Vice President of Strategy

About Us

We are Ocado Group, and we're bringing world-class automation to online grocery. Our Ocado Smart Platform (OSP) combines cutting-edge robotics, AI, and IoT within our advanced CFCs (Customer Fulfilment Centres). We've mastered the single pick, transforming online delivery for our global partners. Join us and be part of a team pushing the boundaries of retail technology.

About the Role

As the VP of Strategy, you will look through the periscope of our business to support the Executive team navigate and design our long-term strategies. Working alongside the Deputy CEO and a relatively new Exec team, you will centralise this function to run the Group OKR process, design high impact Board strategy away days, and own the strategic frameworks for future M&A and capability integration. This is an intensely active, high-exposure role where you will manage a small, agile team, acting as a critical facilitator who helps a visionary, founder-led leadership team place their biggest strategic bets and successfully bring them to life.

About You

• Significant strategy experience combining a background in top-tier management consulting with substantive in-house roles, ideally at a Group or divisional level within a complex technology, hyper-scale tech, or retail business.
• Confidence working directly with ExCo and Board-level stakeholders, possessing the high emotional intelligence and soft skills required to challenge, influence, and hold your own with a passionate, product-focused Founder-CEO.
• A proven track record of producing high-quality Executive and Board-level strategic analysis and recommendations, backed by excellent written communication skills and the ability to distil complex analysis into clear, compelling narratives for senior audiences.
• Strong financial modelling and commercial analysis skills, including the sharp intellectual horsepower and ability to build, interrogate, and align long-range financial models with our mid-to-long-term strategic vision.
• Solid experience with business development and/or corporate development, including navigating risks, exploring market opportunities, and working across multi-stakeholder transaction processes to build overarching strategic frameworks for technology or capability integration.
• Brings a strong external market bias, leveraging your own deep network, market insights, and industry trend reports to help a relatively new Executive Board place their biggest long-term bets and successfully bring them to life.

What we offer

We believe in supporting our people with meaningful, flexible benefits that prioritise well-being and work-life balance. Here's a snapshot of what you can expect:

• Time to recharge: 25 days annual leave (rising to 27 after 5 years), plus the option to buy more - and 30 days a year to work from anywhere in the world.
• Health & wellbeing: Private Medical Insurance from your first month, wellbeing support through specialist apps and EAP, plus Income Protection and Life Assurance.
• Family-first policies: 22 weeks paid maternity/primary carer leave and 6 weeks paid paternity leave.
• Financial support: Pension with employer matching up to 7%, share schemes (Sharesave & BAYE), and interest-free loans for train tickets.
• Commuter perks: Cycle to Work Scheme and free shuttle buses to/from Hatfield and Welwyn Garden City stations.
• Exclusive discounts: 15% off at Ocado.com with free delivery (starting in your first month).