Strategy &Investment (Senior) Manager - Future Director - Fast Track Leadership Program

Strategy & Investment (Senior) Manager - Future Director - Fast Track Leadership Program

On behalf of a leading international retail company, we are recruiting high-potential leaders for an exclusive 18-month Fast Track Leadership Program. This accelerated development path is designed for ambitious professionals ready to prepare for Director-level roles and make real business impact in a fast-growing, international organization.

The program combines strategic projects, cross-functional exposure, and close collaboration with senior leaders, offering a unique opportunity to fast-track your leadership career within the retail sector.

Location: Warsaw or Poznań

The Strategy & Investment Senior Manager is a high-impact role designed as the launchpad for future senior leaders in Group. Over an 18-month+ development horizon, the role blends hands-on strategic work with deep immersion in how the company grows, enters new markets, makes decisions and shapes its long-term direction.

During the initial 18-month period, the person in this role works across strategic streams such as Strategy, Value Creation, M& A, joint ventures, international expansion and strategic finance. This position is intentionally structured to accelerate readiness for director-level roles connected with new businesses, new markets, or strategic transformations after the initial 18-month period.

Ideal for someone with strong potential, natural curiosity, strong problem solving skills and the ambition to take end-to-end responsibility for shaping the company’s future.

Key Responsibilities:

18-Month Development Path

During the program the Strategy & Investment Senior Manager will:

• Rotate through key strategic teams (Strategy, Value Creation, M& A, joint ventures, international expansion and strategic finance) to build end-to-end business understanding.
• Lead selected high-visibility projects with executive sponsors.
• Gain exposure to new business models, strategic investments, partnerships, and cross-market opportunities.
• Build capabilities required for future director-level roles.

Target outcome after 18 months:

Readiness to take a senior manager/ director role in new markets, new businesses, or major growth initiatives, focused on the business impact.

The client offers:

• Competitive salary
• Employment contract or B2B cooperation
• Annual bonus
• Package of non-salary benefits
• Hybrid work model in the office in Warsaw or Poznań