Head of Strategy

About the role

Bosch Global Software Technologies Private Limited, a 100% owned subsidiary of Robert Bosch GmbH and the largest software development centre of Bosch outside Germany, is hiring a Head of Strategy in Bengaluru. The role drives corporate strategy, ecosystem leverage and enterprise-wide strategic initiatives that support SDS.AI's long-term growth, competitiveness and business transformation.

Key responsibilities

• Lead the formulation and periodic refresh of SDS.AI's corporate strategy, turning ambition into clear priorities, choices and multi-year plans
• Develop market, customer, competitive and portfolio analyses to identify growth spaces and strategic risks
• Facilitate strategy discussions with executive leadership and define strategic narratives and decision materials
• Assess the attractiveness and growth potential of current and adjacent service, engineering, AI and digital business models, and shape portfolio and growth planning
• Sponsor and orchestrate cross-functional strategic initiatives, setting charters, milestones, governance and performance measures
• Work with business, finance, technology, delivery, sales, people and partnership leaders to ensure initiatives are executable and track their delivery
• Identify partnership and ecosystem opportunities that accelerate market access, capability development and innovation, and strengthen strategic planning across SDS.AI

Required profile

• Any Engineering, post-graduate degree
• 12-15 years of experience driving corporate strategy for a revenue-generating business
• Significant experience developing and executing business, corporate or growth strategy in technology services, engineering, AI, digital, consulting or adjacent sectors
• Demonstrated success leading complex, cross-functional strategic initiatives and organizational change
• Experience managing strategic partnerships or incorporating ecosystem opportunities into growth plans

Required skills

• Strong analytical and financial reasoning skills
• Excellent executive communication, facilitation and stakeholder management
• Commercial acumen and ability to make trade-offs amid incomplete information