Senior Strategy Manager

Job Description

<p><h3>Overview</h3><p><b>Join our team</b></p><p>At TELUS, our Consumer Capital team is at the heart of strategic investment decisions, enabling growth, driving efficiency, and enhancing the customer experience. We oversee a multi-hundred-million-dollar capital portfolio and partner closely with senior executives to ensure every investment delivers impact.</p><p>We're seeking a Senior Strategy Manager who thrives at the intersection of strategy, governance, and executive communication. In this role, you'll own the annual capital planning cycle, facilitate senior leadership forums, and influence decision-making at the highest levels of the organization.</p><p><b>What We'll Accomplish Together</b></p><p>This role offers the opportunity to influence enterprise-level capital decisions, work directly with senior leaders, and build governance practices that shape TELUS\' future. You\'ll gain unique exposure to the executive decision-making process while helping drive investments that deliver real impact for our customers and frontlines.</p><h3>Responsibilities</h3><ul><li>Lead capital planning – drive the end-to-end annual planning cycle, ensuring investments are aligned, prioritized, and executed with discipline</li><li>Facilitate leadership forums – manage and lead monthly Consumer Capital Leadership Forums, shaping the agenda, preparing briefing materials, and ensuring productive dialogue with the ELT and senior stakeholders</li><li>Enable governance excellence – strengthen governance frameworks, streamline processes, and ensure compliance with TELUS\' standards across the capital portfolio</li><li>Communicate with impact – craft clear, compelling executive reports and presentations, tailoring messages for diverse audiences and driving alignment across leadership teams</li><li>Influence through leadership – act as a trusted advisor, building credibility with executives and cross-functional partners to shape investment decisions and support adoption of governance practices</li><li>Drive portfolio insights – conduct performance analysis and provide actionable recommendations to ensure TELUS maximizes return on capital</li></ul><h3>Here\'s How You\'ll Make An Impact</h3><ul><li>Annual Capital Planning – Lead the design and execution of the capital planning program, ensuring allocations for 2026 are strategically prioritized, supported by clear processes, and reported with precision</li><li>Governance Excellence – Strengthen governance frameworks by implementing process improvements, ensuring every initiative meets TELUS\' high compliance and oversight standards</li><li>Investment Evaluation – Collaborate with stakeholders and finance leaders to rigorously review and enhance business cases, ensuring clarity on benefits, resource requirements, and strategic alignment</li><li>Executive Reporting & Insights – Deliver concise, compelling executive-level reporting and performance analysis, enabling the ELT to make informed, data-driven decisions</li><li>Forum Facilitation & Stakeholder Influence – Act as a trusted advisor by leading leadership forums, fostering engagement across TELUS Consumer Solutions, and driving the adoption of governance practices through influence and collaboration</li></ul><h3>Qualifications</h3><p><b>You're the missing piece of the puzzle</b></p><ul><li>5–7 years of experience in strategy, finance, governance, or a related field</li><li>Exceptional organizational and planning skills; proven ability to manage complex programs and deliver in fast-paced, dynamic environments</li><li>Strong facilitation skills, with experience preparing for and leading senior leadership or executive forums</li><li>Advanced communication skills – able to synthesize complex information into executive-ready insights and present confidently to senior stakeholders</li><li>Influence-based leadership style, with a track record of building alignment across diverse stakeholder groups without direct authority</li><li>Advanced analytical ability and business acumen, with experience evaluating business cases and investment trade-offs</li><li>Collaborative mindset with proven success in developing cross-functional relationships</li></ul><h3>Great-to-haves</h3><ul><li>Program or portfolio management experience</li><li>Telecommunications, technology, or other capital-intensive industry exposure</li><li>Proficiency in SAP, Excel, PowerPoint, and Google Suite (including Looker Studio)</li></ul></p> #J-18808-Ljbffr