Senior Strategy Manager

Are you passionate about shaping enterprise strategy and influencing decisions at the highest levels of a global organisation?

Would you enjoy leading strategic initiatives that help drive growth, innovation, and long-term impact across Elsevier?

Location: London

About our Team

The Elsevier Strategy team plays a central role in shaping the long-term direction and growth of the business. Working at the heart of the organisation, the team partners closely with senior leaders across Elsevier and RELX to develop enterprise-wide strategies, evaluate growth opportunities, and lead high-impact initiatives that span multiple business areas. Combining rigorous analysis with strategic thinking, the team helps define future priorities, supports key decision-making processes, and delivers insights and recommendations that influence executive leadership and Board-level discussions. This is a highly visible team where collaboration, intellectual curiosity, and the ability to navigate complex business challenges are valued and rewarded.

About the Role

The Senior Strategy Manager works directly with senior leaders across Elsevier, leading strategy planning across the company, preparing presentations for Elsevier and RELX leadership teams and driving company-wide strategy projects. Reporting to the EVP Strategy, this role is highly visible and offers the opportunity to influence strategic direction, support executive decision-making, and lead high-impact initiatives across the organisation.

Responsibilities

• Driving cross-Elsevier strategic initiatives, annual strategic review activities, and tracking progress against objectives and metrics.

• Leading the scoping and execution of strategic projects, including data analysis, market analysis, customer interviews, synthesis of findings, and recommendations.

• Supporting strategic planning for Elsevier's portfolio of businesses, working closely with stakeholders, Finance and the wider strategy team to articulate ambitions and growth priorities.

• Developing mid- and long-term strategic roadmaps, ensuring resources are optimised effectively.

• Working with the EVP Strategy to develop the Elsevier-wide strategy.

• Partnering with functional teams, including Product, Technology, Marketing, Sales, HR, and Corporate Affairs on strategic projects and to ensure alignment on priorities and progress.

• Articulating Elsevier's strategy narrative and communicating strategic direction and priorities to multiple stakeholder groups.

• Supporting delivery of strategic reports to the Elsevier Leadership Team, RELX Leadership Team and RELX Board, and providing strategic analysis for Investor Relations communications.

Requirements

• Experience leading strategic planning and portfolio-level thinking in a complex organisation.

• Experience leading strategic projects from scoping to execution. 

• Experience developing strategic roadmaps and translating priorities into actionable plans.

• Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence senior leaders and cross-functional teams.

• Excellent communication and presentation skills, including developing executive-level materials.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities, including market and data analysis.

• Experience leading strategic projects from scoping through execution and recommendation.

• Ability to manage multiple priorities and drive alignment across diverse stakeholder groups.

• Interest in business growth, market opportunities, portfolio strategy, and organisational transformation.

If you are interested in the role, please apply with a cover letter and CV.

Work in a way that works for you

We promote a healthy work/life balance across the organisation. With an average length of service of 9 years, we are confident that we offer an appealing working prospect for our people. With numerous wellbeing initiatives, shared parental leave, study assistance and sabbaticals, we will help you meet your immediate responsibilities and your long-term goals.

• Working in a hybrid way from both the office and at home

• Working flexible hours - flexing the times you work in the day

Working with us

We are an equal opportunity employer with a commitment to help you succeed. Here, you will find an inclusive, agile, collaborative, innovative and fun environment, where everyone has a part to play. Regardless of the team you join, we promote a diverse environment with co-workers who are passionate about what they do, and how they do it.

Working for you

• At Elsevier, we know that your wellbeing and happiness are key to a long and successful career. These are some of the benefits we are delighted to offer:

• Generous holiday allowance with the option to buy additional days

• Health screening, eye care vouchers and private medical benefits

• Wellbeing programs

• Life assurance

• Access to a competitive contributory pension scheme

• Long service awards

• Save As You Earn share option scheme

• Travel Season ticket loan

• Maternity, paternity and shared parental leave

• Access to emergency care for both the elderly and children

• RE CARES days, giving you time to support the charities and causes that matter to you

• Access to employee resource groups with dedicated time to volunteer

• Access to extensive learning and development resources

• Access to employee discounts via Perks at Work

About Us

A global leader in information and analytics, we help researchers and healthcare professionals advance science and improve health outcomes for the benefit of society. Building on our publishing heritage, we combine quality information and vast data sets with analytics to support visionary science and research, health education and interactive learning, as well as exceptional healthcare and clinical practice. At Elsevier, your work contributes to the world’s grand challenges and a more sustainable future. We harness innovative technologies to support science and healthcare to partner for a better world.

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