Business Strategy Principal

FedEx Dataworks•Memphis, TN

1d•Remote

About The Position

Provides leadership in the evaluation of strategic objectives, formulation of strategic direction, and influences decision making based on assessment of business trends and data analytics. Plans, organizes, and develops recommendations grounded in deep understanding of the business, industry & market trends, consumer behavior, customer segments, and competitive strategy. Predicts changes in the current market and summarizes insights from proprietary and third-party data & information to create distinctive insights. Develops and implements complex business analyses, manages business case development, and business-at-risk assessments. Develops research methodologies to understand key strategic issues, identifies data sources (internal and external) and develops complex opportunity models using statistical and BI tools. Develops strategic frameworks and manages processes to build business scenarios using strategic thinking and decision science analysis. Provides a point of view on key strategic issues across major dimensions of the business – commercial, operations, customer segments, technology etc. Engages with leadership teams / key stakeholders on identified priorities supported with clear fact based recommendations and provides actionable insights to leadership teams to recommend course of action. Provides thought leadership to cross-functional teams working on strategic initiatives and acts as an internal consultant to senior management. Takes responsibilities to manage external consulting engagements with industry experts and takes on coaching and mentoring roles. This role will lead workforce strategy and portfolio governance, playing a pivotal part in shaping the operational effectiveness and strategic alignment of Dataworks. This role sits at the intersection of organizational design, talent optimization, and portfolio health. It will be responsible for driving the evolution of our pod-based operating model, ensuring our workforce is dynamically aligned with our highest-priority initiatives, and governing the overall health, financial performance, and execution of the Dataworks portfolio.

Requirements

Master's degree in a quantitative business field or closely related technical specialized field of study with five (5) years related work experience.
Bachelor's degree in a quantitative business field or closely related technical specialized field of study with seven plus (7+) years related work experience.
Work experience in functions focused on strategy development, competitive, customer, and industry analysis, market research, analysis of product performance, and support of corporate development / strategic value assessment activities.
Demonstrated business acumen and experience of supporting strategic assessments that are transformational in nature including understanding the impact of technology trends on business.
An advanced degree may offset experience requirements.

Nice To Haves

Experience in organizational design, talent optimization, and portfolio health.

Responsibilities

Provides leadership in the evaluation of strategic objectives, formulation of strategic direction, and influences decision making based on assessment of business trends and data analytics.
Plans, organizes, and develops recommendations grounded in deep understanding of the business, industry & market trends, consumer behavior, customer segments, and competitive strategy.
Predicts changes in the current market and summarizes insights from proprietary and third-party data & information to create distinctive insights.
Develops and implements complex business analyses, manages business case development, and business-at-risk assessments.
Develops research methodologies to understand key strategic issues, identifies data sources (internal and external) and develops complex opportunity models using statistical and BI tools.
Develops strategic frameworks and manages processes to build business scenarios using strategic thinking and decision science analysis.
Provides a point of view on key strategic issues across major dimensions of the business – commercial, operations, customer segments, technology etc.
Engages with leadership teams / key stakeholders on identified priorities supported with clear fact based recommendations and provides actionable insights to leadership teams to recommend course of action.
Provides thought leadership to cross-functional teams working on strategic initiatives and acts as an internal consultant to senior management.
Takes responsibilities to manage external consulting engagements with industry experts and takes on coaching and mentoring roles.
Lead workforce strategy and portfolio governance, playing a pivotal part in shaping the operational effectiveness and strategic alignment of Dataworks.
Drive the evolution of our pod-based operating model, ensuring our workforce is dynamically aligned with our highest-priority initiatives.
Govern the overall health, financial performance, and execution of the Dataworks portfolio.