Group Head, Business Development and Strategy
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Bridgemead Limited is hiring a Group Head, Business Development and Strategy to lead corporate strategy, business intelligence, and market expansion across Nigeria, West Africa, and priority African markets. The role reports to the Group Executive Director, Strategy & Business Development and works closely with SBU leadership on growth, pricing, and competitive strategy.
- Owns Group business intelligence as the single trusted evidence base for Board and Ex-Co decisions
- Drives market expansion strategy across Nigeria, West Africa, and wider African markets
- Leads strategic planning, pricing framework, and demand forecasting across SBUs
- Convenes monthly business reviews with SBU Managing Directors and Sales leadership
- Builds and mentors the business development, strategy, and business intelligence team
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Reporting to the Group Executive Director, Strategy & Business Development, the successful candidate will own the Group's business intelligence capability - market, customer, competitor, pricing, and demand data - as the single trusted evidence base for Board, Ex-Co, and SBU decision-making. The role holder will sit with each SBU Managing Director and Sales leadership on a monthly basis to review performance and agree growth and counter-competition actions, and will drive the Group's market expansion strategy across Nigeria, West Africa, and the wider African market. We are seeking an accomplished Group Head, Business Development and Strategy to develop the Conglomerate’s corporate strategy and convert Board-approved strategy into growth, market share, and margin across each of our Strategic Business Units (SBUs). Key Responsibilities: Develop and maintain the Group corporate strategy and Three-Year Plan with the GED-SBD, GCEO, Ex-Co, and the Board, facilitating the annual strategic planning cycle and ensuring every SBU plan is aligned to and traceable against approved Group strategy. Track policy, tariffs, import substitution measures, macroeconomic, commodity, and FX trends, and translate them into commercial implications for each SBU, commissioning external market studies where internal capability is insufficient. Develop with each SBU the growth, market acquisition, and penetration strategy - target customers, segments, channels, and conversion targets - and support major tenders, framework agreements, and strategic opportunities, including win-loss analysis. Translate approved strategy into a portfolio of strategic initiatives with named owners and milestones, maintaining the initiative dashboard, driving commercial optimization across SBUs, and tracking benefits: realization against approved cases. Identify and originate growth opportunities, maintain a structured opportunity pipeline, lead feasibility work, and prepare decision-ready business cases for Ex-Co, the Board, and the Board Investment Committee, handing over sanctioned transactions for execution and conducting post-implementation reviews. Build and own the Group's business intelligence capability - a single trusted source of market, customer, competitor, pricing, and demand data - and design the commercial dashboards and reporting used by the Board, Ex-Co, and SBUs, including sizing and forecasting demand across steel, construction, mining, and energy markets. Develop and maintain the Group pricing framework, analysing price realization, discount governance, and price-volume trade-offs, and advise SBUs on competitive pricing position and the impact of input cost, FX, and energy movements on margin. Develop the Group's geographic expansion strategy across Nigeria, West Africa, and priority African markets, including market entry plans, AfCFTA and ECOWAS opportunities, partner qualification, and export/FX coordination with Treasury and Finance. Produce and maintain the demand forecast by product, segment, channel, and geography, establishing a single agreed demand view for production, inventory, procurement, and sales, and building the annual market plan with each SBU. Lead, mentor, and develop the business development, strategy, and business intelligence team, setting standards for analytical rigour and building capability in market analysis, pricing analytics, demand forecasting, and commercial modelling. Convene and run the monthly business review with each SBU's Managing Director, Business Manager, and Sales Head, interrogating variances to root cause, agreeing corrective actions with named owners and deadlines, and preparing the consolidated performance and growth report for Ex-Co and the Board. Maintain a live competitor profile for each market - capacity, pricing, distribution, and competitive moves - identifying threats and attacks early and developing counter-strategy with the affected SBU. Requirements: Experience: of export, regional, or cross-border market development in West Africa or the wider African market, and working knowledge of AfCFTA/ECOWAS trade arrangements, is desirable. HND / B.Sc. in Economics, Finance, Business Administration, Marketing, Engineering, or a related discipline; MBA or master's degree in a related field is an added advantage. Professional qualification such as ACA, ACCA, or CFA, and/or certification in business intelligence, data analytics, pricing, revenue management, project management, or corporate strategy, is an advantage. Experience: originating opportunities through to Board-approved business cases, and preparing and defending strategy papers at board level. 12-15 years' experience: across corporate strategy, business development, commercial or sales management, business intelligence, or strategy consulting, including at least 5 years at senior management level. Proven experience: in pricing strategy, margin analysis, competitor response, demand forecasting, and market share analysis in a competitive market. Experience: within a holding company, conglomerate, or diversified industrial group, and within manufacturing, steel, mining, construction, infrastructure, or heavy industry, is highly desirable. Demonstrable experience: partnering with business unit leadership and sales teams on performance review, growth strategy, and market development. Required Competencies: Negotiation, Influencing, and Relationship-Building Board-Level Communication and Presentation Leadership and Team Development. Structured Strategic Thinking Advanced Analytical and Financial Modelling (Excel) Steel, Mining, and Construction Market Economics Sound Commercial Judgement Commercial Credibility and Business Partnering Intellectual Honesty and Analytical Rigour How to Apply Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV to: career.bridgemeadnghr@gmail.com using "Group Head, Business Development and Strategy" as the subject of the email. Application Deadline: 6th September, 2026. View all Jobs in Nigeria Lagos State and 1 other location Lagos State , Victoria Island