Senior Business Manager

Our client is a well-established, privately owned provider of end-to-end telecoms and IT solutions. They specialise in tailoring products and services to help clients optimise their mobile infrastructure, reduce costs and administrative burdens, and enhance staff productivity.

Due to expansion, they are now seeking a Senior Business Manager to support the CEO in driving strategic growth.

Who you are Core competencies, knowledge, and experience:

1. Strong communication and presentation skills with proven ability to influence stakeholders at all levels of the organisation
2. Very structured, and comfortable holding senior leadership to defined structures
3. Able to understand, summarise, and communicate complex strategic topics at an executive level
4. Able to work pro-actively and independently on a day-to-day basis with minimum guidance
5. Experience of complex multinational organisational structures and working in virtual and matrixed multinational teams, with a proven record of delivering goals in complex, global, matrix organisations
6. Able to manage multiple & changing priorities and take accountability for decisions made
7. High attention to detail and demonstrable business acumen
8. Able to maintain high levels of discretion and confidentiality
9. Proven experience (5+ years) in business management, strategy, or consulting at a senior / Exec level
10. Fluent in English (spoken and written)
11. Strong numerical and analytical skills, data interpretation, and problem-solving
12. Familiarity with project management, transformation, and business improvement methodologies (e.g. agile, six sigma)
13. Expert proficiency in Microsoft Office tools, particularly PowerPoint, Word and Excel

Nice to have skills:

1. Scaled Agile Framework for Enterprise (SAFe)
2. Facilitation qualification
3. Online collaboration & facilitation expertise
4. Coaching experience

Role purpose:

As Senior Business Manager to the CEO office, you play a critical role underpinning the effectiveness of the CEO and General Management Team (GMT). Acting as a trusted advisor, your role enables the successful day-to-day operation of the GMT and the execution of its strategic priorities.

Your role will ensure Business UK continues to drive business growth and delivers operational excellence. You will manage CEO-level governance, support strategic decision-making, create & maintain effective cross-functional working, and assume responsibility for the smooth running of the CEO office. You will ensure strategic alignment across the wider organisation, working across the senior leadership community in UK with senior stakeholders from across the wider Vodafone business, ensuring the UK CEO is prepped for all internal, external and partner meetings/ELT/GMT exec reviews.

Reporting directly to the Business UK CEO, you will need to collaborate with cross-functional teams, analyse and understand critical data underpinning business performance, and provide insights to support the delivery of business growth and the strategic objectives. This role requires a highly capable, motivated, energised, and flexible leader who has both breadth and depth of telecoms knowledge and business understanding.