Forseven, a revolutionary company looking to transform the EV industry through cutting-edge technology and innovative engineering practices, is seeking an exceptional Head of Strategic Programs to join our highly skilled and dynamic Strategy team. This pivotal role will operate in a hybrid capacity out of one of our offices near Oxford or the Midlands, where the successful candidate will have the opportunity to work alongside some of the most visionary minds in the automotive field.

What's the opportunity?

This is an exciting role within our Group Strategy team who help define the overall strategy for Forseven and oversee it's delivery.

We are looking for someone with strong leadership skills who can bringing clarity and structure whilst leading peers and more senior colleagues to deliver critical business priorities. This role is split across three areas; ensuring execution of long running strategic priorities, solving specific strategic challenges and overseeing the process by which strategy is devised and delivered. Your primary focus will be on delivering and evolving our long term strategic priorities.

What will you do?

• Contribute across all Group Strategy work through active participation in the leadership team and the planning cycle
• Provide subject matter support and development
• Define and scope the strategic priorities you lead, establishing clear direction by shaping the ambition, priorities and business cases
• Build cross functional programme teams to establish and embed ways of working
• Establish and facilitate the appropriate levels of governance to provide strategic oversight and direction for the programmes
• Manage interdependencies and impacts across portfolios/programmes
• Drive progress in a consistent, transparent way, and to identify and manage issues and risks, dependencies, and opportunities
• Develop a comprehensive, inclusive strategic plan and growth strategy by collaborating with the director and senior leadership, which determines the business’s overall vision

Who are you?

• Significant experience developing and delivering Strategy in a large corporate environment
• A proven track record of delivering complex and sustained change at substantial scale
• Demonstrable experience of managing cross functional project teams including peers and senior leaders
• Experience of influencing senior stakeholders and facilitating challenging governance sessions
• A data-driven approach and ability to analyse data
• The ability to identify and solve problems quickly and efficiently
• A strategic understanding with a big focus on execution

About us and our culture

At Forseven, we are more than just a team of professionals; we are dynamic innovators, visionary collaborators, and trailblazers who believe in making a difference. Our passion lays in revolutionising the electric vehicle industry through our cutting-edge advancements and sustainable solutions that aim to transform the way transportation is perceived.

Currently operating under stealth mode, our focus is entirely directed towards achieving excellence as pioneers in creating sustainable mobility solutions which will help shape the future of transportation.

We're looking for enlightened individuals who possess an unwavering passion, relentless drive, and insatiable curiosity to question conventional norms and push beyond perceived limitations.

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