Description:

Company Overview:

- Our Client is a global leader in testing, inspection, and certification services, committed to upholding quality, safety, and sustainability.

- With expertise across diverse industries, we help organizations manage risk, improve performance, and achieve compliance.

- It's legacy is built on trust, innovation, and technical excellence across global operations.

Role Overview:

The Chief Strategy Officer (CSO) is a senior executive responsible for driving the organizations long-term strategic direction, ensuring alignment with business goals and external market dynamics.

- The role involves identifying growth opportunities, enabling transformation programs, optimizing business portfolios, and supporting leadership with actionable insights for decision-making. The CSO will work closely with the executive team to drive sustainable growth, innovation, and competitive positioning.

Key Responsibilities

1. Strategic Vision & Corporate Planning

- Develop and execute comprehensive long-term strategic roadmaps.

- Lead annual and multi-year strategic planning cycles.

- Translate strategic priorities into measurable goals and implementation frameworks.

- Advise leadership on macroeconomic, geopolitical, and technology-driven shifts impacting business.

2. Market & Business Intelligence

- Conduct sectoral analysis, competitor benchmarking, and trend forecasting.

- Identify white-space opportunities, new market segments, and disruptive business models.

- Monitor regulatory, policy, and sustainability developments impacting business competitiveness.

3. Growth & Diversification

- Drive initiatives related to market expansion, new revenue streams, mergers & acquisitions, and strategic partnerships.

- Oversee feasibility studies for greenfield/brownfield projects, capacity expansion, digital transformation, and innovation-oriented investments.

- Evaluate strategic investments, ROI models, and risk-return mapping.

4. Organizational Alignment & Execution

- Ensure cascading of strategic objectives across all business functions.

- Lead cross-functional transformation programs and strategic projects.

- Design performance metrics, governance structures, and reporting dashboards (KPIs/KRAs).

- Support the board/leadership with strategic communication, presentations, and decision frameworks.

5. Risk, Governance & Portfolio Optimization

- Identify operational, market, financial, geopolitical, and compliance-related risks.

- Develop risk mitigation frameworks and crisis adaptability strategies.

- Recommend portfolio restructuring, divestments, and cost-optimization initiatives.

6. Stakeholder Leadership

- Collaborate with key stakeholders including CXOs, finance, supply chain, operations, technology, and sustainability teams.

- Engage externally with government bodies, industry associations, investors, and strategic alliances.

- Represent the organization at high-level strategic discussions and forums.

Experience & Qualifications

- Total Experience: 15-25 years overall.

- Industry Expertise: Preferably in manufacturing, petrochemicals, energy, technology, diversified industrials (or similar), people with Consulting background preferred.

- Minimum 8-10 years in roles related to:

- Strategy / Corporate Planning / Growth & Transformation

- Business Development / M&A / Project Feasibility

- Digitalization, innovation, or enterprise optimization (preferred)

Educational Qualification:

- Engineering/Science Graduate with MBA (Tier-1/2 institute preferred)

- Exposure to global markets / international strategic assignments is desirable.

- Proven leadership of large-scale transformation, business restructuring, or expansion initiatives.

- Strong financial acumen, stakeholder management, and governance experience.

Key Competencies

- Strategic thinking & business foresight

- High analytical capability & problem-solving

- Strong commercial and financial understanding

- Cross-functional leadership and collaboration

- Risk anticipation and mitigation

- Excellent communication & influencing skills

- Ability to drive change and innovation

- High resilience and execution orientation

Compensation will not be a constrain for the right candidate.