VP Strategy

Role Overview

• Own the development and continuous refinement of Cirium’s long‑term enterprise strategy, grounded in deep customer insight, rigorous market analysis, and data‑driven decision‑making
• Define strategic priorities and investment theses across products, data assets, markets, and emerging digital ecosystems
• Partner closely with the CEO and Leadership Team to ensure strategic coherence across the organisation
• Lead Cirium’s annual strategy development and planning cycles, translating choices into executable roadmaps with clear KPIs and outcome ownership
• Build and maintain a unified enterprise-wide view of market opportunities, product evolution, data asset priorities, and commercial focus areas
• Establish governance mechanisms to track progress and ensure disciplined execution of strategic bets
• Lead high‑impact, cross‑functional strategic programmes spanning new product innovation, pricing, customer segments, technology investment, and operational excellence
• Bring structured evaluation and sizing to strategic opportunities, making recommendations grounded in commercial and operational feasibility
• Lead the development of Cirium’s M&A strategy and pipeline, aligned to long‑term portfolio ambition
• Partner closely with RELX Corporate Development across sourcing, diligence, business case creation, deal negotiation, and integration planning
• Identify and evaluate new data partnerships, strategic alliances and ecosystem plays that strengthen Cirium’s differentiated market position
• Provide a forward‑looking external perspective to Cirium—developing deep customer, competitor, and market understanding to help the business “see around corners”
• Shape SLT and Board‑level decision‑making through insight, foresight, and clear strategic narratives
• Build, develop, and lead Cirium’s strategy capability that models analytical excellence, curiosity, and innovation
• Influence and align senior stakeholders globally, ensuring strategy translates into clear decisions and measurable outcomes.

Requirements

• Significant experience in senior strategy roles within data, technology, aviation, analytics, or related B2B information industries
• A background in top-tier consulting (BCG, Bain, McKinsey) or equivalent strategy leadership experience strongly preferred
• Exceptional problem‑solving capability and comfort with ambiguity—able to bring structure, rigour, and insight to complex landscapes
• Outstanding ability to synthesize, simplify, and communicate complex ideas in compelling ways.
• Strong financial acumen with a proven track record of linking strategic decisions to commercial outcomes
• Proven experience operating in a global, matrixed environment
• Demonstrated ability to influence and align senior stakeholders, driving coherent decisions at scale
• Strong storytelling, narrative, and external communication skills
• Experience evaluating acquisitions, partnerships, market adjacencies, and ecosystem opportunities

Benefits

• 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
• Save As You Earn share option scheme
• Travel Season ticket loan
• Electric Vehicle Scheme
• Optional Dental Insurance
• Maternity, paternity and shared parental leave
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Access to emergency care for both the elderly and children
• RECARES 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 scheme via Perks at Work