full-Time
Salary
£90,000 per annum
technology capability. This role offers a rare opportunity to establish Enterprise Architecture from the ground up, creating the frameworks, governance, roadmaps and strategic direction that will underpin the organisation for years to come. If you're looking for a role where you can genuinely influence business outcomes, engage with … state vision, and creating the architectural capability required to bridge the gap. You'll work closely with both business and technology leaders to understand strategic priorities, translate business challenges into technology solutions, and establish the governance needed to support better decision-making across the organisation. This is a highly ...

Senior IT Operations Manager

Hiring Organisation
Deep Sea Electronics Ltd
Location
Hunmanby, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent
management and operational performance of the IT function. The role holder will assume end-to-end responsibility for the company's IT function, providing strategic and operational leadership across all technology services, infrastructure, networks, systems, applications, cybersecurity, and end-user support. They will ensure that technology capabilities are secure … manufacturing environment, the role requires close collaboration with the organisation's parent company to ensure effective alignment, integration, and standardisation of IT services and strategic initiatives where appropriate. As a key member of the leadership team, the postholder will act as a trusted advisor and stakeholder to directors ...

Senior Product Manager

Hiring Organisation
Fruition Group
Location
Leeds, England, United Kingdom
Strong understanding of Agile product development and delivery environments Confident facilitating workshops and bringing diverse stakeholders together around a shared problem Strong analytical and strategic thinking, with the ability to turn discovery insights into clear product recommendations Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills We are an equal opportunities ...

Senior NHS Sales Lead

Hiring Organisation
Solo Search Services
Location
Leeds, West Yorkshire, Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent
Salary
£60,000
operating at senior levels within the NHS and partner organisations Consultative style sales approach and comfortable with long sales cycles Commercial acumen and strategic thinking Excellent stakeholder engagement, influencing and negotiation skills Leadership and people development Highly motivated, resilient and delivery focused Responsibilities Drive commercial growth and income … generation Lead and develop the team Build and manage strategic relationships Develop and convert a strong commercial pipeline Represent the company externally Inform commercial development through market insight ...

IT Manager

Hiring Organisation
IT Talent Solutions
Location
Bradford, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent
Salary
£50000 - £70000/annum + Bens
role in delivering technology improvements that support the wider organisation. This is an excellent opportunity for someone who enjoys combining technical expertise with strategic thinking and wants to make a real impact within a growing professional services environment. Key Responsibilities As IT Operations Manager, you will: Manage … ensure compliance with legal and regulatory requirements.Maintain accurate software, hardware, and licensing records.Work closely with stakeholders across the business to support operational and strategic objectives. About You You'll have a strong technical background, excellent leadership skills, and a practical, solutions-focused approach. You will be comfortable operating both ...

Security & Network Operations Lead

Hiring Organisation
Nigel Wright Group
Location
Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Full-Time
Salary
£77,000 - £85,000 per annum
small team, shape its future direction and raise operational maturity across a complex environment. You'll be trusted to lead from the front, combining strategic thinking with a willingness to roll up your sleeves when required.The business operates a hybrid working model where you will be expected ...