51 to 75 of 206 Strategic Thinking Jobs in the North of England

Head of Applications & Automation

Hiring Organisation
Local Pensions Partnership
Location
Preston, Lancashire, North West, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent, Work From Home
Salary
£80,000
applications, automation and systems integration to deliver better services for our colleagues, employers and members. As Head of Applications & Automation, you will set the strategic direction for LPPAs enterprise applications portfolio and automation capability, ensuring systems remain secure, resilient and effective while identifying opportunities to simplify processes and improve … Leadership Team, you will lead LPPAs enterprise applications roadmap, automation strategy, governance and integration approach. You will also lead the Applications & Automation team, develop strategic partnerships and help shape LPPAs wider technology agenda. A bit about us: Local Pensions Partnership Administration (LPPA) is a multi-award-winning organisation ...

Inside Sales Pro - Pulse Solutions (Manchester)

Location
Manchester, England, United Kingdom
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 ...

IT Solution Architect

Location
Leeds, England, United Kingdom
applications, POS and data teams to ensure solutions are fit for the future. Evaluate vendor and third-party solutions for technical suitability, integration and strategic fit. Support major transformation initiatives, including POS, data, network and business mobilisation programmes. Champion best-practice architecture and build strong relationships across ...

Forecasting Analyst

Hiring Organisation
Sage
Location
City, Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent
Salary
GBP Annual
drive business performance. This is an exciting opportunity for someone who thrives in a fast-paced environment, enjoys solving problems, and wants to influence strategic planning across a growing organisation. This is a Hybrid role with three days per week in our Newcastle office Key Responsibilities What … maintaining forecasts that help guide critical business decisions. You'll work closely with stakeholders across multiple functions, combining data analysis, commercial awareness, and strategic thinking to provide accurate and meaningful forecasts. Key responsibilities include: • Building, managing and continuously improving forecasting models. • Analysing historical performance, market trends and business ...

Oracle (ERP) Finance Architect with BPS experience - Senior Manager

Hiring Organisation
Capgemini
Location
Cheshire West and Chester, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Full Time
Please do not contact the recruiter directly. Capgemini Invent At Capgemini Invent, we believe difference drives change. As inventive transformation consultants, we blend our strategic, creative and scientific capabilities, collaborating closely with clients to deliver cutting-edge solutions. Join us to drive transformation tailored to our client's challenges … delivering end-to-end Oracle Cloud solutions (HCM/ERP) tailored to the needs of our clients. This role combines deep Oracle expertise with strategic thinking and leadership, ensuring that solutions are scalable, secure, and aligned with both client objectives and industry best practices. This role offers ...

Product and Proposition Manager - Payables

Location
Manchester, England, United Kingdom
assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen strategic thinking and digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills. This role can be based in either London, Manchester, or Northampton. Purpose … employee pay decisions/changes. They may also lead a number of specialists to influence the operations of a department, in alignment with strategic as well as tactical priorities, while balancing short and long term goals and ensuring that budgets and schedules meet corporate requirements.. If the position ...

Senior Platform Owner - Customer Engagement

Location
Skipton, England, United Kingdom
digital estate, and how well colleagues are empowered with the right tools, insights and automation. By embedding high‐performance engineering practices, platform‐first thinking and a member‐centred mindset, you’ll ensure CEP becomes a world‐class capability, accelerating operational efficiency, reducing manual effort, enabling seamless omni‐channel engagement … benefits including cycle to work and discounted gym membership A strong commitment to training and development What You’ll Be Doing You’ll provide strategic, architectural, engineering and operational leadership across the entire Customer Engagement Platform , shaping a unified ecosystem of Dynamics 365 and Power Platform solutions. You will ...

