5 Consumer Strategy Manager jobs in Ireland

Job Type Temporary Full-Time Location Dublin City, County Dublin, Ireland Job Details Vhi Group Services DAC have a full-time temporary role (15 months) for a Corporate Strategy & Innovation Manager who will help ensure our Group Strategy evolves to reflect our internal and external operating environment. This exciting offers the opportunity to contribute to developing the next chapter of our Group Strategy, collaborating closely with senior stakeholders across the business to agree and define our strategic initiatives and priorities. Role purpose Ensure our Group Strategy evolves to reflect any material changes to the operating environment as they occur Lead the annual strategy review and calibration of our Group Strategy Work with key functions and business units to support the development and execution of key components of our strategy Lead & co-ordinate cross-functional teams in developing a Group position for strategic challenges / initiatives Develop thought leadership through market analysis, benchmarking & horizon scanning Support the effective communication of the Group Strategy across all-colleagues including progress on strategy execution. Define and support the Group Corporate innovation approach, assessment frameworks and pipeline management, with an objective to ensure group mobilisation to eventually bring to market Supporting the Head of Group Strategy in tasks as required Key criteria Education and experience Minimum 7 years commercial experience, ideally with 2 to 3 years in a strategy role or strategy firm A post-graduate degree, preferably in a business discipline, and/or a professional financial qualification. Proven track record of formulating and implementing cross-business strategies Proven commercial focus with a strong business acumen Proven experience leading multi-disciplinary teams Experience in the development of corporate innovation Interpersonal skills Ability to express ideas in a clear & concise manner - verbally & in writing and to communicate with impact across a wide range of internal & external stakeholders Ability to analyse & translate complex challenges into concrete actions & approaches Strategic thinker, with ability to analyse & translate complex concepts into concrete actions & approaches Proficiency in the consultancy toolkit - board ready level Self-starter with ability to influence with impact at all levels Proactively support colleague development Demonstrated alignment to the Vhi values Vhi is an equal opportunities employer. Accessibility If you are a candidate with a disability and encounter difficulty accessing any part of this website or wish to discuss any matter relating to the accessibility of our building or services, please contact Reasonable Accommodations Our commitment is to make any reasonable accommodation for you in the recruitment process to give you the best opportunity to perform to your optimum in the application, test, and interview process. To be considered for this role you will be redirected to and must complete the application process on our careers page. To start the process, click the Apply button below to Login/Register.

Job Description Dunnes Stores is Ireland's leading retailer positioned at the cutting edge of food, fashion and home retailing. We are known for offering a wide range of high-quality products to our customers. We are a customer focused business and constantly exploring new ways to improve the experience for our customers. This includes embracing changes in technology to drive new innovation including IoT technologies such as Scan & Go/Queue Busting checkout options, intelligent Digital Displays, Smart Shelves, and Smart Trolleys, along with mobile device integration, are enabling such experiences. Modern IT infrastructures are allowing for the rapid on-boarding of new stores, product lines, and technologies to allow us quickly to adapt to market changes while ensuring security and compliance. This provides a challenging environment for people to drive change and ensure we embrace cyber and security challenges to protect and grow our business. We are hiring for a Cybersecurity Strategy, Governance, Risk, and Compliance Senior Manager who will be responsible for developing and implementing the cybersecurity strategy and ensuring that all cybersecurity activities are in line with regulatory requirements and industry best practices. This role involves overseeing the governance, risk management, and compliance aspects of cybersecurity to protect the company's information assets and manage cybersecurity risks effectively. This role is based in our Head Office in Dublin city centre, and reports to our Chief Information Security Officer. Key Responsibilities: Develop and maintain the cybersecurity strategy and framework in alignment with the company's business objectives and risk appetite. Lead the development, implementation, and maintenance of cybersecurity policies, standards, and guidelines. Oversee the cybersecurity risk management program, including risk assessment, risk treatment, and risk monitoring activities. Ensure compliance with relevant laws, regulations, and standards such as GDPR, PCI DSS, and ISO 27001. Conduct risk assessments of third parties to identify potential risks associated with their products, services, or business relationships. Coordinate with internal and external auditors to facilitate cybersecurity audits and address findings in a timely manner. Manage the cybersecurity awareness and training program to ensure that employees and stakeholders are informed about their responsibilities. Advise senior management and the board on cybersecurity risks, trends, and the effectiveness of the cybersecurity program. Collaborate with IT and business units to integrate cybersecurity GRC considerations into project lifecycles and business processes. Develop and maintain relationships with regulatory bodies, industry groups, and other external stakeholders. Provide regular reports to senior management and other stakeholders on the status of cybersecurity posture. Qualifications & Experience: Bachelor's or Master's degree in Information Security, Cybersecurity, Computer Science, or a related field. Professional certifications such as CISM, CRISC, CGEIT, or equivalent. Significant experience in cybersecurity strategy, governance, risk management, and compliance, preferably in the retail sector. Strong understanding of cybersecurity frameworks (e.g., NIST, COBIT) and regulatory requirements. Excellent leadership, strategic thinking, and communication skills. Ability to translate complex cybersecurity concepts into business terms and influence decision-making processes. Dunnes Stores Competency Profile: Technical/professional knowledge Building Relationships Results Orientation Change Advocate Benefits: Competitive salary Comprehensive benefits package including our employee discount Opportunities for professional development and career progression A dynamic and collaborative work environment focused on innovation and growth If this sounds like the job for you, please apply now! Dunnes Stores is an equal opportunities employer

