38 Strategic Planning jobs in India

The Game Changers:

Australian Payments Plus (AP+) is here to shape the future of payments for Australia. We aim to deliver more innovation to Australia’s payments ecosystem, for the collective benefit of Australian businesses, government and consumers.

Our solutions include Australia’s domestic debit network, real-time, data rich payments infrastructure, secure bill payments, digital identity verification, QR payments and experiences and open wallet solutions. It’s a new chapter with more possibilities.

Life @ AP+:

We are one connected team in pursuit of one inspiring purpose – to unite people and technology to power better experiences. Each of us has a part to play in making that happen. You’ll be encouraged to bring your big ideas forward and make a difference through your work. Taking steps forward in your career whilst still having room for fun, friendships, and flexibility in your daily life.

We’re driven by our core values: lead with heart, learn for tomorrow and live our legacy. A purpose like ours takes the inspired impact of an incredible team. Ready to change the game? We’re ready to help you do it.

The Purpose:
As a Strategic Planning Manager, you’ll help turn strategy into results by translating corporate goals into an enterprise scorecard that tracks meaningful outcomes. You’ll cascade these goals across teams, lead quarterly business reviews, and ensure alignment and focus across the organisation.

This role will also see you support the enterprise feasibility process—shaping, testing, and framing new ideas for leadership. Beyond execution, you'll enhance planning capability company-wide by developing tools, templates, and training that enable smarter prioritisation and more effective delivery.

The core accountabilities of the role will include:

• Support strategic planning by analysing data to align initiatives with organisational goals.
• Develop measurement frameworks, including metrics, data collection methods, and reporting formats.
• Track performance against objectives to inform strategic decisions.
• Provide analytical support and tailored solutions through stakeholder engagement.
• Assist risk management by identifying risks and mitigation actions within governance frameworks.
• Conduct root cause analysis and recommend improvements aligned with strategy.
• Prepare reports and insights to support strategic communication and change initiatives.
• Manage stakeholder relationships and facilitate informed decision-making.

The capabilities needed to be successful for this role are:

• Bachelor’s degree and/or equivalent.
• 5+ years’ experience in a similar role across Strategic/Business Planning, Strategy, Management Consulting or Finance.
• Robust ability to provide advice and recommendations, based on expertise and experience.
• Ability to undertakes basic risk management activities.
• Proven experience to adopt a holistic view to identify and analyse problems and opportunities.
• Ability to implement root cause analysis and identify recommendations for improvements.
• Engage and collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders at all levels.
• Well honed experience to apply standard techniques to analyse existing business processes and identifying opportunities for improvement.
• Ability to act as a single point of contact by developing, maintaining and working to stakeholder engagement strategies and plans.
• Developed knowledge of the payments technology, IT systems and the financial industry is a plus.

What happens next:

At AP+, we believe in the power of passion, pride, and purpose.­ Our team is driven by a shared mission to make a difference in the world of payments, and we're proud to work together towards this common goal.

If you’re ready to be a game changer, please submit your application. The Talent Acquisition team will endeavour to review your application and notify you of the outcome within the next two weeks.

We want to remove all barriers to inclusion so if you need advice or support with your application, we’re here to help. Please reach out to We also encourage you to let us know your pronouns at any point during the recruitment process.

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Driving Growth & Strategic opportunities

·Institutionalize strong “Ideation MOS” in partnership with CE&S Offering Management team and key global stakeholders. Build a strong pipeline of BTI and NPI ideas through periodic innovation hackathons and/or ideation sessions by working closely with Engineering and other cross-functional teams.

·Apply Offering Management tools to quickly identify customer needs, assess market size and competitive positioning during the ideation stage. Develop compelling “value propositions” and “user experience” roadmaps to shape the differentiated offerings.

·Build “open innovation culture” through broader engagement with external startup ecosystem, as well as key academic institutions. Partner with CE&S Offering management team in operationalizing the startup cohort program and integrate the engineering teams with selected startups to derive the business outcomes.

·Pro-actively work with cross functional stakeholders including VP GMs of GBEs, Offering Management Leaders, CE&S Offering Management function to run “Growth MOS”. Prioritize the growth investments based on short term and long-term GBE priorities.

·Drive the “community of practice” initiative leading into tangible business outcomes while building the future ready capabilities across AERO engineering teams. Ensure relevance of these practices to Aero environment by aligning them to business and technology STRAP priorities. 

·Build strong customer centric culture through external ecosystem play.

·Define both short term and long-term regional strategy that includes customer connect in the region, accelerating product portfolio improvements, and investment allocation decisions to drive organic growth.

Operational Rigor

·Own and drive “Growth MOS”, leverage the OML, HUE and Engineering functions across India, India, CZ, China sites to drive Growth in an integrated way.

·Influence Teardown and Competitor Benchmarking MOS with GBEs, and other key stake holders to achieve tangible outcomes.

·Partner with engineering teams to prioritize ideas and analyze technical feasibility for early-stage product concepts. Enable engineering participation in CE&S led Z21 discovery workshops and accelerate the Z21 process to make quick product Go/No Go decisions.

·Operationalize Growth SDP, oversee GBE SPOC MOS for effective execution, maintain scorecards, reporting RAIL, schedule and status for leadership and stakeholders.

Desired Skills:

·Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or equivalent. Minimum of 15+ years of product development experience, at least 4-5 years in leadership positions with commercial background, preferably exposure to P&L

·Experience of introducing new products into the market, right from the concept of the Idea to commercial success. Experience with design thinking, market research, and go-to-market strategies is a must.

·An entrepreneurial, creative problem solver who is persuasive and tenacious to bring cross-functional teams together to explore new ideas. Has an ability to look beyond the silos of the businesses to find the common threads that can drive innovation.

·Strong tactical and strategic skills required - Ability to consistently make timely decisions even in the face of complexity, balancing systematic analysis with decisiveness.

·Excellent communications skills - Conveying complex concepts clearly and persuasively to a variety of audiences, both verbally and in writing including executives (ALT, VPGM’s).

• Develop and implement long-term corporate strategic plans.
• Conduct market research, industry analysis, and competitive intelligence.
• Identify new business opportunities and growth strategies.
• Develop financial models and business cases for strategic initiatives.
• Collaborate with senior leadership and cross-functional teams on strategic planning.
• Monitor industry trends and assess their impact on the business.
• Track progress against strategic goals and KPIs.
• Prepare presentations and reports on strategic recommendations.
• Facilitate strategic planning workshops and meetings.
• Support the execution of strategic initiatives across the organization.

• MBA or Master's degree in Business, Finance, Economics, or a related field.
• 5-7 years of experience in strategic planning, corporate development, or management consulting.
• Proven experience in developing and implementing business strategies.
• Strong analytical, financial modeling, and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent research and data analysis capabilities.
• Proficiency in business strategy frameworks and methodologies.
• Exceptional communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work independently and manage projects in a remote environment.
• Strong understanding of market dynamics and competitive landscapes.
• Experience with data visualization tools is a plus.