Manager - Digital Strategy

Role Overview

Manager - Digital Strategy at AD Ports Group. The role is responsible for shaping, driving, and communicating the strategic direction of AD Ports Group's digital and technology agenda.

Role Purpose

Serve as the analytical and strategic backbone of Digital & Technology, translating enterprise-wide ambitions into actionable roadmaps that accelerate digital transformation, improve operational performance, and create long-term competitive advantage. Work at the intersection of business strategy, technology innovation, and organizational change.

Key Responsibilities

Strategy Development & Formulation

• Lead the formulation, refresh, and communication of the Digital & Technology multi-year strategy and domain-specific enabling strategies.
• Ensure alignment with AD Ports Group's Group Strategy and cluster-level priorities.
• Develop strategic frameworks, internal and external analysis and research, and opportunity assessments to evaluate new digital capabilities, technology transformation, and innovation initiatives.
• Facilitate annual and mid-cycle strategy planning cycles, including horizon scanning, capability gap analysis, and strategic initiative prioritization.

Executive Communication & Reporting

• Translate complex strategic concepts into clear, executive-ready narratives, presentations, and decision papers for the C-suite and Board.
• Lead the preparation of reporting and communication materials to AD Ports Group's majority shareholders.
• Produce periodic strategic intelligence reports and insights briefs for leadership consumption.
• Develop dashboards and reporting mechanisms to enable leadership visibility into digital strategy execution and value delivery.

Strategic Roadmap & Governance

• Own and govern the Digital & Technology strategic roadmap, working closely with the Strategic Project Manager for tracking initiative progress, interdependencies, and key performance milestones.
• Support governance mechanisms in the form of committees and forums, preparing materials and tracking action items.
• Define and monitor strategic KPIs and OKRs across the Digital & Technology portfolio, providing regular performance reviews and variance analyses.

Market Intelligence & Benchmarking

• Monitor global technology trends, emerging digital business models, and the competitive landscape across ports, logistics, maritime, and smart infrastructure sectors.
• Conduct benchmarking studies and best-practice analyses to identify strategic gaps and growth opportunities for Digital & Technology across a range of themes including cybersecurity, AI & Automation, and cloud computing.

Stakeholder Engagement & Partnership

• Serve as a key liaison between the Digital & Technology team and Group Strategy, Corporate Functions, and Business Unit leadership.
• Engage with external strategic advisors, technology vendors, government entities, and industry bodies to advance the Group's digital agenda.

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Management, Engineering, Technology, Information Systems, Mathematics, Physics, or a related field from an accredited institution.
• Master's degree (MBA or equivalent) is a plus.