Strategy & Planning Manager

Overview

Serve as a strategic co-pilot and internal advisor, translating multi-year executive visions into business priorities, competitive market positioning, and enterprise transformation roadmaps, with a focus on AI and recurring software revenue growth.

What you'll do

• Translate overarching executive vision into structured multi-year business roadmaps, measurable milestones, and recurring revenue models, defining clear success criteria for all initiatives.
• Set targets, build multi-variable forecasts, and conduct scenario modeling by integrating advanced analytics and AI-driven signals into daily workflows to evaluate trade-offs and long-term feasibility.
• Advise senior leaders on business unit strategies, investment priorities, and capability alignment, applying disciplined prioritization to identify low-value initiatives for sunsetting or outsourcing.
• Lead competitive intelligence and market dynamics research using AI-enabled synthesis tools to uncover emerging growth vectors, disruptive trends, and shifts in customer buying priorities.
• Facilitate global and regional Strategy & Planning cycles, embedding feedback loops and AI-driven anomaly detection to measure execution impact and implement timely course corrections.
• Coordinate cross-functional agendas across Sales, Product Engineering, Finance/FP&A, and Customer Experience, ensuring deliverables reflect end-to-end organizational interdependencies.
• Synthesize complex multifaceted quantitative and qualitative analyses into compelling, C-suite-ready presentations and narratives that drive executive consensus.

What you'll need

• Master's in Business Administration (MBA) or equivalent advanced degree from a premier business school.
• 7+ years of progressive experience in management consulting (Tier-1 / top-tier strategy firm) and/or Corporate Strategy / Strategy & Planning within high-tech, enterprise software, or SaaS.
• Demonstrated experience designing multi-year business plans, target-setting frameworks, financial forecasts, and complex scenario models.
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills with proven success influencing VP- and C-level executives.

Nice to have

• Hands-on experience shaping enterprise AI strategy, subscription/ARR transitions, or large-scale digital business transformations.
• Proficiency in utilizing AI-assisted analytics, prompt engineering workflows, and advanced business intelligence/visualization tools.
• Deep familiarity with enterprise technology architectures (Networking, Cybersecurity, Cloud, Observability, and AI Data Center infrastructure).
• Demonstrated agility and success operating in complex, matrixed global business environments.

Details

• Location: Bangalore, India.
• Partner directly with executive leadership, Regional Sales Directors, General Managers, and global Strategy & Planning peers.