Senior Director, Strategy Intelligence

Marvin • Eagan, MN

2d • $195,000 - $245,000

About The Position

The Senior Director of Strategic Intelligence is a senior leadership role responsible for transforming market, customer, and industry data into clear, actionable insights that shape enterprise strategy. Reporting to the Vice President of Strategic Execution, this role leads the Market Intelligence and Customer Intelligence teams and serves as the organization’s source of truth on industry dynamics, competitive insights, customer behavior, and macro trends. This leader does not simply produce analysis—they tell the story of what the data means, translate complexity into clarity, and influence both short‑term decision making and long‑term strategic planning across the enterprise. The role is critical to enabling informed bets, prioritization, and growth initiatives in a dynamic and competitive environment. Highlights of your role Strategic Intelligence Leadership & Enterprise Impact Build and lead an integrated Strategic Intelligence capability that unites Market and Customer Intelligence into a cohesive function. Partner with the VP of Strategic Execution and other leaders to define the vision, operating model, and roadmap for how intelligence will inform corporate, business unit, and functional strategies. Ensure insights are forward‑looking, decision‑focused, and aligned to enterprise priorities. Market, Competitive & Customer Intelligence Develop a comprehensive understanding of markets, including size, structure, growth trends, adjacencies, and disruption risks. Monitor competitive dynamics, assessing competitor strategies, capabilities, investments, cost structures, pricing, and go-to-market approaches. Identify emerging industry trends, technologies, and macroeconomic forces—such as automation, digital manufacturing, sustainability, regulation, and supply chain shifts—that may materially impact the business. Provide thought leadership on customer segmentation and needs‑based insights across customer types and channels, translating quantitative and qualitative data into actionable intelligence in partnership with peers across the organization for context. Collaborate with peers and the leadership team to ensure customer insights inform product strategy, go‑to-market decisions, and investment priorities. Partner with Sales, Marketing, and Product leaders to shape value propositions, commercial strategy, and growth opportunities, including new applications and geographic expansion. Executive Storytelling & Influence Translate complex data into clear, compelling narratives that highlight implications, trade‑offs, and recommended actions. Present strategic insights to senior leadership, the executive team, and the board as appropriate. Serve as a trusted thought partner to senior leaders, challenging assumptions with evidence‑based perspectives. Strategy Enablement & Decision Support Support short‑ and long-term strategic planning, including annual planning and multi-year growth strategies. Partner with Strategy, Finance, Product, Marketing, Sales, and Operations to embed intelligence into critical business decisions. Establish leading indicators and early‑warning signals to enable proactive strategy adjustments and vet assumptions with outcomes. Team & Capability Development Build, mentor, and retain high‑performing intelligence teams with strong analytical, strategic, and storytelling skills. Set standards for data quality, insight rigor, and executive‑ready deliverables. Continuously evolve tools, methodologies, and data sources to improve speed, relevance, and impact.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in strategy, market intelligence, customer insights, consulting, or related fields, with significant leadership responsibility.
• Proven experience influencing senior executives with data‑driven insights.
• Strong background in both quantitative analysis and qualitative insight generation.
• Demonstrated ability to connect market, customer, and competitive insights to business outcomes.
• Experience in complex, scaled enterprises; exposure to multi‑business or multi‑market environments preferred.
• Exceptional communication and storytelling skills—able to simplify complexity without losing rigor.
• Strategic thinking and enterprise perspective
• Market and customer insight synthesis
• Analytical rigor and intellectual curiosity
• Cross‑functional collaboration
• Executive‑level storytelling and influence
• Leadership and talent development

Responsibilities

• Build and lead an integrated Strategic Intelligence capability that unites Market and Customer Intelligence into a cohesive function.
• Partner with the VP of Strategic Execution and other leaders to define the vision, operating model, and roadmap for how intelligence will inform corporate, business unit, and functional strategies.
• Ensure insights are forward‑looking, decision‑focused, and aligned to enterprise priorities.
• Develop a comprehensive understanding of markets, including size, structure, growth trends, adjacencies, and disruption risks.
• Monitor competitive dynamics, assessing competitor strategies, capabilities, investments, cost structures, pricing, and go-to-market approaches.
• Identify emerging industry trends, technologies, and macroeconomic forces—such as automation, digital manufacturing, sustainability, regulation, and supply chain shifts—that may materially impact the business.
• Provide thought leadership on customer segmentation and needs‑based insights across customer types and channels, translating quantitative and qualitative data into actionable intelligence in partnership with peers across the organization for context.
• Collaborate with peers and the leadership team to ensure customer insights inform product strategy, go‑to-market decisions, and investment priorities.
• Partner with Sales, Marketing, and Product leaders to shape value propositions, commercial strategy, and growth opportunities, including new applications and geographic expansion.
• Translate complex data into clear, compelling narratives that highlight implications, trade‑offs, and recommended actions.
• Present strategic insights to senior leadership, the executive team, and the board as appropriate.
• Serve as a trusted thought partner to senior leaders, challenging assumptions with evidence‑based perspectives.
• Support short‑ and long-term strategic planning, including annual planning and multi-year growth strategies.
• Partner with Strategy, Finance, Product, Marketing, Sales, and Operations to embed intelligence into critical business decisions.
• Establish leading indicators and early‑warning signals to enable proactive strategy adjustments and vet assumptions with outcomes.
• Build, mentor, and retain high‑performing intelligence teams with strong analytical, strategic, and storytelling skills.
• Set standards for data quality, insight rigor, and executive‑ready deliverables.
• Continuously evolve tools, methodologies, and data sources to improve speed, relevance, and impact.

Benefits

• health insurance
• paid holidays
• paid parental leave
• 401(k) retirement savings match
• $300 annual wellbeing account to spend on what helps you feel happy + healthy
• Better Living Day! (a paid day off to go have some fun)
• Annual profit sharing – recognizing everyone’s contribution to Marvin’s success
• Giving at Marvin – participate in organized volunteer opportunities
• Brighter Days Fund – financial support from your colleagues and the Marvin family during personal hardships

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Executive
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees