Reporting to the Strategy Director, the Senior Strategy Manager plays a central role in shaping Welsh Water’s strategic direction by leading the development of strategic content, coordinating long-term business planning, and liaising with stakeholders on strategic issues.
The role is responsible for supporting the end-to-end strategy and business planning processes, ensuring that long-term pathways, choices and trade-offs are clearly articulated, credible and grounded in evidence. The postholder brings together horizon scanning, insight and organisational inputs to develop coherent strategic narratives that inform Executive and Board decision-making.
Key responsibilities of the role
1. Play a leading role in development and oversight of Dŵr Cymru’s long-term corporate strategy.
2. Develop and articulate long-term planning pathways and directional choices, supporting clarity on options, dependencies and implications over 5, 10 and 25-year horizons.
3. Lead and coordinate horizon scanning activity across political, regulatory, environmental, technological and societal domains, translating emerging trends into strategic insights and implications.
4. Manage strategic planning frameworks and governance, ensuring alignment between corporate strategy, business planning and asset investment.
5. Prepare high-quality written materials for Executive and Board consideration, including strategy papers, long-term plans and options narratives.
6. Work closely with Regulation, Finance, Asset Planning, Customer and Operations teams to ensure long-term plans are informed by evidence.
7. Contribute to the ongoing development of tools to promote a strong strategic culture across the organisation, encouraging long-term thinking, collaboration and evidence-based decision-making
