Strategy Lead - EMEA

Location:

Datchet, Slough Job :

R0148842

Date Posted:

Company Name:

HITACHI EUROPE LTD.Profession (Job Category):

General Management

Job Schedule:

Full time Remote:

No

Job Description:

Company Overview Through its Social Innovation Business that brings together IT, OT(Operational Technology) and products, Hitachi contributes to a harmonized society where the environment, wellbeing, and economic growth are in balance. Hitachi operates globally in four sectors – Digital Systems & Services, Energy, Mobility, and Connective Industries – and the Strategic SIB Business Unit for new growth businesses. With Lumada at its core, Hitachi generates value from integrating data, technology and domain knowledge to solve customer and social challenges.

Revenues for FY2024 (ended March 31, 2025) totaled 9,783.3 billion yen, with 618 consolidated subsidiaries and approximately 280,000 employees worldwide. Visit us at  .About Hitachi EMEAHitachi is a leader in Climate Change Innovation, finding new pathways to net zero through our world-leading businesses in key sectors including Energy, Transportation, Manufacturing and Digital. Since our founding in 1910, our mission has been centred on Social Innovation – making society better through advanced technology – supported by our R&D centres across the world.

Some examples of our contribution to Climate Change Innovation include:

Grid modernisation & renewable integration: enabling resilient, decarbonised energy systems through HVDC, grid automation, energy storage and digital energy management, nuclear and SMR.E-mobility: advancing rail decarbonisation through electrification, battery technologies, signalling and intelligent mobility solutions (e.g. HMAX).Industrial AI & digital transformation: combining IT, OT, data and AI to improve productivity, resilience and sustainability across critical and heavy industries.

Data Centres: enabling sustainable, resilient digital infrastructure through energy hubs, on-site power generation, modular data centres and advanced cooling solutions.

Hitachi EMEA represents all the businesses in the Hitachi Group and drives growth by taking a regional approach, focusing on opportunities where ‘One Hitachi’ can help accelerate growth across the region.

Hitachi EMEA has an opportunity for a proven strategist to join the Corporate Strategy Office and help shape the region’s transformation and growth agenda.

This role reports to the Chief Strategy Officer, EMEA, and supports the Chief Strategy Officer and President in defining and delivering the strategic direction and change programme for the region. As part of the Corporate Strategy Office, you will work across a variety of sectors and assume significant responsibility and autonomy.

What you’ll be doing

As a Strategy Lead, you will work with the Chief Strategy Officer and President to define and deliver the strategic direction and change programme for the EMEA region, supporting a transformational agenda to grow the region over the next five years.

This role will collaborate with Hitachi Business Units, Hitachi Limited in Japan, R&D and other regions to align strategic direction and unify approaches, leveraging the best global practice across the organisation.

The role will be measured through the successful definition and delivery of the EMEA transformation agenda, including strategic planning outcomes, growth portfolio progress and key transformation milestones.

The role will also be responsible for:

Defining Hitachi’s EMEA Strategy Create strategic business plans and executive presentations addressing future Hitachi growth across market and business scenarios, as well as cost effectiveness.

Define the growth strategy and build a balanced portfolio of cost-efficiency and growth initiatives,…