Strategy Manager - Tech Investment & Planning

Strategy Manager - Tech Investment & Planning

Telenet Group Holding

Mechelen, Belgium

That someone is you!

As Strategy Manager – Tech Investment & Planning, you sit at the nerve center where strategy meets execution. You bring clarity to complex, cross-functional decisions, build the business cases that underpin major investments, and ensure senior leadership remains aligned on where we strengthen our capabilities — and where we pull back. This is a role with real impact: your work directly shapes how the company invests in its future.

Your role as Strategy Manager – Tech Investment & Planning

• Translate strategy into action. Turn the company’s long-term vision into concrete business strategies, transformation programs, and — where relevant — M&A opportunities.
• Set the strategic agenda. Identify the key issues, analyse them thoroughly, and provide executive leadership with the recommendations needed to drive sustainable value creation.
• Challenge the status quo. Test existing strategies against external benchmarks and international market analyses and propose better alternatives where appropriate.
• Drive the long-range planning cycle. Translate long-term trends and strategic themes into a credible business plan, in close collaboration with business leaders.
• Lead strategic projects. Initiate and lead cross-functional initiatives that advance strategic thinking and align stakeholders.

What you will also take on as Strategy Manager – Tech Investment & Planning

You will be the central point of contact for how we organize and steer investment decisions across IT and Network. Concretely, you will:

• Lead decision forums. Manage and facilitate the review platforms where IT and Network investments are decided — setting the agenda, bringing together the right stakeholders, and capturing clear outcomes.
• Build business cases. Capability planning relies on strong, well-substantiated investment cases. You will coordinate with specialists and product owners to develop these, secure approval, and keep them alive as steering tools.
• Steer budget and planning. Connect strategy, finance, and business owners to ensure investment plans stay aligned and on track throughout the year.
• Own performance visibility. Maintain a consolidated view of how capability investments are performing against company objectives — and take action where results fall short.
• Connect horizontally and vertically. Ensure that cross-functional investment governance remains tightly aligned with the in-depth reviews within individual teams.

This is truly a “spider in the web” role. Your impact comes less from formal authority and more from your ability to bring people together, align priorities, and drive the right conversations to a decision. Strong lateral collaboration and facilitation skills are essential.

Your profile as Strategy Manager – Tech Investment & Planning

• ~10 years of relevant experience
• A true strategic thinker with strong analytical skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication — you make complex matters clear
• Strong influencing and negotiation skills
• Proactive and pragmatic: able to prioritize across multiple projects and agendas
• Experience with financial modelling is a plus
• High personal credibility and a bridge-builder mindset
• Degree Level: Master's Degree