MBA Future Leaders Program – Group Strategy 2024/2025

Admiral Future Leaders Programmes – Group Strategy

Job Title: Group Strategy Manager

About Us:

As Admiral continues to grow in both size and complexity we're on the lookout for talented individuals with the potential to shape the future of our company. If you're curious, pragmatic, and enjoy forging your own path, we want to hear from you. We're in search of leaders who are eager to make a meaningful impact, and we're committed to helping you achieve just that.

Founded by two MBAs with a vision for creating a challenging, enriching work environment, Admiral Group has evolved into a highly successful FTSE 100 Financial Services company. With operations in the UK, France, Italy, Spain, and the USA, serving over 9 million customers, and boasting a market cap exceeding £6bn, we pride ourselves on being recognized as a Great Place to Work across all our operations for several consecutive years.

Your Role:

As part of the Group Strategy Team, which reports directly to our Group CEO, Milena Mondini, you'll have a strong focus on supporting our Group strategy with culture and customer at the centre of everything we do, followed by our core pillars: Admiral 2.0, Motor Evolution and Business Diversification. We aim to enhance our data and tech capabilities, along side progressing on business diversification, creating better propositions for our customers, while adapting to the changes in mobility, to keep being a successful business in the future.

This program is designed to bridge the gap between senior strategy consulting and hands-on execution, preparing you for a senior management position.

Main Responsibilities:

• Partner with Executive leadership to support the execution of a wide variety of key strategic priorities for the Group.
• Bring an entrepreneurial and innovative approach to your assignments.
• Develop work plans, gather and synthesize data, problem-solve, and provide final recommendations for operational and strategic initiatives.
• Collaborate with all entities across the Group, to support on articulating the Group Strategy and key priorities, and highlighting how it links with the different business units.
• Support preparing reports and recommendations, from concept to implementation, and communicate it to senior managements (including the Group Board).
• Work on taking products from 'test and learn' into 'production' phase.

Location:

Based in our headquarters in Cardiff, UK, with potential opportunities in Paris, Rome, and Seville. For roles outside the UK, consideration for a more specific vacancy will be given rather than participating in this Program.

Specific Requirements:

• MBA from a top business school.
• Experience advising senior management.
• Experience managing people.

Desirable Traits and Attributes:

• Entrepreneurial mindset with a keen interest in developing businesses
• Analytical and strategic skills, combined with a pragmatic, results-oriented approach.
• Experience and proficiency in working with data and technology, leveraging insights for informed decision-making.
• Ability to take ownership of projects while collaborating effectively across the business.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Willingness to roll up your sleeves and get involved.
• Appetite to work across the Group's international operations.
• Personality and a sense of humour (because work should be fun!).
• Passionate about, and the ability to make things happen.
• Fluency in one of our operational languages (French, Italian, Spanish) would be a bonus.

Start Date

We are currently recruiting for Jan/Feb 2025. Exact start dates to be discussed during the interview process. 

Salary, Benefits, and Work-Life Balance

We do not have a set salary for this position, as it will be dependent on the successful candidate’s experience. We are happy to see CVs from all candidates who meet the requirements and will be happy to discuss the remuneration package.

At Admiral, we are proud to be a diverse business where we put our people and customers first. We have great benefits to ensure employees have a great work-life balance; it's one of the reasons we’re consistently voted one of the Sunday Times Best Big Companies to work for in the UK. We want you to have an element of freedom to define a working lifestyle that supports this, so accommodate flexible hours wherever possible.

All UK colleagues will receive 33 days holiday (including banks holidays) when they join us, and this will increase with length of service, up to a maximum of 38 days (including banks holidays). You also have the option to buy or sell up to five days of annual leave in addition to your allocation.

You can also view some of our other key benefits here.