Senior Strategy Lead - BFSI

Key Responsibilities:

As a strategy lead, one of your key responsibilities is to conduct discovery activities to gain insights and gather information that will inform the development of strategic solutions. Discovery activities are aimed at understanding the current state of the organization, identifying challenges and opportunities, and formulating effective strategies to achieve the desired objectives. Specifically you will:

- Support the cultural, technological, and methodology transformation in line with the broader IHDS organization, and business strategy/transformation.

- Help design IT systems and procedures.

- Collaborate with architecture, product owners, delivery teams and other key stakeholders to help define product strategy, the technical vision and high-level strategic roadmaps.

- Conduct organizational studies and evaluations.

- Support the supplier selection processes where solutions require significant third-party involvement.

- Stay current with digital technologies and trends to ensure the organization stays competitive.

- Use data to drive any decision-making and in general promote a data driven culture.

- Ensure that solutions are designed in such a way that they deliver maximum value to the customer and demonstrate this empirically.

- Develop a deep understanding of the key business drivers to validate that initiatives and any associated changes, meet the desired business outcomes.

- Identify and surface key risks and issues, building an effective approach to mitigation and securing support when necessary.

- Partner with vendors and suppliers to maximize the value that they bring to solution development.

- Establish a reporting/communication cadence that provides both the business and technology leadership with transparency on the roadmap, value, budgeting, and status of key activities.

- Develop a range of strategic options and scenarios based on the identified issues and opportunities. These options should consider the organization's strengths, weaknesses, and external factors. Brainstorm creative and innovative ideas that have the potential to drive the organization's growth and success.

- Present the findings, insights, and strategic options to the relevant stakeholders and decision-makers. Clearly communicate the rationale behind each option, the potential benefits, and the associated risks. Provide a well-supported recommendation for the most suitable strategic direction based on the discovery activities.