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Strategic Initiatives Manager (UK Capability), Luton
Client:
Leonardo
Location:
Luton, United Kingdom
Job Category:
Other
EU work permit required:
Yes
Job Reference:
03ba2e03e1db
Job Views:
95
Posted:
22.01.2025
Expiry Date:
08.03.2025
Job Description:
We are looking to fill an exciting opportunity to join the Leonardo UK Strategy and Technology team as a Strategic Initiatives Manager. In this role, you will work with the Leonardo UK Capability and Innovation Director, their team, and other members of the Leonardo UK Management Team to deliver our strategic objectives. The role has a broad scope, making it varied and fast-paced, giving the successful candidate the opportunity to participate in a wide array of activities, significantly contributing to Leonardo in the UK across all sites and divisions.
The role is based in the wider London area with regular UK travel.
What you will do:
* Build and utilise a trusted network across the entire company reaching all levels of seniority, including employees seconded externally to collate and analyse strategic capability development related information.
* Facilitate meetings chaired by the Director, acting as the point person to ensure the agendas contain all of the appropriate and timely items for discussion, and actions are recorded and completed.
* Prepare all briefs for engagements, comprising of all appropriate information, extracting the headline items for immediate attention.
* Produce and/or collate all presentations (including speeches) to be delivered by the Director, ensuring tailoring to specific audiences.
* Support the communications team with speech writing to ensure the content addresses the correct buttons for the audience and that it suits the delivery style of the Director.
* Review all requests into the Director's office and provide a summary and recommendation to allow for efficiency in response.
* Manage and amplify communication flow both into and out of the Director's office, including how communication has been received across the business.
* Keep track of all actions set on and by the Director to and from the business, ensuring they are all delivered on time and to the expected level of standard.
* Provide on-the-ground support for all Exhibitions and Conferences attended by the Director.
* Maintain an awareness of business activity across the entire company.
* Maintain an awareness of activity across the global defence industry and political environment.
* Deliver small projects or work packages independently, demonstrating a capability to understand and summarise technical content collated from across the business.
Key skills and experience you will bring:
* Excellent Communicator (to all levels of seniority and nationalities/cultures).
* Extremely organised.
* Advanced in Microsoft Office programmes.
* Work well under pressure and with very short timescales.
* Strategic, proactive problem solver with strong initiative.
* Team member but also able to work in isolation with limited instruction.
* An understanding of and commitment to extreme confidentiality.
* Understanding of business agreements and critical terms.
* Recent experience working with MOD & UK Government stakeholders on Capability Development.
* Able to support the directors' working patterns.
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