Job Description You enjoy shaping the future of product innovation as a core leader, driving value for customers, guiding successful launches, and exceeding expectations. Join our dynamic team and make a meaningful impact by delivering high-quality products that resonate with clients. As a Product Manager in the Acquiring Platforms & Rails Migration Strategy within our Payments business, you will play a crucial role in migrating clients and leading the end-to-end strategy execution. Your leadership will be central to the development and launch of products that provide exceptional value to our customers. You will leverage your deep understanding of product development to guide successful product launches, gather essential feedback, and ensure top-tier client experiences. Your commitment to scalability, resiliency, and stability will be key as you collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to achieve our strategic goals. Job Responsibilities: Develop a comprehensive migration product strategy and vision that delivers value to customers. Manage discovery efforts and analyse client user scenarios to uncover innovative customer solutions. Oversee the creation and maintenance of a migration backlog that supports the strategic roadmap and value proposition. Build and track the product's key success metrics, including cost, feature and functionality, risk posture, and reliability. Lead end-to-end product life cycle activities, from ideation to successful launch. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure seamless execution of migration. Gather and analyse crucial feedback to enhance product offerings and client experiences. Ensure products are scalable, resilient, and stable to meet customer expectations. Drive and deliver a successful migration roadmap aligned with strategic objectives. Utilize advanced knowledge of product development life cycle, design, and data analytics. Communicate effectively with stakeholders and present product strategies and updates. Required Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills: Proven experience or equivalent expertise in product management within the Acquiring/Payments business or a relevant domain area. Advanced knowledge of the product development life cycle, design, and data analytics. Proven ability to lead migration life cycle activities and manage successful client product transformation programs Experience in product or platform-wide release management, deployment processes, and strategies. Demonstrated ability to drive and deliver a successful product roadmap. Strong organizational skills to plan, organize, and schedule technology resources effectively. Experience with technical concepts, Agile practices, and collaboration with technical staff as needed. Strong communication and presentation skills to effectively convey product vision and strategy. Preferred Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills: Demonstrated prior experience working in the Acquiring/Payments business or a related domain. Proven track record of delivering high-quality products that exceed customer expectations. Ability to work collaboratively with cross-functional teams to achieve strategic goals. Strong analytical skills to gather and interpret customer feedback and data. Experience in building frameworks to track product success metrics, such as cost, feature and functionality, risk posture, and reliability. About Us J.P. Morgan is a global leader in financial services, providing strategic advice and products to the world's most prominent corporations, governments, wealthy individuals and institutional investors. Our first-class business in a first-class way approach to serving clients drives everything we do. We strive to build trusted, long-term partnerships to help our clients achieve their business objectives. We recognize that our people are our strength and the diverse talents they bring to our global workforce are directly linked to our success. We are an equal opportunity employer and place a high value on diversity and inclusion at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of any protected attribute, including race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital or veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. We also make reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as mental health or physical disability needs. Visit our FAQs for more information about requesting an accommodation. About the Team J.P. Morgan's Commercial & Investment Bank is a global leader across banking, markets, securities services and payments. Corporations, governments and institutions throughout the world entrust us with their business in more than 100 countries. The Commercial & Investment Bank provides strategic advice, raises capital, manages risk and extends liquidity in markets around the world. To be considered for this role you will be redirected to and must complete the application process on our careers page. To start the process click the Continue to Application or Login/Register to apply button below.

About the Opportunity

Contentful is looking for a Senior Manager to join the Product Strategy and BizOps team to help scale our business. As a thought partner to senior management, you will work closely with teams across the organization to understand business performance, set strategy, and drive business growth. As a member of the Strategy & BizOps team, you will become a trusted advisor to Contentful's executives and functional leaders, and work on high-impact, top priority issues facing the business.

