Global Strategy Manager, Digital Energy Software
About The Position
Schneider Electric is a global leader in Energy Management and Industrial Automation solutions. The company is committed to fostering Innovation, Diversity, and Sustainability. The Digital Energy Software business is a core part of Schneider Electric's Energy Management Business, focusing on operational software platforms, IoT, and analytics for building and power management across various end-markets. The Strategy function within this business contributes to the group's strategy cycle, manages Mergers & Acquisitions and Strategic Partnerships, conducts Strategic Intelligence, provides quarterly support for R&D roadmaps and business reviews, and delivers ad-hoc strategy projects. The Global Strategy Manager role is key in developing strategic tech partnerships for cross-platform integrations, Go-to-market expansion, co-innovation, and potential M&A deals. This role partners with League Leaders and Commercial functions, has a global remit, and works with multiple stakeholders across the organization.
Requirements
- Good business acumen and judgment with a strong knowledge of the tech and market served
- Strong organization and project management skills; structured way of working; ability to work under time pressure; Good attention to details
- Strong analytical skills: ability to screen and quickly absorb information on various topics from multiple sources and synthesize it to make meaningful recommendations
- Quantitative; comfortable working with numbers, building models and quantitative analyses
- Financially literate: able to review and interpret financial statements / reports
- Fast learning capacity and curiosity for learning about Schneider Electric Digital Energy businesses across Power, Grid, Building, and those of competitors, new business models and disruptors
- Resourceful, tenacious and self-starter attitude, interest to roll-up one sleeves and get things done
- Good interpersonal skills
- Open-mindedness, actively listens to others, understands and values others' views
- Ability to connect with people easily, to win buy-in for proposed recommendations
- High level of maturity: ability to liaise with counterparts from different parts of the organization, including senior executives
- Collaborative and a team player: driven but balanced, thoughtful and passionate about success of the collective team
- International, multi-cultural mind-set and approach
- Excellent MS PowerPoint and Excel skills, and presentation writing skills
- Fluency in spoken and written English
Nice To Haves
- Prior experience in Software Partnerships, Offer Management and PMO role a plus
- Previous experience in private equity or other financial investors is a plus
- Experience in project management tools a plus
- Any other language is a plus
Responsibilities
- Work with the Vice President of Strategy as well as the rest of the strategy team to develop key strategic partnerships with an end-to-end approach (targeting and screening the market, partnership scoping, tech discovery, MoU / agreement, partnership’s project coordination and PMO for project execution, follow-up)
- Act as a key content lead and project lead for strategy studies
- Own key strategic transformation projects / initiatives
Benefits
- medical (with member reward points)
- dental
- vision
- basic life insurance
- Benefit Bucks (credits to apply towards your benefits)
- flexible work arrangements
- paid family leaves
- 401(k) + match
- well-being and recognition (including service anniversary) programs
- 12 holidays per year
- 15 days of paid time off per year (pro-rated in the first year of employment based on start date)
- opportunity to purchase company stock (eligibility depends on start date)
- military leave benefits
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
