Strategic Programme Lead—Oxfordshire, UK
TLDR
Lead strategic initiatives and project coordination to enhance decision-making and execution across departments while utilizing AI technology for operational improvements.
This position is responsible for strategic delivery in a proactive leadership role where you will balance strategic vision with operational delivery, working with wider departments, customers and stakeholders to drive action and growth. You will drive top-level initiatives across the business while strengthening company-wide systems and processes.
You will act as a central point of coordination for strategic projects and marketing strategies by progressing tasks, raising and resolving blockers, leading meetings and building resources and systems.
Reports to: CEO
Responsibilities:
- Transforming discussions, ideas and company priorities into clear and structured outputs that enable better decision-making and execution across the business
- Managing strategic project timelines and stakeholder communication
- Driving the execution of marketing strategy including approach, campaigns, social media and event engagement
- Identifying activities to be automated, and implementing with AI/Wolfram technologies
- Aligning key leads, opportunities and communication efforts with business objectives through to execution
- Overseeing the marketing output and aligning communications, visions and events with strategic goals
- Supporting the CEO’s administration team ensuring that actions align with strategic goals
Required/ideal skills:
- Technical background and strong interest in technology, software, science or mathematics
- Incisiveness of understanding, ability to cross-examine and clarify
- Self-motivated and a pro-active approach to all tasks. Able to use own initiative
- Experience of project management methodologies and strategic project delivery
- Highly organised – able to prioritise workload, complete multiple tasks to deadlines and work under pressure
- Perceptive, with the ability to apply judgement, common sense and find practical solutions
- Able to communicate well at high level both externally and internally. Ability to adapt style of communication accordingly
- Management experience is an advantage, enjoys leading and mentoring a group
- Experience leading cross-function projects including system/program usage is advantageous
This full-time role offers hybrid remote. Office:Home / 60:40
Wolfram is an equal opportunity employer and values diversity at its company.
Wolfram Research builds powerful computational tools like Mathematica, Wolfram|Alpha, and the Wolfram Language, catering to scientists, engineers, educators, and developers. What sets us apart is our focus on knowledge-based programming, enabling users to harness complex computations effortlessly and innovate in their technical workflows.
- Founded
- Founded 1987
- Employees
- 500+ employees
- Industry
- Internet Software & Services