Manager Business Management & Strategy FFB

About the Opportunity

Job Type: Permanent

Application Deadline: 30 November 2026

Job Description

Title: Manager Business Management & Strategy

Location: Kronberg, Germany

Job Type: Permanent

We’re proud to have been helping our clients build better financial futures for over 50 years. How have we achieved this? By working together - and supporting each other - all over the world. So, join our team and feel like you’re part of something bigger.

Our clients come from all walks of life and so do we. We are proud of our inclusive culture and encourage applications from the widest mix of talent, whatever your age, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity, social background and more.

As a flexible employer, we trust our people to perform their role in the way that works best for them, our clients and our business. We are a disability-friendly company and would welcome a conversation with you if you feel you might benefit from any reasonable adjustments to perform to the best of your ability during the recruitment process and beyond.

About your team

Business Management & Strategy is the central steering and enablement function for FFB, working directly for the Head of Business FFB and the Senior Leadership Team. We connect the overarching corporate strategy with concrete objectives and their operational delivery, own the strategy and business planning process, and make sure that day-to-day decisions rest on solid analysis and are followed through. In this role you will work closely with every business area of FFB as well as with international teams, giving you a end-to-end view of the business.

Purpose of the Role

As part of the broader FFB Team the role holder will support the wider business in an array of regulatory change management responsibilities.

Key Responsibilities

• •Coordinating the annual strategy and business planning process, translating corporate priorities into FFB objectives, initiatives, milestones and decision requirements.
• •Reviewing and shaping decision papers and presentations for the Senior Leadership Team and Leadership Circle, ensuring clear recommendations and high-quality executive materials.
• •Supporting strategic initiatives end-to-end, including milestone, status, risk, issue and dependency management and escalation where required.
• •Owning day-to-day bank organisation and governance topics, including organisation charts, job descriptions, authority rules, process documentation and relevant work instructions.
• •Ensuring policies and processes are aligned with relevant requirements, including MaRisk, DORA and SBA requirements for processes and applications, in coordination with subject-matter experts.
• •Owning Executive Committee governance, including Terms of Reference and the ExCo Work Instruction, and maintaining an effective committee governance framework.
• •Owning the management reporting framework and KPI definitions, ensuring consistent and decision-useful reporting across recurring business reviews.
• •Deriving actions from KPIs and business reviews and coordinating follow-up with accountable business areas.
• •Coordinating cross-functional stakeholders across FFB and global teams and resolving issues that span organisational boundaries.

About You

• •A completed degree in business administration, economics, business informatics or a comparable field, or a completed banking apprenticeship with relevant further qualification.
• •Ideally several years of relevant professional experience in business management, strategy, consulting, project management, with a strong record of independent delivery.
• •Strong strategic, analytical and conceptual skills with the ability to turn complex topics into clear decisions, actions and executive-level communication.
• •Excellent PowerPoint and Excel skills; experience with management reporting and data visualisation tools such as Power BI is an advantage.
• •Confidence in working with senior stakeholders, challenging constructively and handling confidential information with discretion.
• •Strong ownership, prioritisation and delivery focus, including the ability to manage multiple high-priority topics and drive issues to resolution.
• •Ability to guide and quality-assure the work of colleagues without losing hands-on delivery focus.
• •Business fluent German and good written and spoken English for working in an international environment.

Feel rewarded :

For starters, we’ll offer you a comprehensive benefits package. We’ll value your wellbeing and support your development. And we’ll be as flexible as we can about where and when you work – finding a balance that works for all of us. It’s all part of our commitment to making you feel motivated by the work you do and happy to be part of our team. For more about our work, our approach to dynamic working and how you could build your future here, visit careers.fidelityinternational.com.

For more about our work, our approach to dynamic working and how you could build your future here, visit careers.fidelityinternational.com.