Business Strategy Principal

Employment TypePermanent

Closing Date4 Apr 2025 11:59pm

Job TitleBusiness Strategy Principal

Job Summary

In this role, you’ll shape the future of the business by leveraging your strategic expertise to provide essential business and commercial insights. You’ll lead cross-functional teams to solve complex problems, influence key stakeholders, and drive growth by assessing market trends.Job Description

Who We Are​ 

​​We're an iconic Aussie brand with a global footprint. Our purpose is to build a connected future so everyone can thrive. We're all about providing the best experience and delivering the best tech on the best network. 

​This includes making Telstra the place you want to work. For you, that means a having career that grows with you and working with a team powered by human connection that prioritises wellbeing and choice.​ 

What is the focus of the role?

As a Business Strategy Principal, you are passionate about shaping the future of the business and influencing Telstra's long-term strategy. By leveraging your deep strategic expertise, you provide the essential business and commercial insights required to support your assigned portfolio, senior stakeholders, and the business as a whole.

Your exceptional interpersonal effectiveness allows you to lead cross-functional teams to solve complex business problems and influence key stakeholders to shape and deliver complex and high-value programs of work.

You play a crucial role in driving Telstra’s growth by assessing market trends to support the development of solutions that are commercially viable across the business.​

What We Offer​ 

​​Performance-related pay
Access to thousands of learning programs so you can level-up
Global presence across 22 countries; opportunities to work where we do business.

Purchased annual leave scheme

Additional Telstra day off

Additional 30% off Telstra products and services

Toolkit provided (laptop + mobile phone + plan paid for)

What You’ll Do​ 

​​Strategy and Finance - Strategy & Performance develops and executes Telstra's corporate strategy, including measuring and reporting of Telstra's performance.​ ​​

In this role, you will be involved in defining the next wave of growth for our business.

As Telstra has a centralised strategy function, you will have the opportunity to work across several interesting areas of the business, including Telstra Consumer, Telstra Business, Telstra Enterprise, Product & Technology, and/or Telstra International. You will also work on a wide breadth of strategic project types. 
 
Key Responsibilities: 

•Solve Complex Problems: Utilize your knowledge, commercial acumen, and strategic expertise to solve complex problems and create actionable strategies that position Telstra for future success. 
 •Create Data-Driven Strategies: Use data and analytics to understand commercial problems, extract meaningful information, and challenge senior stakeholders to uncover root causes and develop data-driven strategies. 
 •Develop Clear Strategic Direction: Take ownership of driving the development and articulation of a clear strategic direction for Telstra, considering the evolving industry dynamics. 
 •Analyse Trends and Translate Insights: Leverage market knowledge to analyse new and emerging trends, evaluate their impact on Telstra’s long-term needs, and turn insights into well-defined goals. 
 •Collaborate with Decision Makers: Engage and collaborate with key decision makers, including the C-suite, to understand market changes, anticipate risks, and prioritize resources to pivot toward new opportunities. 
 •Engage and Influence Stakeholders: Effectively influence key stakeholders across different business units and collaborate across a complex, diverse landscape to reinforce future strategic plans. 
 •Present to Senior Stakeholders: Use your expertise to present to senior and large stakeholder groups, ensuring their buy-in to relevant topics. 
 • Communicate Information Effectively: Communicate key information into useful insights to ensure stakeholders understand the purpose, objectives, and implementation plan of the business strategy. 
 •Manage High-Performing Teams: Lead a high-performing and highly engaged team by providing coaching and identifying opportunities to develop skills that deliver valuable strategic insights.​ 

 ​About You​ 

​​Your leadership skills and strategic expertise enable you to work with complex stakeholder groups at various levels across business units.

You will play the role of trusted advisor to senior stakeholders, including our C-suite, CEO, and Board.

Additionally, you will have: 
•Management consulting and/or strategy experience 
•Strong business acumen and commercial astuteness 
•Solid financial and P&L knowledge 
•Exceptional stakeholder engagement and communication skills 
•Strong analytical and problem-solving skills​ 

​​If you are looking to take the next step in your career, we want to hear from you!​ 

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As part of your application with Telstra, you may receive communications from us on +61 440 135 548 (for job applications in Australia) and +1 (623) 400-7726 (for job applications in the Philippines and India). 
 
When you join our team, you become part of a welcoming and inclusive community where everyone is respected, valued and celebrated. We actively seek individuals from various backgrounds, ethnicities, genders and abilities because we know that diversity not only strengthens our team but also enriches our work. We have zero tolerance for harassment of any kind, and we prioritise creating a workplace culture where everyone is safe and can thrive.   
 
As part of the hiring process, all identified candidates will undergo a background check, and the results will play a role in the final decision regarding your application. 
 
We work flexibly at Telstra. Talk to us about what flexibility means to you. When you apply, you can share your pronouns and / or any reasonable adjustments needed to take part equitably during the recruitment process. 
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