Chief Strategy Officer

About the role

ActAI builds proactive applications for people who are not used to complex prompting, starting with an agent-first mobile communication app. Its mission is to bring intelligence to conversations, errands, organisation and workflows with minimal to no prompting. The Chief Strategy Officer owns Group strategy and major strategic initiatives across ActAI and its portfolio of businesses, identifies where the group should compete, invest and expand, turns those decisions into executable plans, and owns group-level positioning and communications around major corporate developments.

Key responsibilities

• Develop Group strategy across existing businesses, new products and markets.
• Evaluate new businesses, markets, competitors and industry shifts and recommend where the Group should invest.
• Build business cases and financial models for new opportunities and major strategic decisions.
• Lead strategic initiatives including market entry, partnerships, investments and M&A where relevant.
• Track competitive developments and identify risks and opportunities across the Group.
• Own Group positioning, corporate narratives and communications around major company developments.
• Work with business leaders to translate strategy into specific priorities, investments and execution plans.

Required profile

• Strong strategy experience in a technology company, high-growth startup, strategy, consulting or investment environment, or your own startup.
• Experience developing and executing strategies with measurable business outcomes.
• Hands-on operating style, able to research, analyse, write and drive strategic work personally.
• Experience with corporate development, investments, M&A or corporate communications is useful.

Required skills

• Strong commercial and financial judgement to evaluate markets, businesses and investments.
• Strong analytical capability and ability to build business cases and financial models directly.
• Excellent written communication and ability to turn complex business topics into clear narratives.