Director, Corporate Strategy
About The Position
The Director, Corporate Strategy supports key priorities of the enterprise strategy agenda, including strategy development, cross-functional enterprise initiatives, and enterprise-critical routines. The role partners with senior leaders within the Strategy department and with Functions, Operating Units (OUs), and Platform Services according to enterprise and departmental priorities. For assigned priorities, the Director serves as a critical project team member, independently driving workstreams with limited guidance, raising issues proactively, and conducting analysis to develop pragmatic initial recommendations. The Director identifies opportunities to advance functional priorities, develops analysis and insights, and communicates results in a digestible manner to the Operating Committee. For specific workstreams, the role leads peer and consultant networks toward clear deliverables. The Director also serves as a super user and advocate for enterprise-approved AI and digital productivity tools. The role shares effective practices, coaches Strategy associates on use cases, and promotes adoption to improve strategic analysis, insight generation, productivity, and the quality and speed of deliverables. The position requires 7–9 years of business experience, including strategy, finance, or another generalist field, and a graduate degree in business, strategy, or a related field. The successful candidate is an effective communicator and influencer who can work across a diverse cultural environment, collaborate with senior leaders and business partners, and rotate among priorities while managing ambiguity. Strong analytical, problem-solving, stakeholder-management, presentation, and writing skills are important, along with proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint and demonstrated use of generative AI, automation, analytics, and digital productivity tools in a business environment. The position is based in Atlanta, United States, with 0%–25% travel and no relocation provided. The company does not offer employment sponsorship; applicants must be authorized to work full time in the United States without requiring company sponsorship to continue working legally.
Requirements
- 7–9 years of business experience, including experience in strategy, finance, or another generalist field.
- Graduate degree in business, strategy, or a related field.
- Ability to work in a diverse cultural environment and communicate and influence effectively at all levels.
- Ability to partner with Corporate Strategy leaders and the network of OUs, Functions, and Platform Services.
- Strong problem-solving skills, including hypothesis-driven analysis and the ability to derive insights and implications from varied data and inputs.
- Structured and logical thinking.
- Strong teamwork and willingness to help colleagues during projects.
- Analytical attention to detail, paired with the ability to prioritize, work efficiently, and handle ambiguity.
- Ability to rotate across priorities and multitask, build on business-partner relationships, and manage stakeholders.
- Outstanding written and verbal communication, including synthesizing analyses into a coherent narrative, creating visually compelling charts, and writing clear portions of white papers focused on key messages.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel for analysis and PowerPoint for visual communication.
- Demonstrated business experience using generative AI, automation, analytics, and digital productivity tools to improve processes, problem solving, decision making, data analysis, communication, and productivity.
- Curiosity and aptitude for learning and applying new digital and AI capabilities and translating technological advances into practical outcomes.
- Must be currently authorized to work full time in the United States and not require company sponsorship to continue working legally in the United States.
Nice To Haves
- Broad expertise in technology and agile ways of working.
- Knowledge of critical thinking, data analysis and insights, process management and improvement, business acumen, networking and influencing, collaboration, AI-enabled productivity, and digital tools adoption and change leadership.
- Skills in analytics software, competitor analysis, customer insights, data mining, financial analysis and modeling, influencing, KPIs, long-term planning, professional presentation, relationship building, risk mitigation, stakeholder management, storytelling, strategic thinking, syndicated research, tactical planning, and the Waterfall Model.
Responsibilities
- Partner with senior Strategy leaders and with Functions, OUs, and Platform Services based on enterprise and departmental priorities.
- Contribute as a critical project team member on identified priorities and drive assigned workstreams with limited guidance.
- Proactively raise issues and challenges encountered during workstreams.
- Conduct analysis and develop pragmatic initial recommendations to address identified issues.
- Identify opportunities to advance the priorities of the function.
- Develop analysis, insights, and initial implications individually and with support from Platform Services, OUs, and Functions; communicate results clearly to the Operating Committee.
- Lead networks of peers and/or consultants on specific workstreams to deliver clear end products.
- Serve as a super user and advocate for enterprise-approved AI and digital productivity tools.
- Share AI best practices, coach Strategy associates on effective use cases, and promote adoption of approved AI capabilities.
Benefits
- A full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits is offered, depending on the position.
- Annual incentive reference value of 30% at target.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Director
