Head of Strategy & Growth

This is a high-profile staff position with a leading operating client in the North Sea. Candidates will have an operator background and similar experience of directly supporting C Suite leadership. 


The Head of Strategy & Growth will serve as a critical strategic leader within the organisation. This role is responsible for shaping enterprise strategy, evaluating long-term growth opportunities, driving strategic initiatives, and leading corporate development activities such as partnerships, market expansion, and M&A assessments. Partnering closely with the CFO and executive committee, this leader will bring analytical rigor, strategic insight, and cross-functional influence to help the company achieve its financial and operational ambitions.
 
Success in the role will look like:
The company maintains a basin leading position as a safe, trusted and thriving business
Resource maturation improves leading to near, medium and long term growth
Balance sheet strength supports ongoing distributions to investors
Strong organic growth supports the prospect of inorganic growth
The company is proactive in dealing with market exposure
 
Key Responsibilities:
Strategic Planning & Execution
- Lead the annual and multi-year strategic planning process, ensuring alignment with corporate goals and priorities.
- Identify long-term trends, scenario plans, and emerging opportunities to guide investment and resource allocation.
- Lead the periodic review of company’s perspective on market fundamentals and assumptions
- Translate strategic objectives into actionable initiatives, KPIs, and execution roadmaps.
- Partner with both Business and Finance to assess strategic opportunity space and value creation potential.
Business Development & Growth Initiatives
- Develop and drive the company’s business development strategy
- Source, evaluate, and structure strategic partnerships, alliances, and joint ventures.
- Lead and drive BD opportunities in collaboration with Finance, Legal, and external advisors.
- Work with Finance to build market assessments, business cases and models for BD opportunities that support strategy.
Strategic Insights & Analytics
- Lead market, competitor, and customer analysis to inform strategic priorities.
- Strengthen the knowledge and capabilities of Board of Directors and Leadership teams on strategic and macro economical context
 
Cross-Functional Leadership & Influence
- Serve as a key thought partner to the CFO, CEO, and senior executives.
- Drive alignment across production, operations, and finance to ensure successful execution of strategic initiatives.
- Manage cross-functional strategic projects, ensuring timelines, budgets, and outcomes are achieved.
 
Qualifications & Experience:
- significant experience in strategy, corporate development, business development, management consulting, investment banking, or related fields.
- Proven track record leading strategic planning processes and growth initiatives.
- Experience working with or within a CFO organisation is a strong advantage.
- Prior involvement in M&A (sourcing, diligence, integration) preferred.
 
Skills & Capabilities:
- Exceptional strategic thinking with strong financial and analytical acumen.
- Ability to synthesize complex information and communicate clearly at the executive and board level.
- Strong project management and cross-functional leadership skills.
- Highly collaborative with strong business judgment and an ability to influence without authority.
Personal Attributes:
- High integrity and strong ownership mentality.
- Comfortable operating in fast-paced, ambiguous environments.
- Forward-thinking, innovative, and able to challenge the status quo.
- Executive presence and excellent communication skills.

Our role in supporting diversity and inclusion
As an international workforce business, we are committed to sourcing personnel that reflects the diversity and values of our client base but also that of Orion Group. We welcome the wide range of experiences and viewpoints that potential workers bring to our business and our clients, including those based on nationality, gender, culture, educational and professional backgrounds, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, disability, and age differences, job classification and religion. In our inclusive workplace, regardless of your employment status as staff or contract, everyone is assured the right of equitable, fair and respectful treatment.