Insurance Divisional Manager - Head of Street Cover

Hiring Organisation
Acorn Insurance
Location
Liverpool, Merseyside, North West, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent
genuinely market-leading. Why Join Us? This is an opportunity to lead a business, shape its future, launch innovative products, enter new markets, build strategic partnerships, and create the market-leading insurance proposition for the gig economy. If you're excited by high-growth businesses, technology-led innovation … brand and customer proposition Own the Street Cover P&L and deliver commercial performance Identify and execute opportunities to rapidly scale the business Translate strategic goals into actionable plans and measurable outcomes Lead day-to-day operations and ensure successful delivery Partner closely with our dedicated technology squad ...

Solutions Architect - Data Enablement

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 data enablement 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 ...

Technical Sales Consultant- Solar CCTV Technical S

Hiring Organisation
Henley Chase
Location
Newcastle, Staffordshire, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent
Salary
GBP 40,000 - 70,000 Annual
business. Maintain an accurate and up-to-date sales pipeline to effectively track and manage potential opportunities. Provide reliable sales revenue forecasts to support strategic business planning and decision-making processes. This role requires a dedicated professional who can effectively balance client relationship management with strategic business development … proven track record in Technical Sales is preferable MS Office skills across the MS Suite, particularly Word, Excel & PowerPoint You will be a strategic thinking with excellent organisational, problem-solving and relationship building skills Experience, knowledge and passion working in customer facing roles Confidence and ability to generate ...

Digital Marketing Manager

Location
Hull and East Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
ability to translate data into actionable recommendations Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills and the ability to work effectively across global, cross-functional teams Strategic thinking and problem-solving abilities with attention to detail on emerging technologies, particularly in AI overlapping with business systems Preferred Qualifications: Experience with ...

ERP Analyst Team Lead

Location
Leeds, England, United Kingdom
have:* Extensive knowledge of Oracle Fusion Cloud Financials, with the ability to translate business requirements into practical system solutions* Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and strategic thinking skills, combined with a delivery-focused approach* Proven stakeholder management, communication, and collaboration skills, working effectively across Finance, IT, and business teams ...

Product Manager

Location
Leeds, England, United Kingdom
leading cross-functional teams, mentoring less experienced colleagues, and working closely with stakeholders to align on priorities and commercial goals. You’ll balance strategic thinking with hands‐on delivery—from shaping product vision and guiding design, to managing backlogs and overseeing launches. Success in this role means creating ...

Forward Deployment Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Barclays
Location
Knutsford, Cheshire, UK
Employment Type
Full-time
FrameworksYou may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen strategic thinking and digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills. The location of your role is Glasgow/Knutsford. SummaryLocation: Glasgow ...

Financial Crime Analytics Consultant

Location
Sheffield, England, United Kingdom
fraud prevention controls. As fraud and payment trends continue to evolve, you’ll play a key role in shaping responses to emerging threats through strategic thinking, innovation, and continuous improvement. We’re looking for someone who is adaptable, curious, and proactive, with the creativity to challenge existing approaches ...

Software Engineering Manager

Hiring Organisation
KO2 Embedded Recruitment Solutions LTD
Location
Newton Aycliffe, County Durham, North East, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent
Salary
£65,000
leading a team of up to eight software and firmware engineers, combining hands-on technical expertise with genuine people leadership and strategic thinking. This is an opportunity to shape the future direction of software engineering within a genuinely innovative organisation delivering products that make a real-world impact. ...

Reporting Accountant SME (24-Month FTC)

Location
North East, England, United Kingdom
Ability to simplify complex reporting requirements. Collaborative and influential across multiple business functions. Continuous improvement and automation mindset. Strong attention to detail balanced with strategic thinking. Delivers reporting solutions that support both operational effectiveness and compliance requirements. Additional Information: We reserve the right to close this advert early dependent ...

Reporting Accountant SME (24-Month FTC)

Location
Castleford, England, United Kingdom
Ability to simplify complex reporting requirements. Collaborative and influential across multiple business functions. Continuous improvement and automation mindset. Strong attention to detail balanced with strategic thinking. Delivers reporting solutions that support both operational effectiveness and compliance requirements. Additional Information: Posted: 28/07/2026 Closing date for applications ...

