Manager, Strategy and Growth

NCS is a leading technology services firm that operates across the Asia Pacific region in over 20 cities, providing consulting, digital services, technology solutions, and more. We believe in harnessing the power of technology to achieve extraordinary things, creating lasting value and impact for our communities, partners, and people. Our diverse workforce of 13,000 has delivered large-scale, mission-critical, and multi-platform projects for governments and enterprises in Singapore and the APAC region.

As a Manager, Strategy & Growth, you will be reporting to Senior Director, Strategy & Growth. Your role is to drive high-impact strategic projects that shape NCS’s business trajectory; which also balances strategic project leadership with the helm of the market intelligence function.

What will you do?

Lead Strategic Initiatives

• Spearhead high-impact projects in growth, margin optimization, operational improvement and organizational development.
• Provide actionable recommendations through rigorous analysis and innovative problem-solving.
• Collaborate with leadership to align strategic projects with corporate objectives and deliver measurable outcomes.

Conduct Complex Research and Analysis

• Analyze market trends, competitor strategies, and financial metrics, including M&A activities and key financial margins (e.g., project margins, gross margins, EBITDA, EBIT).
• Effectively communicating findings to support NCS’s business units in shaping strategies, enhancing sales, and driving client engagement.

Market Intelligence

• Develop and maintain a robust, automated market intelligence function leveraging tools, AI, and streamlined processes.
• Synthesize insights from sources like Gartner, IDC, and Frost & Sullivan to inform strategic decision-making and provide proactive guidance to internal stakeholders.

Support Corporate Strategy & Planning

• Contribute to strategic planning, including the Annual Operating Plan (AOP).
• Facilitate execution of strategic and transformational initiatives by presenting findings and recommendations to senior leadership.

Data-Driven Decision Support

• Partner with Finance to analyze performance metrics, ensuring alignment with business goals.
• Support strategic planning, including AOP, by providing market and competitor insights.

Strategic Stakeholder Engagement

• Act as a trusted advisor to business leaders, enabling informed responses to market trends and opportunities.
• Collaborate across functions (sales, delivery, and innovation) to address strategic priorities.

Capability Development and Automation

• Standardize and automate processes within the market intelligence function to improve productivity.
• Develop tools, templates, and best practices that elevate the team's impact.

Executive Communication

• Craft and present compelling, insight-driven narratives for senior leadership to support strategic discussions and decisions.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Align with business units to ensure strategic initiatives are implemented effectively.
• Actively contribute to internal capability-building by mentoring teams and fostering a culture of excellence.

The ideal candidate should possess:

• At least 5 years of relevant experience in strategic planning, market research, or analysis roles, ideally with exposure to high-impact, cross-functional projects.
• Background in consulting, strategy, in-house consulting, or technology services has an added advantages.
• Ability to manage and execute high-impact strategic projects.
• Expertise in market research using sources such as Gartner, IDC, and Frost & Sullivan, with a focus on actionable insights.
• Ability to analyze complex problems and distill them into clear, structured insights for effective decision-making.
• Ability to convey complex ideas in a clear, concise manner, both in written reports and presentations, tailored for executive-level audiences.
• Ability to analyze financial data, interpret KPIs, and understand performance drivers in IT or professional services.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, confident in senior executive interaction and leading cross-functional teams.
• Ability to manage multiple strategic projects concurrently, with excellent time management and prioritization.
• Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Economics, Computer Science, Technology, Finance, Marketing, Data Science, Analytics, Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics or related field preferred.

We are driven by our AEIOU beliefs—Adventure, Excellence, Integrity, Ownership, and Unity—and we seek individuals who embody these values in both their professional and personal lives. We are committed to our Impact: Valuing our clients, Growing our people, and Creating our future.

Together, we make the extraordinary happen.

Learn more about us at ncs.co and visit our LinkedIn career site.