Senior Strategy Lead – Full Time

Are you passionate about using insight, analysis, and strategic thinking to shape the future of an organisation? Do you thrive on connecting the dots, creating powerful narratives, and influencing senior leaders with evidence based recommendations?

We’re looking for a Senior Strategy Lead to join our Group Corporate Planning team at a pivotal time in our transformation. This is a unique opportunity to work at the heart of the Skipton Group, helping shape long term direction, develop strategic options, and influence decisions that impact millions of customers.

This is a full time role (35 hours per week) Monday – Friday 9am – 5pm with hybrid and flexible working. You'll spend 3 days per week collaborating with colleagues at our Head Office in Skipton.

About the Role

As Senior Strategy Lead, you will play a central role in the Group’s strategy function, turning analysis into meaningful insight. You will translate complexity into clarity, producing high quality insights, modelling, deep dives, and strategic options that support confident decision making at Executive Committee level.

You will:

Lead deep market, regulatory, and competitor insight work

• Develop strategic options supported by scenario modelling and data led analysis

• Shape strategic narratives and create compelling papers for ExCo and Board audiences

• Conduct forward looking analysis to support foresight and horizon scanning

• Play a key role in the corporate planning cycle, ensuring alignment between insight, strategy, and execution

What You’ll Bring

• Proven experience in strategy, consulting, insight, or corporate development

• Strong analytical capability, including scenario modelling and synthesis

• Ability to develop structured, persuasive strategic recommendations

• Excellent communication and storytelling skills

• Experience influencing senior stakeholders and clearly framing complex issues

• A curious, innovative mindset, with confidence to challenge assumptions

What You’ll Get

• A unique opportunity to shape strategy for one of the UK’s most trusted financial services groups

• Direct exposure to senior leaders and the Group Executive Committee

• A culture that values curiosity, collaboration, and forward-thinking ideas

If you’re motivated by shaping the future of the Skipton Group and bring insight, analytical rigour, and creativity to your work, we’d love to hear from you.

What’s In It For You? 

Skipton values work/life balance and we are proud to support hybrid and flexible working, where possible. We have a newly refurbished head office which offers a vibrant and collaborative working space. 

We have a range of other benefits available to you including; 

• Annual discretionary bonus scheme 

• 25 days standard annual leave + bank holidays + rising 1 day per year of service to a maximum of 30 days 

• Holiday trading scheme allowing the ability to buy and sell additional annual leave days 

• Matching employer pension contribution (up to 10% per annum) 

• Colleague mortgage (conditions apply) 

• Salary sacrifice scheme for hybrid & electric car 

• A commitment to training and development 

• Private medical insurance for all our colleagues 

• 3 paid volunteering days per annum 

• Diverse and inclusive colleague networks available for you to join including our Carers and Pride Alliance groups 

• We care about your health and wellbeing, we provide a range of benefits that support this including cycle to work initiative and discounted gym membership