76 to 100 of 206 Strategic Thinking Jobs in the North of England

Director of Technology and Business Change

Hiring Organisation
Michael Page
Location
Bolton, Lancashire, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent
Salary
GBP 100,000 Annual
value, reduce complexity, and create a clear and sustainable path forward. Profile We are looking for a proven Director of Technology who can balance strategic thinking with delivery focus. You will bring: Experience leading enterprise IT and business transformation within a complex organisation Senior leadership experience … regulated industries, public sector, or customer focused operational environments would be advantageous Most importantly, you will be a pragmatic and empathetic leader who combines strategic capability with a strong focus on service, people, and outcomes. Job Offer Salary up to 100,000 Generous annual leave - starting at 30 days ...

Marketing Operations and MarTech Manager

Hiring Organisation
CHEC
Location
Preston, PR2 9WT, United Kingdom
Salary
Negotiable
reporting, data quality and marketing automation, whilst identifying opportunities to leverage AI and technology to drive efficiency and enhance team capability. This role combines strategic thinking with hands-on delivery and would suit someone who enjoys building processes, solving complexity and making marketing teams more effective. About … resource management. Drive operational excellence across Marketing and its interfaces with Sales, Operations and other business functions. CRM & HubSpot Leadership Own the development and strategic roadmap for HubSpot. Lead CRM architecture, segmentation, lifecycle management and lead processes. Build and optimise automated customer, patient and referrer journeys. Champion CRM adoption ...

Business Finance & Change Lead (Charity)

Hiring Organisation
Michael Page Finance
Location
St. Helens, Merseyside, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Full-Time
Salary
£50,000 - £60,000 per annum
Helens, the successful candidate will be North West based 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 … 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 ...

Business Finance & Change Lead (Charity)

Hiring Organisation
Michael Page
Location
St. Helens, Merseyside, St Helens, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Temporary
Salary
£50000 - £60000/annum benefits
Helens, the successful candidate will be North West based 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 … 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 Digital Services

Location
Manchester, England, United Kingdom
application implementation Data, KPI reporting and executive-level decision support Supplier and contract management Building and leading high-performing technical teams You’ll combine strategic thinking with a willingness to stay close to delivery, helping translate technical complexity into practical business outcomes. Why Join Transforming PLC? This ...

Engineering Manager

Hiring Organisation
Morson Edge
Location
Wakefield, West Yorkshire, Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£550 - 600 per day + None
wider risks & implications. - Commercial skills - uses an understanding of the cost base in own area to improve profitability/develops and monitors engineering budget. - Strategic thinking skills - develops strategy and long term plans and objectives for own area/re-designs processes & ways of working to meet long ...

Finance Controller/Lead

Location
Northwich, England, United Kingdom
GAAP framework Knowledge of corporation tax and VAT ERP implementation exposure Proven ability in developing and managing internal control frameworks Excellent analytical and strategic thinking abilities Strong communication skills with the ability to simplify complex concepts Relationship-building mindset and confidence to challenge the status quo We offer ...

Enterprise Architect

Location
Manchester, England, United Kingdom
shape how data is managed, understood and consumed across our airport and Group technologies. This is a role for someone who can combine strategic thinking with hands-on delivery. You'll work in the detail of logical and physical data models and definitions, partnering with development teams, solution ...

Senior Account Manager - Health

Location
Leeds, England, United Kingdom
support meaningful conversations and account planning. Contribute to bid responses and commercial shaping for a defined value range of opportunities (and support larger strategic pursuits led by the Client Partner). Staffing & Onboarding Forecast capability demand across call-off contracts and ensure the pipeline aligns with the roles ...

