Group Strategy Director Job

Job Title: Group Strategy Director Job

Date Posted: 30/06/2026

Job Type: Full Time

Employer: Corporate Staffing

Industry: Engineering

Salary: Competitive

Location: Nairobi

Country: Kenya

Deadline: 06/07/2026

Summary:

Reporting Line: Group Managing Director

Our client is a leading ICT solutions provider with presence in East and Southern Africa delivering a wide range of world-class technological solutions. The company provide solutions that transform organizational processes to achieve effective identity management, automation, operational efficiency, and cost savings.

Role Purpose:

The Group Strategy Director is the single point of accountability for enterprise-wide strategy. The role ensures that the company strategy is context-aware, decision-ready for the Board, actively executed, and consistently forward-looking.

Key Responsibilities:

• Strategic Framing and Board Advisory – Analyze internal and external business context including market trends, regulation, competition, technology, and risk. – Develop clear, decision-ready Board papers on strategic matters, scenarios, and strategic options. – Advise the Board and GMD on strategic trade-offs, prioritization, and opportunity sizing.
• Enterprise Strategy Ownership – Own and continuously refine the Group strategy framework. – Ensure alignment across products, countries, partnerships, and platforms. – Refresh strategic assumptions based on evidence and market signals.
• Strategy Execution Oversight – Translate strategic priorities into execution frameworks with clear KPIs and milestones. – Track progress across functions and countries. – Identify execution risks early and drive corrective action.
• Regulatory, Risk, and Compliance Integration – Monitor regulatory and compliance developments across operating markets. – Integrate Enterprise Risk Management into strategic planning. – Ensure strategies align with the Board-approved risk appetite.
• Strategic Portfolio and Prioritization Governance – Support Product Council and strategic investment projects in terms of priority announcements. – Ensure initiatives outside approved roadmaps are strategically justified and prioritized.
• Market Expansion and Growth Strategy – Lead strategic analysis for new markets, business & commercial models, and strategic partnerships. – Ensure growth initiatives are supported by execution and risk frameworks.

Qualifications & Skills

• Bachelor’s degree in business, Economics, Engineering, Technology, or related analytical field
• MBA or Master’s in Strategy, Economics, Finance, or Technology Management will be an added advantage
• Experience operating at Group or regional level across multiple countries
• Experience in technology platforms, SaaS, digital products, health-tech or fintech-adjacent environment
• Has personally owned strategy execution, not only advisory or consulting roles
• Experience evaluating new markets, partnerships, and business models
• Strong analytical rigor, comfort with ambiguity, evidence-based decision-making
• Ability to influence country CEOs, product heads, and functional leaders without line authority
• Exceptional structured writing and executive communication
• Calm, credible, confident challenging of senior stakeholders
• Ability to convert complex issues (growth, risk, regulation, product trade-offs) into clear, decision-ready Board options and scenarios
• Translate strategy into priorities, KPIs, milestones, and execution tracking across functions and countries
• Continuous scanning of markets, competitors, technologies, and business models
• Ability to embed regulatory, compliance, and ERM considerations directly into strategic choices
• Strong initiative evaluation, ROI logic, and ability to say “no” credibly

How to Apply

If you are up to the challenge and possess the necessary qualifications and experience; please send your CV only quoting the job title on the email subject (Group Strategy Director) to vacancies@corporatestaffing.co.ke before 6th July 2026

NB: Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. If you do not receive any communication from us within two weeks of your application, kindly consider your application unsuccessful. We appreciate your interest and thank you for applying