Head of Strategic Insights

If you are reading this, we’re guessing that something about this role caught your attention and that you are a person who loves to work with start-ups (aka you are pretty passionate about all things start-up), technological innovation and thrive being at the forefront – in our case – that’s all about the future of transport and logistics. You are probably also described as a true strategic thinker, known for always looking one step ahead and not afraid to step into deep, unknown waters – actually, you love a good challenge with no immediate solution!

Ok. If it sounds like we have just described you and you are looking for a role where you can have real impact on the future of our portfolio of early stage start-ups working with passionate founders and also be part of shaping the future for a global industry leader – so really the best of both world’s - we may have a great opportunity for you with us at Maersk Growth!

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We offer

Working at Maersk Growth means you are working on something pretty exciting: shaping the future of trade by acting as a catalyst for the next generation of trade and logistics power players! Founded in 2017, we are a team of 20 passionate individuals, based out of our Growth HQ in Copenhagen, working with a portfolio of 28 startups we are pretty fond of!

Maersk Growth is a CVC and the external innovation arm of A.P. Moller –Maersk. We invest in and partner with startups to digitize, democratize and decarbonize logistics. As a strategic investor we provide funding for startups working in the transport and logistics space. We support thinkers and doers who focus on global challenges by nurturing startups that apply new business models and technologies to transform trade – but our buck doesn’t stop there.

We augment every dollar we invest with our expertise, our customer base (we have +70,000) and global reach. In addition, by mobilizing our dedicated colleagues across Maersk, we empower startups to build synergies that sharpen their competitive edge. It's what we call bringing value beyond capital.

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Key responsibilities

As our new Head of Strategic Insights you will live and breathe all things strategy at Maersk Growth and join Sarah’s team. Sarah is our Operating Partner and responsible for everything post investment. The stuff before is handled by our awesome investment team. You will play a key role in identifying strategic future opportunities for Maersk and the next big thing and broaden our horizon beyond what we know today (i.e. help us look up from the daily grind).
You’ll:

o Be the driving force of collecting, sharing, and delivering actionable strategic insights to key Maersk stakeholders, catering to the varying needs of different stakeholder groups.
o Drive the continuous review of our strategic direction and align with key internal stakeholders in Maersk – you will become the Maersk Growth expert on regional, product and vertical strategies – and a key liaison for our colleagues
o Be our key input provider on strategic value assessment for all investment decisions. In other words, you’ll have a key role in terms of determining the future composition of our portfolio. Did we mention we just started our Fund II…
o Own select strategic projects with Head of Growth and Operating Partner (e.g. BOD and ELT presentations)
o Lead a small team and help your team members shine and grow

So far so good? Awesome! Here are some other cool aspects:
- Flexible work: we love hanging out at our office, but you can work from home when and why you want to (we trust you!)
- Quarterly team days and normally (when the world is open) we do one of these around the world
- Great snack cabinets (we have a Head of Snacks and consider that a critical position for team well-being)
- A very passionate team – current highlights are quiz masters, bakers, runners and dog lovers.
- An amazing mothership – we love our Maersk family and so does our portfolio!

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We are looking for

We believe you’ll thrive in this role if you:

- Have years (we’re thinking a handful) of experience from a Tier 1 management consulting firm, comparable in-house set-up or similar tenure in a business-oriented role in Maersk (sales, product or operations)
- Have a genuine passion for and interest in the start-up and investment ecosystem. If you have had your own business, worked with a start-up or have VC experience, well then double-yay!
- Have an energetic, confident and positive personality with excellent communication and presentation skills – you naturally own the room and people love listening to you
- Have a strong internal network, business acumen and the ability to speak Maersk. Not a pre-requisite, but definitely a plus
- Are like a fish in water when we talk stakeholder management! People love to work with you!
- Have the ability to deal with high degrees of ambiguity in a fast-paced environment where priorities (and scope) can change in an instant (and it tends to …)
- Have proven project management skills and a strategic mindset – you get to the root cause faster than most – and then you get going i.e. you have impressive drive
- Are able to navigate Excel and PowerPoint in your sleep – you transform complex messages and data into simple, yet convincing presentations
- Are fun and a fixer – you find the (or at least ‘a’) way – and you own it!
Above being said - we know that diversity makes for the best teams, problem-solving and creative thinking. We are dedicated to adding new perspectives to the team and believe in mindset (drive!) and attitude more than on-paper-experience. Therefore, we encourage you to apply if your experience is in the ballpark or close-ish to what we are looking for.

Please apply by uploading:

- A short video (max. 90 seconds) introducing yourself and answering: “Why you are a great candidate for the position?” (You can add a hyperlink to your CV or send us the video separately via e-mail to [email protected])
- Your CV
- Transcripts (please note that applications without transcripts are automatically rejected)

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