Senior IT Manager

Location
Wakefield, England, United Kingdom
Industry background? We’re flexible. What matters most is your ability to combine strong technical understanding with outstanding leadership skills, someone who can balance strategic vision with practical delivery and foster a culture of trust, growth, and excellence. If you’re passionate about leading people, influencing technology direction … Proven experience leading IT teams and managing infrastructure operations Strong technical understanding of Microsoft technologies and cloud platforms Ability to balance technical insight with strategic thinking Excellent communication skills for board-level engagement What’s on Offer: Basic salary up to £75,000 plus bonus An exceptional benefits ...

Design System Product Owner

Location
Manchester, England, United Kingdom
design system that powers customer and colleague experiences across the bank. This is an opportunity to own the vision, strategy and prioritisation of a strategic product used by teams across Barclays to deliver consistent, accessible and scalable digital experiences. You will define the roadmap, influence investment decisions and balance … organisations. Expertise in governance models, contribution frameworks and operating principles at scale. Knowledge of product analytics, adoption measurement and value realisation techniques. Experience leading strategic initiatives that drive organisational change and product adoption. Understanding of release, versioning and change management practices across web and native platforms. ...

People Business Partner-3 month FTC

Location
Leeds, England, United Kingdom
experienced HR professional who thrives on partnering with leaders, influencing change, and creating people solutions that drive business performance. You'll combine strategic thinking with hands‐on delivery, supporting everything from workforce planning and organisational development to employee engagement, talent development, inclusion, and people analytics. … passionate about helping people and businesses thrive together, we'd love to hear from you. What you’ll be doing to make a difference: Strategic People Partnership Act as a trusted advisor to leaders, ensuring people strategies support business growth, innovation, and transformation. Partner with managers on workforce planning ...

Data Market Architecture & Decision Framework Consultant

Hiring Organisation
Harnham - Data & Analytics Recruitment
Location
Leeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Full-Time
Salary
£400.00 - £800.00 per day
informed brand and marketing decisions. The Company They are a specialist consultancy that helps organisations launch, grow, and strengthen brands through a combination of strategic thinking, market insight, and creative expertise. Their approach blends quantitative and qualitative research to support evidence-based decision making. As part … models, market frameworks, or decision-making methodologies. Proven capability in building scalable blueprints, frameworks, or operating models for business use. Experience challenging and validating strategic approaches through research, testing, and structured analysis. Strong understanding of marketing, brand performance, and commercial decision-making processes. Ability to translate complex analytical concepts ...

Senior Customer Success Manager (Enterprise Accounts)

Location
Manchester, England, United Kingdom
ownership of key enterprise relationships, help clients market their programmes and play an active role in growing our customer success function. You’ll combine strategic account management with practical marketing expertise and commercial judgement. You’ll be comfortable discussing business objectives with senior stakeholders, interpreting programme data and turning … equally interested in strong candidates from adjacent sectors who can demonstrate relevant results. You have a proven track record in enterprise customer success, strategic account management or client services, ideally within SaaS, loyalty, CRM or marketing technology. You can demonstrate how you have improved client outcomes, retained important accounts ...

Lead Change Manager

Location
Sheffield, England, United Kingdom
accountable for shaping delivery strategy, overseeing project and change resources, managing senior stakeholder relationships, and ensuring successful execution of business outcomes aligned to strategic objectives. What you will do: Lead complex change programmes, workstreams, or portfolios with significant business impact. Define and implement change delivery approaches, governance structures … wider delivery teams. Establish programme controls and ensure adherence to regulatory, risk, and governance requirements. Build strong relationships with senior executives and sponsors, providing strategic advice and challenge. Drive issue resolution across complex dependencies and competing priorities. Ensure effective change adoption, business readiness, and benefit realisation activities. Manage programme ...

Product Director: Social Care & Education

Location
Leeds, England, United Kingdom
lead the successful delivery of customer value across multiple products and markets. This is a highly visible leadership role for someone who combines strategic thinking with strong execution. You will influence senior stakeholders, balance commercial opportunities with customer needs, and ensure product investment decisions deliver measurable outcomes. What … provide clear performance reporting Influence senior leaders on trade-offs, priorities and investment decisions Ensure products meet regulatory, compliance and governance requirements Lead strategic partnerships and cross-functional collaboration Build product capability, leadership succession and high-performing teams Promote responsible adoption of AI, supported by appropriate governance and oversight ...

