Strategy Manager at Sasria

Job Advert Summary

The Strategy Manager plays a vital role in driving the organisation's strategic foresight, governance research and contribute to the problem solving and systems thinking to complex problems across the organisation.

The Strategy Manager plans and oversees strategic plans and risks in the business and collaborates with the executive managers, and multiple teams throughout the organisation to research, develop, plan, and execute strategic initiatives.

Minimum Requirements
Minimum Qualifications:

• Any relevant Master’s degree .

Minimum Experience:

• Minimum 8 years research experience in fields such as; Financial service - Insurance, digitalization, politics, public policy, governance, will be beneficial.
• Proven facilitation experience in foresight competencies (framing, scanning, futuring, visioning, designing, adapting).
• Strong experience and networks within politics, relevant national departments, non-life insurance, will be considered favourably.

Please note that preference will be given to people with disabilities.

Duties and Responsibilities

Strategic Management

• Participate in the development of the divisional strategy.
• Assist the EM: Strategy and Underwriting with the development of Company’s strategic plan, ensuring alignment with the board and shareholder.
• Contribute to the research of effective strategic direction for new business and existing business growth.

 Research and Innovation

• Conduct quality research and produce written outputs independently (as agreed with the EM: Strategy and Underwriting) and develop appropriate strategies.
• Provide professional and strategic research input to research conceptualisation, input into the longer-term sustainability of research themes and topics to improve research impact of Sasria.
• Utilise a range of foresight methodologies, futures thinking frameworks, and systems thinking methods to explore complex problems and generate innovative solution and contribute to thought leadership.
• Apply creative and innovative approaches in conducting research over multiple future time horizons utilising futures studies, strategic foresight, and systemic change approaches and methods.
• Conduct environmental and horizon scanning on research topics highlighting emerging drivers of change, trends, weak signals, and potential disruptors and opportunities that may shape Sasria’s future.
• Develop innovative interventions based on research findings to address complex policy challenges.

Operational

• Identify weaknesses or opportunities in ongoing strategies and analyse internal processes and market trends.
• Collect and analyse information and data related to procedural efficiency within the organization.
• Develop new solutions, practices and strategies to support long-term business growth.

Stakeholder Engagement

• Engage with key stakeholders, policymakers, experts, and thought leaders to gather diverse perspectives and integrate them into policy proposals.
• Facilitate relevant workshops and foresight and system thinking exercises.
• Strategically engage with key stakeholders (internal and external) to ensure effective communication and cooperation and flow of information.

Financial

• Contribute to Developing & Managing Budget & Forecasts.
• Ensures compliance with statutory and regulatory accounting procedures.
• Interpreting Financial Statements.

 Risk Management

• Contribute to the development of the risk strategy which will include risk appetite and acceptable risk levels and identification of risk within the underwriting division.
• Manage departmental risk.