Senior Director, Corporate Strategy

Cargill • Shorewood, MN

8d • $175,000 - $275,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

The Senior Director, Corporate Strategy leads work that helps Cargill’s senior leaders develop and advance corporate, functional, and business group strategies that create long-term value. The role directs enterprise and portfolio assessments, evaluates market and competitive trends, and guides the identification of strategic opportunities to inform leadership decisions and resource allocation.

The Senior Director leads the development of strategic insights, recommendations, investment cases, and value creation plans. In partnership with business and functional leaders, the role helps translate strategic priorities into aligned plans and coordinated execution. The role also leads the synthesis of complex analysis into clear recommendations for executive and Board decision making.

This position is in Cargill’s Food Enterprise, which serves food manufacturers, food service customers, and retailers with innovative ingredients and branded products. The portfolio includes poultry, beef, egg, alternative protein, salt, oils, starches, sweeteners, cocoa, and chocolate. The role is based at Cargill’s Global Headquarters in Wayzata, Minnesota, with a hybrid work environment requiring at least four days in the office and permitting up to one day remote each week.

Requirements

• At least 8 years of relevant experience in corporate strategy, management consulting, business development, finance, corporate development, or a related strategic function.
• Experience leading complex strategic initiatives and developing recommendations for senior leadership.
• Experience developing business cases, growth strategies, and long-term value creation plans.
• Ability to influence and partner with cross-functional stakeholders across multiple organizational levels.
• Experience leading projects, teams, or direct reports and managing multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong executive communication and presentation skills, including developing materials for senior leadership and executive audiences.

Nice To Haves

• MBA or master’s degree in Business Administration, Finance, Economics, Strategy, or a related field.
• Experience in corporate strategy, management consulting, corporate development, investment banking, private equity, or a combination of these areas.
• Experience supporting enterprise-level strategic planning, portfolio optimization, and enterprise value creation initiatives.
• Experience evaluating mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures, or strategic partnerships.
• Experience in food, agriculture, manufacturing, industrial, consumer products, or related industries.
• Strong financial modeling, valuation, scenario planning, and capital allocation experience.

Responsibilities

• Oversee structuring business problems, validating hypotheses, reviewing qualitative and quantitative analysis plans, and defining analytical and scenario-analysis approaches to inform strategic decisions.
• Direct assessments of industry structure, business models, profit drivers, business context, and organizational dynamics, and synthesize findings to inform strategic priorities and portfolio direction.
• Develop strategic recommendations to advance opportunities, including acquisitions and divestitures, supported by financial and execution plans, including acquisition gameboards, for value creation.
• Engage cross-functional teams and senior leaders to align priorities, drive coordinated execution, and achieve strategic and operational objectives.
• Partner with others to establish strategy execution plans, priorities, timelines, and resource alignment, ensuring delivery of insights and recommendations and advancing team technical capabilities.
• Lead development of executive-level communications and synthesize complex analysis and recommendations for leadership decision making.
• Manage team members by allocating resources, setting performance expectations and aligned goals, giving and seeking feedback, coaching, measuring progress, holding people accountable, supporting employee development, recognizing achievements and lessons learned, and fostering an inclusive team culture.

Benefits

• Company benefits, including a comprehensive benefit program with medical and/or other benefits depending on the position offered and hours worked.
• Short-Term Incentive (STI) eligibility.
• Long-Term Incentives (LTI) eligibility.
• Eligibility for a discretionary incentive award dependent on company and personal performance.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed