Strategic Programme Manager

Summary

Join Pleo's Strategy and Commercial Effectiveness team as a Strategic Programme Manager in our new Chennai Hub. This hybrid role requires leading various commercial programs focused on revenue efficiency across the customer lifecycle. You will manage cross-functional projects, define strategic initiatives, and develop data-driven recommendations for revenue growth. The ideal candidate possesses a proven track record in program management, strong analytical skills, and experience managing teams. Pleo offers a collaborative work environment, a focus on work-life balance, and the opportunity to contribute to a rapidly growing company.

Requirements

• Minimum of 3 years of experience in a Programme Manager or Strategy & Operations role
• Exceptional organizational and time-management skills with a proven ability to manage multiple projects/people concurrently and ensure timely delivery
• Ability to think outside-the-box and problem solve for some of the hardest growth problems at Pleo. This is supported by strong analytical and decision-making abilities
• Experience handling high-pressure situations and tight deadlines
• Experience developing people in their career growth, as well as senior stakeholder management
• Proficiency in Excel or Gsheet, including formulas, pivot tables, and data visualisation techniques

Responsibilities

• Lead and deliver various commercial programmes covering the revenue efficiency of the entire customer lifecycle from a strategic and operational nature
• Lead the end-to-end delivery of cross-functional projects for implementation of new, high-impact commercial processes including successful adoption and change management
• Define new strategic initiatives, and build structured business cases for innovative solutions to make commercial distribution successful
• Develop rigorously, fact-based, quantitative analysis to support recommendations for Revenue growth and expansion across the customer life-cycle
• Communicate recommendations and new process enablement to senior management and function teams in a clear, concise and impactful way
• Lead stakeholder engagement, facilitating and collaborating in project team meetings and acting as the key orchestrator of process and delivery
• Manage one other team member in their programme management career development
• Manage deadlines, prioritise workloads, bring high velocity, and maintain strong attention to detail to meet organisational objectives and quality measures

Preferred Qualifications

Background in consulting, startup or industry-related experience managing teams of cross-discipline resources with complex, multi-location programs

Benefits

• Hybrid working arrangement
• Good work-life balance
• Remote work setup support