Strategy & Transformation Manager

Job Title:Strategy & Transformation Manager

Location: Hybrid (Lisbon)

Contract: Full Time Permanent

About us

Cyncly is a global technology powerhouse with 2400employeesand70000customersacross100 countries. Cyncly transforms the way customizable products and spaces are imagined designed sold managed and made. Our end-to-end software solutions connect professional designers retailers and manufacturers to the worlds largest repository of product content. Today our business spans across the Kitchen & Bath Furniture Window Glass & Door and Flooring industries with operations in North & South America Europe Asia Pacific and Africa.

Cyncly brings over 30 years of experience to deliver more value for our customers through an expanded portfolio of end-to-end solutions. Our global presence allows us to provide world-class support and sales with a local touch providing the best possible customer experience.

Cyncly is now embarking on an exciting journey as we continue to expand through strong organic growth and complementary acquisitions backed by leading growth private equity firms specialized in technology.

Opened in 2025 our Lisbon Regional Operation Center has grown to over 50 employees within less than ten months with ambitious plans to expand to 300 employees by 2027.

About the role

As Strategy & Transformation Manager reporting into the Head of Transformation & Post-Merger Integration you will partner with Cynclys Business Unit (BU) and Functional leaders to translate strategy into measurable outcomes; build a rigorous automated performance rhythm; and drive cross-functional initiatives from definition through to impact. You combine top-tier consulting toolkits with strong business acumen and AI adoption. The role is hands-on analytical and stakeholder-facing; you will produce executive-ready insights and materials while coaching teams to adopt modern AI-enabled ways of working.

Main Responsibilities

A. Strategy & execution performance

• Build and continuously improve monthly and quarterly BU performance scorecards helping to surface risks their root causes and corrective actions.
• Operate a single source of truth for initiatives (charters milestones benefits confidence levels) with crisp cadence risk management and escalation paths.

B. Transformation delivery & value creation

• Lead (or PM) cross-functional workstreams from problem definition to solution design and adoption; remove blockers and secure decisions quickly.
• Develop robust analyses and business cases (commercial product go-to-market operational) that translate insights into prioritised actions.
• Partner with GMs and functional leaders to ensure accountability for outcomes not just activity.

CD. Stakeholder management & communications

• Act as a trusted partner to BU GMs Functional Leaders Finance Product Sales and People teams; run effective operating rhythms (weekly monthly quarterly).
• Produce crisp narratives supported by data and tailored to the audience from operator-level actions to Executive-level forums.
• Model high standards of written communication meeting hygiene and decision logging.

D. AI-led automation & analytics

• Identify automation opportunities across all processes you touch; prioritise and deliver by impact and feasibility.

Key Requirements:

Must-haves

• 3-5 years at a top-tier management consulting firm or equivalent high-performance environment with a track record in strategy execution and operating improvement.
• Strong business acumen: ability to translate strategy into KPIs/OKRs operating plans and measurable outcomes.
• Analytical & technical capability:
• Advanced spreadsheet modelling and data storytelling.
• Demonstrable AI adoption.
• Exceptional communication (written verbal and visual) with exec-ready materials and an ability to influence.
• Programme/project management excellence: multi-workstream planning dependency management risk/issue handling and benefit tracking.
• Proven cross-functional collaboration and stakeholder management across time zones and cultures.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience in B2B SaaS ERP design/manufacturing software or data-rich product businesses.

Working for us

At Cyncly we call our team OneCyncly a reflection of how we work together as one united by our purpose:powering businesses that bring spaces to life. Our strength comes from our diversity of experiences perspectives and skills and we thrive when we work together with openness trust and respect.

Here youll join a group of colleagues who take ownership solve problems and focus on making an impact. We embrace curiosity welcome new ideas and see mistakes as opportunities to learn. Youll have the freedom to work flexibly and autonomously supported by teammates and leaders who are committed to your growth.

We celebrate the different ways people contribute and encourage everyone from every background to bring their authentic self to work. Because when we collaborate challenge each other and share what we know we build something better together.

If you want to workin a place where your ideas matter your growth is valued and your work shapes the spaces people live work and play in come join us.