Director, Strategy and Corporate Development
About The Position
You will play a critical role in shaping Justworks’ long-term strategy and growth trajectory as we continue to scale. Reporting into executive leadership and partnering closely across the organization, you will help define corporate priorities, evaluate growth and corporate development opportunities, and support both organic and inorganic growth initiatives. As Director, Strategy & Corporate Development, you will help ensure that Justworks’ most important strategic decisions are informed by a deep understanding of customers, markets, and emerging trends. You will work hand-in-hand with Research & Insights to translate qualitative and quantitative findings into clear strategic choices and recommendations that drive executive decision-making. This role blends strategic thinking with hands-on problem solving. You will operate across multiple time horizons — from near-term decisions to long-term vision — while serving as a trusted advisor to executives and a people leader on a growing Strategy & Corporate Development team.
Requirements
- 8–12 years of experience in corporate strategy, management consulting, investment banking, corporate development, or a related strategic role
- Comfort operating in ambiguity and balancing strategic thinking with hands-on execution
- Experience leading complex, cross-functional strategic initiatives in a high-growth or evolving environment
- Proven people leader with experience managing and developing high-performing teams.
- Demonstrated ability to influence senior stakeholders through structured thinking and clear communication
- Familiarity with strategic foresight methodologies and a track record of applying future-oriented thinking to corporate strategy, planning, or growth initiatives.
- Strong analytical and financial modeling skills
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills
- Comfort operating across multiple time horizons in a fast-paced, evolving environment.
Nice To Haves
- Prior experience working in venture capital or private equity is a strong plus
Responsibilities
- Lead, mentor, and develop a team of strategists (three direct reports on day one), fostering a culture of high performance, collaboration, and continuous learning
- Set team standards for strategic rigor, insight synthesis, and communication
- Evolve a strong operating model for Corporate Strategy, defining clear ways of working to ensure insights flow consistently into strategic decision-making
- Help our team of strategists build their skills in and approach to strategic foresight and begin to fold it into how the Strategy & Corporate Development team operates
- Leverage qualitative and quantitative research, trend sensing, and insight synthesis to develop structured perspectives on long-term trends, uncertainties, and emerging risks and opportunities
- Act as a thought partner and trusted advisor to executive leadership during strategy formulation, decision-making, and execution
- Ensure the team balances near-term decisions with long-range thinking, helping Justworks anticipate change and make durable, forward-looking strategic decisions
- Lead work to proactively identify and evaluate new growth opportunities (M&A, investment, and partnership) that align with Justworks’ long-term vision, competitive advantages, and customer needs
- Lead market, customer, competitive, and macroeconomic analyses, in close partnership with Research & Insights, to ensure strategic recommendations are grounded in deep customer understanding, unmet needs, and real-world behaviors—not just surface-level metrics
- Partner withcross-functional leaders to conduct analyses and build business cases that shape commercial and go-to-market strategies to unlock growth and improve execution
- Translate research outputs (e.g., customer insights, segmentation, needs-based frameworks, opportunity sizing) into clear strategic choices, investment theses, and growth narratives for executive and board audiences
- Support and, where appropriate, lead inorganic growth initiatives, including mergers, acquisitions, and strategic partnerships
- Conduct opportunity assessment, business case development, diligence support, and integration planning in collaboration with cross-functional stakeholders
- Clearly articulate strategic opportunities, principles, and recommendations (grounded in evidence and insight) to executives, senior leaders, and key stakeholders
- Drive organizational alignment through crisp storytelling, structured frameworks, and data-informed recommendations
- Support executive- and board-level discussions with rigorous analysis and clear strategic narratives
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Director
Education Level
No Education Listed
