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The strategy team play a central role in setting the ambition and future direction for AXA Health, ensuring that the right strategic choices are made for our members and our business, at a time where the private healthcare market is rapidly evolving. You’ll analyse key industry trends, evaluating opportunities and utilising insight to develop recommendations that drive positive customer and business outcomes.
You’ll independently drive and deliver solutions to projects and support key strategic business initiatives which support growth and profitability, acting as a partner to a wide range of business stakeholders during an exciting period of change.
At AXA we work smart, empowering our people to balance their time between home and the office in a way that works best for them, their team and our customers. You'll work at least 40% of your week away from home at our Tunbridge Wells office, moving to the majority of your working week from September 2025. Away from home means either attendance at one of our office locations, visiting clients or attending industry events.
What you’ll be doing:
- Generate strategic insights and analysis using external and internal data to drive commercial decision-making. Responsible for ensuring that insights are precise, actionable and drive the business forward.
- Support development of AXA Health’s corporate strategy through the annual planning and prioritisation process. Responsible for ensuring that strategies are consistent, cohesive and can be executed, with appropriate monitoring in place to keep us focussed on our business ambition.
- Produce in-depth, strategic papers and presentations for our ExCom on new market opportunities to drive new projects, partnerships, or investments (including M&A) or to solve key existing business challenges.
- Act as a trusted partner to key teams, building collaborative, cross functional relationships. Bring structured thinking to important issues and opportunities, ensuring the right strategic choices are made.
- Support key business initiatives and programmes where required, for example Merger and Acquisition activity.
Due to the number of applications we expect to receive for this role, we reserve the right to close this advert earlier than the listed closing date to ensure we’re able to effectively manage interest. Therefore, if you’re interested in joining us at AXA, please don’t hesitate to apply.
What you’ll bring:
- Exceptional problem-solving through demonstrable experience within a Strategy or Finance role.
- Structure to topics and problem statements, synthesising information quickly, highlighting key takeaways and actionable insights.
- Experience leading cross-functional meetings and supporting the facilitation of workshops at different levels to drive effective decision-making.
- High level of numeracy and strong analytical skills to drive commercially sound recommendations.
- End-to-end project management, with full ownership and accountability for delivering high quality work to tight deadlines.
- Strong stakeholder management skills, with proven ability to establish credibility among senior stakeholders.
- Influencing skills, networking ability, interpersonal skills, political awareness and stakeholder sensitivity.
As a precondition of employment for this role, you must be eligible and authorised to work in the United Kingdom.
What we offer:
At AXA UK, we’re appreciative of the people who work for us and our rewards package is reviewed regularly to reflect that. You can expect to receive:
- Competitive annual salary of up to £65,000
- Annual company & performance-based bonus
- Contributory pension scheme (up to 12% employer contributions)
- Life Assurance (up to 10 x annual salary)
- 28 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays
- Opportunity to buy up to 5 extra days leave or sell up to 5 days leave
- AXA employee discounts
- Gym benefits
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Who we are:
At AXA Health, we help our members be the best version of themselves by providing access to health and wellbeing support for mind and body. We’re transforming our business by developing easy, efficient, digital experiences for our customers. We’re a collective of specialists passionate about helping our members flourish, whether that’s individuals and families, small businesses or huge corporates.