Senior Strategy Associate at ARM Hold Co.

Job Summary

• The Senior Associate, Strategy acts as the strategy partner to ARM’s Business Units, serving effectively as head of strategy to each covered BU on a fractional basis, and as a senior member of the group Strategy & Transformation team. The role exists to close a critical gap: structured strategic planning, monitoring, and challenge at the BU management level, delivered by someone with the seniority and intellectual standard to sit credibly alongside BU MDs and executive teams. This is not a support role. The holder will own BU strategy cycles end-to-end, sit on BU management teams, represent strategic thinking in BU decision-making, and carry group-level work including preparation for the TAM board and Group CEO.

Job Details

Key Relationships

• Head of Strategy & Transformation — line manager; sets priorities and quality standards
• BU Managing Directors — primary working relationship; the holder functions as their strategy partner 
• BU Management Teams — scheduled member of covered BUs’ management forums
• Group CEO and TAM Board — contributor to board papers, portfolio reviews, and strategic agenda

Core Responsibilities

• BU strategy ownership. Lead the annual strategic planning cycle for covered BUs — setting agenda, shaping strategic choices, challenging assumptions, facilitating BU management team discussion, and producing the final strategy document owned by the BU MD. The holder is accountable for the quality and rigor of the BU’s strategic thinking, not only for the process.
• Quarterly strategic monitoring. Run the quarterly strategy review process for covered BUs — tracking execution against plan, surfacing drift early, challenging performance narratives, and ensuring BU MDs have the analytical basis for course correction. Prepare quarterly strategy papers for BU and group forums.
• BU management team contribution. Sit as a scheduled member of covered BUs’ management teams. Contribute strategic perspective to operational decisions, challenge BU thinking where warranted, and ensure group-level strategic direction is reflected in BU choices.
• Group-level strategic work. Contribute to TAM board preparation, Group CEO advisory, board papers, portfolio economics analysis, and competitive positioning work at the group level. Aggregate BU strategic submissions into group-level views for executive and board consumption.
• Competitive and market intelligence. Maintain rigorous view of competitor positioning, macroeconomic and regulatory developments, and sources of competitive advantage for ARM and its BUs.

Success Criteria

• At 12 months, the holder is expected to have:
• Delivered annual strategic plans for covered BUs of materially higher rigor than the prior cycle
• Established a functioning quarterly strategic review cadence at each covered BU
• Earned standing as a trusted strategic counterpart to BU MDs, measured by unprompted BU engagement, not forced participation

Requirements

Experience and Background Required

• 6–9 years of strategy experience, including strong foundation in structured problem-solving and strategic analysis
• At least 3 years at a top-tier strategy consulting firm (McKinsey, BCG, PwC, EY-Parthenon) or equivalent in-house group strategy role at a leading financial institution
• Demonstrated experience leading strategic planning or major strategic analysis end-to-end, not in a purely supporting capacity
• Financial services exposure, preferably in asset management, banking, or adjacent sectors
• Direct experience working with C-suite executives; confident operating at senior levels

Strongly Preferred

• Experience in the Nigerian or broader African financial services market
• MBA or equivalent postgraduate qualification from a leading institution
• Prior exposure to transformation or major change programs, even if not as lead