Senior Full Stack Developer

Hiring Organisation
Barclays
Location
Knutsford, Cheshire, UK
Employment Type
Full-time
closely with multiple technology teams, product managers, and wider product stakeholders to ensure solutions are designed and delivered in alignment with the bank's strategic objective. To be successful in this role, you should have experience in: Back-end technologies - Java, SpringBoot, JPA, Hibernate, Junit, RestAssured, MicroServices. Mockito … 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 will be based out of our Knutsford office. SummaryLocation: Knutsford, Radbroke HallType ...

Mainframe Systems Programmer (IMS)

Hiring Organisation
Barclays
Location
Knutsford, Cheshire, UK
Employment Type
Full-time
/OS, JCL, mainframe utilities, and core mainframe concepts, with a willingness to develop Applied technical skills through coaching and practical experience. Analytical thinking and support mindset: Ability to investigate issues methodically, follow documented procedures, ask appropriate questions, and support incident resolution under guidance in a production environment. Change … 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 will be based in our Knutsford office. SummaryLocation: Knutsford, Radbroke HallType: Full ...

Head of PMO

Location
Liverpool, England, United Kingdom
project delivery. You will create consistency across our portfolio, increase confidence in the information used for decision-making and evolve the PMO into a strategic capability that improves outcomes for customers and the business. What you'll be doing Establish the Foundations Define common portfolio reporting, governance and control … senior stakeholders and influencing decisions Excellent people leadership and capability development skills Experience with portfolio financials, capacity planning, risks and dependencies Ability to balance strategic thinking with operational execution Experience with Power BI, advanced Excel, PSA/PPM tools, Jira, Confluence, Precursive, OpenAir or MS Project would ...

Head of PMO

Location
Leeds, England, United Kingdom
project delivery. You will create consistency across our portfolio, increase confidence in the information used for decision-making and evolve the PMO into a strategic capability that improves outcomes for customers and the business. What you'll be doing Establish the Foundations Define common portfolio reporting, governance and control … senior stakeholders and influencing decisions Excellent people leadership and capability development skills Experience with portfolio financials, capacity planning, risks and dependencies Ability to balance strategic thinking with operational execution Experience with Power BI, advanced Excel, PSA/PPM tools, Jira, Confluence, Precursive, OpenAir or MS Project would ...

Lead Software Engineer

Hiring Organisation
StepChange Debt Charity
Location
Leeds, West Yorkshire, Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent
cloud-native architectures will enable you to drive quality and consistency across the engineering function. You'll thrive in an Agile environment, balancing strategic thinking with hands-on technical delivery. Whether you're mentoring engineers, leading architectural decisions, improving development processes, or modernising legacy applications built on Angular ...

IT Asset Catalog Analyst

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. This role will be based in Knutsford. Our Work Experience is the combination ...

Senior Software Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Hackajob Ltd
Location
Knutsford, Cheshire, North West, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent
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 will be based in Knutsford or Northampton. Purpose of the role ...

Senior Delivery Manager

Location
Manchester, England, United Kingdom
influential in liaising with clients, often working alongside a Product Owner/Manager from the client, and supporting them in their role. Applying strategic thinking to deliver best possible outcomes and manage stakeholder buy in. Facilitating agile delivery and transformation on client projects - acting as a servant-leader ...

Senior Product Manager

Location
Stockport, England, United Kingdom
looking for a Senior Product Manager to take strategic ownership of a major value stream within our product portfolio. This is a high‐impact role requiring vision‐setting, clarity in complexity, and delivery of intelligent solutions. What You'll Do Set product vision and strategy. Champion customer and market ...