Senior Product Manager

Location
Manchester, England, United Kingdom
manage complex product roadmaps and technical requirements. Experience collaborating closely with engineering teams in an Agile environment. Excellent communication, documentation, and stakeholder management skills. Strategic thinker with the ability to translate vision into execution. Any Experience with localisation or accessibility is helpful This is a high-impact opportunity ...

Principal Data Architect

Location
Manchester, England, United Kingdom
Principal Data Architect to help shape the future of protect, understand, manage and exploit the value of data across our organisation, combining strategic thinking with deep technical expertise to guide our data transformation. Why this role matters As a senior leader in our data community, you’ll influence … enterprise-wide data architecture, including conceptual, logical and physical data models A data architecture operating model and agentic AI enablement as a strategic driver Provide data leadership and architectural guidance across strategic programmes, transformation initiatives and complex data projects Partner with engineering, platform, solution architects and business teams ...

Senior Control Systems Consultant

Location
Newcastle upon Tyne, England, United Kingdom
join our growing team, supporting clients across Critical National Infrastructure and other regulated industries. In this role, you'll combine deep technical expertise with strategic thinking to help clients understand, assess and transform their operational technology (OT) and control system environments, delivering resilient, sustainable and future-ready solutions. … culture of continuous learning and growth. Build and maintain trusted client relationships, contributing to business development, proposal development and winning work aligned with Jacobs' strategic priorities. Champion collaboration, innovation and best practice across projects, helping clients navigate the evolving challenges of industrial automation, digital transformation and infrastructure resilience. ...

AI Platform Engineer

Location
Knutsford, England, United Kingdom
assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen strategic thinking and digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills. The location of your role is Knutsford/Glasgow/Manchester Purpose … employee pay decisions/changes. They may also lead a number of specialists to influence the operations of a department, in alignment with strategic as well as tactical priorities, while balancing short and long term goals and ensuring that budgets and schedules meet corporate requirements.. If the position ...

AI Enterprise Architect

Location
Knutsford, England, United Kingdom
performance and contribute to employee pay decisions/changes. They may also lead specialists to influence the operations of a department, aligning with strategic and tactical priorities, while balancing short‐ and long‐term goals and ensuring that budgets and schedules meet corporate requirements. As a people leader, the expected … need for inclusion of other areas of specialization, train, guide and coach specialists, and provide information affecting long‐term profits, organisational risks and strategic decisions. Stakeholders will be advised, risks mitigated, and leadership displayed in managing risk and strengthening controls, with a comprehensive understanding of organisational functions to contribute ...

Senior Site Reliability Engineer

Location
Knutsford, England, United Kingdom
specialisation to complete assignments. They will train, guide and coach less experienced specialists and provide information affecting long term profits, organisational risks and strategic decisions.. Advise key stakeholders, including functional leadership teams and senior management on functional and cross functional areas of impact and alignment. Manage and mitigate risks … with business activity and the business strategies. Create solutions based on sophisticated analytical thought comparing and selecting complex alternatives. In-depth analysis with interpretative thinking will be required to define problems and develop innovative solutions. Adopt and include the outcomes of extensive research in problem solving processes. Seek ...

Head of Data & Analytics

Location
Middlewich, England, United Kingdom
Influence senior stakeholders and promote a data-driven culture across InHealth Act as the senior data and analytics lead for DESP and CHIS, providing strategic direction and expertise Key responsibilities Lead the Data & Analytics function for DESP and CHIS Drive the ongoing development of InHealth's Microsoft Fabric … Build strong relationships with operational, technology and executive stakeholders What we're looking for You'll be a passionate data leader who can balance strategic thinking with hands-on delivery, bringing technical expertise alongside the ability to engage and influence stakeholders. Essential skills and experience Significant experience leading ...