Principal Strategy Manager

Travel. It's one of life's simple pleasures. But, ooof, planning it can feel like hard work. For the last 20 years we've been on a mission to empower every traveller with innovative tools, insights and experiences that help people get to where they're going, so they can spend more time out exploring the world, and less time anxiously bouncing around 25 browser tabs and endless spreadsheets. Our traveller-first approach drives everything we do and it's never been more important than it is today.

When we launched as a flight comparison site back in 2003, we changed the game by helping travellers feel smart, like they were in on a secret, that promise hasn't changed. And today, while we're a world leader in travel, with millions of people using our products every single day we know there's so much more we can be doing.

Being part of Skyscanner means joining a team hell bent on building the world's most innovative, and helpful travel experiences possible. We're hugely ambitious and believe we have the chance to genuinely challenge and disrupt the industry.

We are looking for a dynamic and strategic individual to help evolve and refine our strategy to drive our company’s growth ambitions. As Principal Strategy Manager, you will play a key role in exploring, shaping, and communicating our business strategy, identifying market trends, supervising competitor activity, assessing the landscape for future growth opportunities, and proposing impactful strategy recommendations for lasting success.

As a high-impact individual contributor, you will thrive in dynamic, fast-paced environments, steering strategies that elevate business value and competitiveness. You’ll work closely with senior leaders & teams from across the business and be an exceptional communicator and team player. You’ll also directly contribute to and manage our exec and board level communications on our progress against strategic ambitions.

Key Responsibilities

Understand travel landscape & competitors.

Scan the travel landscape for future strategic opportunities that improve growth ambitions at company level.

Develop market intelligence within the business, translating insights into meaningful reccomendations 

Analysis of strategic opportunities

• Collaborate and work within the strategy team to identify business opportunities.
• Apply data-driven insights to prepare clear and impactful business proposals.
• Conduct research and data analysis to comprehend the current market context.
• Drive business-wide & comprehensive understanding of the wider marketplace.

Partner management and communication/collaboration

• Collaborate with different disciplines to secure buy-in and build effective relationships.
• Navigate ambiguity and provide clear recommendations and next steps up to board level.

Strategic and operational planning

• Contribute to and manage our exec and board level communications on our progress against strategic ambitions
• Manage strategic planning cadence to maximise development and evolution of strategic thinking in the business.
• Translate insights into meaningful outputs that enhance the company’s strategic position.
• Understand our position within the market and recommend necessary pivots.
• Recommend initiatives that minimize risks and contribute to achieving long-term company ambitions.

Skills & Experience required.

• Proven experience of strategic impact through strategic consultancy.
• Outstanding communication skills, able to gain consensus and approval up to board level.
• Proficiency in developing strategic cases that justify investments, changes, or central initiatives by outlining potential benefits, risks, and returns.
• Data driven and highly analytical.
• Driven by a genuine care for the outcome and impact of their work.
• Ability to turn business challenges into problem statements, and craft ambitious but pragmatic solutions.
• The capacity to think critically, identify challenges, and develop innovative solutions that align with the organization's objectives.
• Experience working & leading across cross-functional teams, setting clear objectives, and helping craft strategic direction to bring out the very best in their colleagues.
• An innovator who can help us define our future strategy based on trends, market context, technological developments and connect this with future commercial landscapes.
• A passion for travel.