Senior Strategy Associate

About Carwow

We’re Carwow. The car-changing experts for life-changing moments. Whether buying, selling, or (car) window shopping, we aim to give people total confidence in their choice.

We kicked off our journey as the ultimate matchmaker for car reviews, helping everyone pick their perfect ride. But we soon realised this wasn’t the destination - it was just the first leg. Why stop there when we could also help them get a great price?

So we decided we wanted to revolutionise selling cars, just like we did with buying them. That's when we introduced our game-changing 'sell my car' product.

Today, our dedicated team of over 350 experts across the UK, Germany, Spain and Portugal look after over 12 million active users (and an ‘excellent’ Trustpilot rating).

And we’ve got plenty left in the tank.

Working here

So, what does Carwow look like under the hood?

We’re always driving forward, and our people love what they do and love working together. Our goal is to empower our employees to discover their passions, create common ground, and take control of their careers with confidence.

We regularly fine-tune our hiring process to ensure fairness and all Carwowers receive comprehensive DE&I training. Our Diversity Committees, led by our fantastic employees, fuel internal education, help out our local communities, and champion initiatives for our customers.

We’re also Flexa100 nominated and aim to be the go-to place for changing cars. We’re proud to say we’ve got an impressive employee average engagement score of 8.5/10!

Bonding as a team is important to us - whether we're rocking the Carwow Olympics worldwide, playing drag bingo for Pride Month, taking part in beach clean-ups or rallying on the Padel court, there’s always something to bring us together.

Fancy a life-changing career from the car-changing pros? We’d love you to join us on our journey.

About the team

Reporting to the Chief Business Operations Officer, the Strategy Team’s mission is to lead the development, communication and implementation of winning strategies that drive carwow’s long-term, sustainable & profitable growth. 

Led by the Director of Strategy (ex-BCG), the team’s role expands across four key areas: 

• Strategy Development & Business Partnering - Working closely with the Exec team and leadership across business lines, markets and capabilities to develop strategy 
• Strategy Execution - Connecting where we invest our capital and what teams do with our strategy by operating and continually improving our strategy planning process and OKRs across Carwow
• Go-to-Market Delivery - Getting new business lines or propositions from zero to one
• Investor Relations & Corporate Development - Supporting the Exec team with fundraising and M&A activity
• ESG - Leading Carwow’s Environment, Social & Governance policy and delivery

Working in the Strategy Team at Carwow means being at the forefront of the automotive industry's shift online. You'll have the opportunity to directly influence the direction of a fast-growing tech company, and help establish carwow as the number one destination for car-changing.

What you'll be doing

As a Senior Strategy Associate, you will play a pivotal role in driving carwow's long-term, sustainable, and profitable growth. You will work closely with the Executive team and senior leaders to develop and implement winning strategies.

Provide strategic business partnering:

• Enable Business Unit leaders to develop their strategy and initiatives, as the project lead or as a partner and advisor to business partners

• Identify and evaluate opportunities for new products, propositions, and business models
• Conduct thorough analysis to support recommendations, using a structured, hypothesis-driven approach and informed by primary & secondary (both qualitative and quantitative) research and analysis
• Ensure strategic initiatives can be practically implemented and see these through to execution, utilising project management and coordination skills

Ensure Strategy is executed across Carwow:

• Help teams turn their strategies into actionable and measurable quarterly objectives and coach them on developing high-quality OKRs
• Ensure that OKRs are aligned with our company objectives and that dependencies are clearly identified and mapped

Whats's in it for you

• Hybrid working that works around you (currently two days in the office, three from home)
• Competitive salary to fund that dream holiday to Bali
• Share options - when we thrive, so do you!
• Vitality Private Healthcare, for peace of mind
• Monthly coaching sessions with Spill - our mental wellbeing partner
• Enhanced holiday package, plus bank holidays 
• 28 days holiday
• 1 day for your wedding
• 1 day off when you move house - because moving’s hard enough without work!
• 2 extra days on your third year anniversary
• 5 extra days on your tenth year anniversary
• Option to buy 3 extra days of holiday per year 
• Work from abroad for a month (due to popular demand, this offer excludes the moon). 
• Inclusive parental, partner and shared parental leave, fertility treatment and pregnancy loss policies
• The latest tech (Macbook or Surface) to power your gif-sending talents
• Up to £500/€550 home office allowance for that massage chair you’ve been talking about
• A generous learning and development budget to help you master your craft
• Regular social events:, tech lunches, coffee with the exec sessions, book clubs, social events/anything else you pester us for
• Refer a friend, get paid. Repeat for infinite money
• Lunch & learns and Carwow Classrooms with expert speakers who are here for a free lunch
  

Diversity and inclusion is an integral part of our culture. We know that diverse teams are strong teams, so we welcome those with alternative identities, backgrounds, and experiences to apply for this position. We make recruiting decisions based on experience, skills and potential, so all our applicants are treated fairly and equally.