SmartSuite for the Chief Strategy Officer
The Chief Strategy Officer sets strategic direction and the planning cycle: objectives and key results, strategic initiatives, the roadmap and the reviews that keep execution aligned to strategy. They connect strategy to the portfolio and report progress to the CEO and board.
What you own
- Lead strategic planning and the annual and quarterly planning cycles
- Set objectives and key results and cascade them through the organisation
- Prioritise strategic initiatives and align the portfolio
- Run strategy reviews and course corrections
- Analyse market, competitive and performance data
- Report strategy progress to the CEO and board
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How they use SmartSuite
How they use the Strategy & Planning suite
Trend analysis
Analyzes KPI performance trends and progress against key results across teams.
KPI reporting
Builds dashboards and summaries that provide clarity into strategic execution.
Executive insights
Generates data-backed insights that inform leadership decisions and prioritization.
How they use the Strategy & Planning suite
OKR governance
Oversees company-wide OKR cycles, ensuring objectives are structured, measurable, and aligned.
Initiative coordination
Monitors cross-functional initiatives linked to strategic priorities and performance indicators.
Alignment management
Ensures departmental OKRs ladder up clearly to enterprise goals and long-term strategy.
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How SmartSuite supports this role
Planning. Cascades objectives and key results from company to team with progress rolled up automatically.
Benefits. Links strategic initiatives to the projects that deliver them and the outcomes they move.
Reporting. Produces strategy review dashboards and board updates from live OKR and initiative data.
Industry reference
OKR practice as set out in Doerr's Measure What Matters, Kaplan and Norton's Balanced Scorecard and the PMI's Standard for Portfolio Management frame the strategy-to-execution cycle, and listed companies carry disclosure duties on strategy and risk under securities law and the UK Corporate Governance Code.
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