Head of Strategy

**We are looking for the bold** - those willing to respectfully share their ideas and listen to others. **We seek out the innovators** - those who challenge the status quo when their vision requires a new way of thinking. **We reach for the collaborators** - those who understand that a diverse team is stronger than any one individual. **We seek the self-motivated** - those who ask questions, and never stop looking at what's next. Members of the GM Europe Team will be pioneers in the EV movement, energized to connect people to what matters and create a movement towards a better, more sustainable future for all. Our passion fuels our focus to be the best.

**Key Leadership Requirements**:

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Innovator Mindset**: Ability to leverage insights to build strategic plans that will disrupt in order to win and exceed objectives
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Maverick Mindset & Strategic Thought Leadership**: Ability to embrace the 'art of the possible' to create organizational change and impact allocation of resources. Possess business and strategic acumen with ability to communicate broader business vision to cross-functional and technical teams.
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Team Building & Leadership**: Ability to influence at all levels. Possess strong partnership skills with a history of collaborating across organizational boundaries, working with and influencing others, and creating clarity from confusion.
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Outcome-Oriented**: Ability to clearly articulate desired outcome(s). Possess ability to assess complex situations quickly, assess risks and be decisive. works collaboratively to create a path to achieve it.
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Business Acumen**: Ability to formulate a strong POV and adjust plans strategically in a changing environment. Possess strong business agility.
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Analytical & Forward-thinking**: Ability to effectively communicate and translate business needs to technical partners. Proactively identifies and resolves problems in a timely manner. Can synthesize complex or diverse information, use intuition and experience to complement data. Adaptable to dynamic situations.

**Key Responsibilities**

This person will be expected to define, develop, activate and drive growth strategies, end-to-end by:

- Defining, together with senior leadership, the core strategic GTM plans
- Identify the critical stakeholder, internally and externally to develop the path forward on critical strategic issues
- Engage the business in defining and refining business strategies with a focus on designing and implementing new strategic approaches, ideas and processes that will grow the business and provide measurable results
- Developing, strategizing, and planning new interventions and trends that will drive innovation
- Bringing ideas to continuously refine and improve the core business
- Disrupting the status quo and driving innovation to transform the way business is conducted
- Collaborating on the strategic direction of growth opportunities
- Identifying long-term trends and outlook
- Conducting competitive intelligence beyond the core business
- Lead annual Business Planning process and establish logical and stakeholder-agreed volumes for industry, segments and GM carlines over a 10-year horizon. Coordinate deliverables with GM North America & Global forecasting teams
- Manage the CO2 strategy to ensure a sustainable compliance short
- and long-term plans
- Exploration of potential Merger & Acquisition, Joint-Ventures and partnership opportunities to strengthen the portfolio of mission-aligned growth initiatives
- Build credibility and trust with leaders across the organization to achieve collaborative implementation of growth strategies
- Work in close collaboration with key internal business partners such as Planning, R&D/GM Ventures, Innovation, Customer Experience, Corporate Development, among others
- Activate external networks as 'sensory nodes' to identify new areas of growth, joint business development, and compelling adjacencies for GM's future business
- Aligning cross-functional groups and driving to outcomes
**Additional Job Description**

**Required Skills and Qualifications**:

- Bachelor's degree in Business, Commerce, Management, Marketing or equivalent - required.
- Master's degree in Business Administration or equivalent - preferred.
- Broad understanding of European countries/markets, competitive OEMs and Mobility solutions, and customers.
- Proven and successful track record of developing and driving strategic and purpose-driven growth initiatives or for a global organization of significant size and scale.
- Strength and depth of experience in strategy: formulation, activation, and execution coordination. Demonstrated strategy DNA developed from significant experience in strategy consulting or internal strategy leadership roles. Strong business and financial acumen.
- Knowledge and experience gained from leadership roles in relevant customer-oriented industries with particular focus on businesses that have successfully undergone digital transformation an