Head of Strategic Projects

• Strategic Planning & Executive Coordination
• Facilitate strategic activities and meetings, acting as a key liaison and facilitator between ExCo members, Group management, and the CEO.
• Coordinate the annual strategic plan development with the CEO and relevant teams, including timeline planning, analytical support, and coordination of drafting strategic documents and presentations.
• Coordinate framing documents and presentations for internal executive meetings (e.g., Executive Committees) and Group meetings (e.g., business reviews, annual reports, ad hoc analyses requested by the Group).
• Monitor follow-up actions and objectives stemming from strategic discussions and decisions, ensuring accountability and progress across departments.
• Analyze and prepare detailed reports and presentations to enable informed strategic decision-making at executive levels.
• Draft agendas, meeting minutes, and follow up on action plans with various teams, particularly for strategic and executive-level discussions.
• Strategic Project Initiation & Oversight
• Initiate and monitor cross-functional strategic transformation projects, ensuring their successful execution by setting clear objectives, milestones, and performance measures. This includes, but is not limited to:
• Company wide key strategic projects
• 360 go-to-market strategies for stronger commercial launches.
• Any other ad hoc strategic projects as required.
• Coordinate interdepartmental collection calendar meetings with the CEO for each collection (Product, Communication, Commercial, VM, Production, General Services), ensuring distribution and updates to teams.
• Organisational Development & Process Optimization
• Coordinate projects focused on defining a mid- to long-term organizational structure to support the Maison’s growth phase and strategic evolution.
• Strengthen process discipline and RACI (Responsible, Accountable, Consulted, Informed) frameworks by clarifying existing processes and designing new ones when necessary to enhance operational efficiency.
• Project Governance & Standards
• Develop, implement, and maintain project management methodologies, standards, and best practices in alignment with dunhill’s strategic goals and Richemont Group guidelines.
• Ensure adherence to project governance frameworks, including documentation, reporting, and approval processes.
• Support the definition and implementation of project management tools and systems.
• Project Planning & Support
• Assist dunhill Executive Committee (ExCo) in developing detailed project plans, including scope, objectives, deliverables, timelines, resource allocation, and budget.
• Facilitate project kick-off meetings, workshops, and regular project review sessions.
• Support the creation and maintenance of project documentation, such as project charters, status reports, risk registers, and issue logs.
• Monitoring & Reporting
• Track project progress against established plans, identifying deviations and potential risks.
• Prepare and distribute regular project status reports, dashboards, and presentations for various stakeholders, including senior management and the Group.
• Coordinate dashboards to monitor business performance across key and cross-functional KPIs for all departments, ensuring alignment of teams around shared operational objectives. Responsible for updating dashboards at each Latest Estimate (LE) cycle and distributing them.
• Monitor project budgets and resource utilization, flagging any discrepancies or overruns.
• Assist in identifying, assessing, and tracking project risks and issues, particularly those impacting strategic initiatives.
• Support ExCo in developing mitigation strategies and resolution plans.
• Maintain comprehensive risk and issue logs, ensuring timely updates and escalation to relevant stakeholders.
• Communication & Stakeholder Management
• Facilitate effective communication channels within project teams and with external stakeholders, including executive leadership and Group management.
• Ensure clear and consistent communication of project status, changes, and decisions.
• Support stakeholder engagement activities and manage expectations.
• Resource Management
• Assist in forecasting and allocating project resources, working with functional managers to ensure availability for strategic and operational projects.
• Monitor resource utilization and highlight potential conflicts or shortages.
• Conduct post-project reviews and lessons learned sessions to identify areas for improvement in project execution and strategic coordination.
• Contribute to the continuous enhancement of project management processes and tools within dunhill.

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