This role is dedicated to supporting the Product organisation in setting and operationalising strategy, and will bridge cross functional touchpoints with our GTM functions.

What to expect?

As a member of the Product Strategy and BizOps team, you will become a trusted advisor to Contentful's executives and functional leaders, particularly our Chief Product Officer and Chief Technical Officer, and work on high-impact, top priority issues facing the business. This is a hybrid role in a small high impact team (currently one direct report), combining individual contribution with people leadership, delivering and leading work directly, coaching other Product leads and team members, and leading through others across the business.

• Being a thought partner to senior product leadership: in shaping the strategic product vision and narrative for the company, ensuring effective communication of this in partnership internally and externally, partnering with teams such as our marketing and analyst relation teams
• Being the business partner to product leaders : identifying, surfacing and strategising around business performance of our Product Lines , and being a SME on projecting the business impact of product initiatives.
• Own ongoing key strategic initiatives that drive meaningful growth and product adoption: such as supporting product oriented GTM plays, rethinking trials processes, investigating onboarding challenges and driving action through programs or cross functional leadership
• Identifying growth, efficiency, and strategic opportunities for the business: conducting qualitative and quantitative analysis to understand commercial performance of our products, evaluating investments or strategic decisions, identifying and prioritizing actions to take, and communicating insights to senior executives.
• Driving successful execution cross functionally with GTM partners: on specific one-off initiatives, or on process or systems improvements that support our growth trajectory. Work closely with our Product leadership and stakeholders including Pricing, Marketing, Sales and Partnerships to drive cross functional projects.
• Supporting strategic operational cadences: supporting leadership on C-suite and Board level topics, driving creation of materials for boards and critical internal company strategy communications

Periodic travel may be required.

What you need to be successful Essential:

• Professional Background: 5+ years of experience in areas such as management consulting, investment banking/private equity, BizOps, strategy, or corporate development roles
• Stakeholder Communication: Strong business generalist with outstanding communication and collaboration skills, able to communicate complex information and concepts clearly for executive audiences. Able to confidently manage taking on-board executive feedback.
• Quantitative Analysis: Performs accurate analysis on complex data and derives new and actionable business insights based on this. Able to question and challenge assumptions and outliers, and accurately report findings. Has experience building complex business and financial models and analyses.
• Problem Solving: Defines, structures, and frames complex problems and decisions in a simple, actionable way
• Project leadership: Successfully leads large cross-functional teams with a range of seniority levels (up to C-level)
• Action oriented: Experienced in driving from business analysis and insights to action: structuring and solving problems, seeking information needed to solve these, conducting analyses, recommending actions, getting buy-in and alignment from leaders and teams, and working with other teams to deliver results

Desirable:

• Knowledge of/strong interest in the digital experience space: this would be a big help given the central role in evolving and communicating our product strategy
• Enterprise go to market (GTM) familiarity : understanding and/or experience of Enterprise SaaS go to market motions
• Product Management familiarity: Awareness of product and software engineering practices, the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and product strategy.

What's in it for you?

• Join an ambitious tech company reshaping the way people build digital experiences
• Full-time employees receive Stock Options for the opportunity to share in the success of our company
• Fertility and family building benefits, including a lifetime reimbursable wallet to support your growing family.
• We value Work-Life balance and You Time !A generous amount of paid time off, including vacation days, sick days, education days, compassion days for loss, and volunteer days
• Time off to care for and focus on your growing family
• Use your personal annual education budget to improve your skills and grow in your career
• Enjoy a full range of virtual and in-person events, including workshops, guest speakers, and fun team activities, supporting learning and networking exchange beyond the usual work duties
• An annual wellbeing stipend to care for your physical, financial, or emotional health
• A monthly communication phone/internet stipend and phone hardware upgrade reimbursement.
• New hire office equipment stipend for hybrid or distributed employees. Get the gear you need to work at your best.

Who are we?

Contentful is a leading digital experience platform that helps modern businesses meet the growing demand for engaging, personalized content at scale. By blending composability with native AI capabilities, Contentful enables dynamic personalization, automated content delivery, and real-time experimentation, powering next-generation digital experiences across brands, regions, and channels for more than 4,200 organizations worldwide. More than 700 people from more than 70 nations contribute their energy and creativity to Contentful, working from hubs in Berlin, Denver, San Francisco, London, New York, and distributed worldwide.

Everyone is welcome here!

"Everyone is welcome here" is a celebrated component of our culture. At Contentful, we strive to create an inclusive environment that empowers our employees. We believe that our products and services benefit from our diverse backgrounds and experiences, and we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applications will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, age, physical dis ability, or length of time spent unemployed. We invite you to apply and join us!

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