Advert Close date: 29th September 2025

Strategy Senior Manager Marine

Purpose of Role: This role is pivotal in shaping and delivering The Crown Estate’s marine strategy. The Senior Strategy Manager will lead cross-cutting strategic initiatives ensuring alignment between enterprise-wide ambitions and marine-specific delivery. The role will help drive the Marine Delivery Routemap (MDR), sector strategies, and cross-sectoral collaboration, while also acting as a strategic integrator across internal teams and external stakeholders. The role may provide direct strategic support to the Marine Managing Director (MD), on an as required basis.

Main accountabilities:

• Strategic Leadership & Delivery
  • Lead the development and implementation of strategic initiatives across the Marine SBU, ensuring alignment with The Crown Estate’s enterprise strategy and the Marine Delivery Routemap
  • Provide high-quality strategic advice, briefing, and thought partnership to the Marine MD, including preparation for key engagements, board updates, and cross-sector forums. Liaising closely with the EA to the MD to provide information in advance and inline with relevant deadlines
  • Translate complex policy, regulatory, and market signals into actionable strategic insights and delivery plans

• Cross-Functional Collaboration
  • Act as a strategic integrator across Planning & Technical, Evidence & Analysis, and Commercial teams to ensure coherent delivery of marine priorities
  • Coordinate with Group Strategy, Corporate Affairs, and Sustainability to embed marine priorities into enterprise-wide initiatives

• Stakeholder Engagement & Influence
  • Develop and maintain strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders to support delivery of shared outcomes
  • Collaborate closely with the Communications team and MD/MLT to shape and deliver strategic messaging, developing the Marine brand and narrative
• Governance & Performance
  • Support the MD and EA to the MD in managing governance processes, including Marine Leadership Team meetings, strategic reviews, and performance tracking
  • Lead the development of KPIs and impact frameworks to measure strategic progress and inform decision-making

Most important skills based requirements:

• Proven experience in strategy development and execution, ideally within marine, energy, infrastructure, or public-private sectors
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to synthesise complex information into clear strategic recommendations
• Excellent communication and influencing skills, with experience engaging senior stakeholders and cross-functional teams
• Demonstrated ability to work in a fast-paced, ambiguous environment and manage multiple priorities
• Experience directly supporting senior leaders, including preparing briefings, managing priorities, and acting as a trusted strategic advisor
• Desirable
  • Understanding of marine policy, planning, or leasing frameworks
  • Experience working in or with government, regulators, or statutory bodies
  • Familiarity with The Crown Estate’s purpose and strategic role in enabling net zero, nature recovery, and inclusive growth

Our Offering / benefits:

As well as a competitive salary, pension and performance related bonus offering, we have a wealth of benefits available ranging from flexible working; market leading family policies and shopping discounts in the West End, to private healthcare; life and critical illness cover and 28 days holiday with the option to buy more. We value work life balance and your wellbeing highly, enabling you to be your best self to work.

Disability Disclaimer:

We are a proud disability confident employer and operate the offer of interview scheme Disability Confident employer scheme - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).

We are happy to offer alternative application methods or formats and can be flexible on our process to enable you to have the best opportunity.

If you have any questions about our recruitment process or would like to talk about adjustments, please contact us on careers@thecrownestate.co.uk