Ageas
Lead Strategic Planning Analyst
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Lead Strategic Planning Analyst
Job Details
Contract Type: Permanent, Full Time Salary Range: c. £60,000 (depending on experience) Location: Eastleigh; hybrid (average 1 day/month at head office) Closing Date: 14th July 2026
About the Role
Are you passionate about turning strategy into action and influencing how a newly combined organisation delivers change? At Ageas UK, we’re building a new Strategic Planning team and we’re seeking a Lead Strategic Planning Analyst to shape its future.
This is a unique opportunity to:
- Bring expertise, challenge thinking and influence stakeholders across the business
- Help build a unified approach to planning, prioritisation, and performance management
You’ll work closely with senior leaders to play a central role in supporting and leading the Quarterly Business Review (QBR) process, driving alignment across Ageas, esure and Saga, and guiding teams through the integration journey. Your responsibilities will also include providing coaching, mentoring, and steering strategic capabilities across the wider organisation.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead QBR cycles: Plan, prepare, and facilitate Quarterly Business Reviews, ensuring priorities, objectives, and delivery plans are consistently aligned across multiple business portfolios.
- Strategic partnership: Collaborate with value stream leaders and senior stakeholders to deliver strategic insight, challenge assumptions, and support evidence-based decision-making.
- Enterprise governance: Drive enterprise planning and governance, ensuring full visibility of actions, risks, dependencies, and performance against strategic objectives.
- Integration leadership: Champion Ageas, esure and Saga integration by helping teams to coordinate delivery and sustain momentum across key initiatives.
- Best practice champion: Promote, foster, and embed strategic planning frameworks, OKRs, performance management tools, while coaching colleagues to enhance planning capabilities.
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Required Skills & Experience
Core Requirements:
- Proven expertise in strategic planning, portfolio governance, project governance, or programme governance within a complex business/insurance environment.
- Jira proficiency: Hands-on experience using Jira for prioritisation, collaboration, and governance.
- Agile experience: Operated within agile environments, with deep understanding of agile principles, frameworks, and ways of working.
- Stakeholder influence: Exceptional stakeholder management, influencing, and negotiating skills—with confidence to challenge constructively and align under pressure.
- Analytical & communication: Strong analytical, synthesising, and presentation skills—translating complex data into clear narratives and compelling insights for decision-makers.
Bonus Experience:
- Experience supporting Quarterly Business Reviews (QBRs), enterprise planning, or similar frameworks.
- Familiarity with the UK insurance industry.
- Familiarity with performance management systems and tools used in governance roles.
About Ageas
We are one of the UK’s largest providers of car and home insurance, serving over four million customers. At Ageas, we pride ourselves on being a thriving, creative, and innovative workplace for employees.
As an inclusive employer, the Race at Work Charter and Women in Finance Charter signatory, iCAN and GAIN member, we are committed to fair, equitable recruitment. With Disability Confident Leader status, we actively support applicants throughout the recruitment process and guarantee interviews to candidates meeting the minimum criteria.
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Our culture is built on:
- Open communication
- Flexible working models: Hybrid arrangements (with UK-wide coverage), part-time job-share options, and competitive holidays (35 days minimum).
- Player development: Professional growth initiatives including mindfulness, well-being programs, sports and social events.
Benefits
Family & Well-being Support
- Flexible working/Smart Working across the UK, including portable daytime hours (e.g., school drop-offs).
- Up to 16 weeks’ maternity/fully paid paternity/GHD/CSPD leave.
- Guardianship entitlement after maternity.
Financial & Practical Support
- Annual bonus and salary reviews.
- Dental insurance, health screening, will-writing assistance, critical illness cover.
- 50% discounts on esure insurance products (and motoring insurance via Sheilas’ Wheels).
- Pet or childcare vouchers.
- Mobile phone allowance, tablet upgrades, and pension contributions.
- Discretionary employee loans/LTD, life assurance, cycle-to-work scheme, and vehicle breakdown cover.
Professional Development
- Ongoing well-being, mindfulness training, and team-building activities.
- Access to Ageas Sports and Social Club membership to foster connections.
Important Notice
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