Senior Manager, Strategy

TriForza•Spokane, WA

6h•$110,700 - $218,100

About The Position

TriForza is seeking a Senior Manager of Strategy to support product leaders in developing their product strategy, assist leadership in developing emerging strategies, and connect execution plans to strategy and operating cycles. The role involves working with product leaders to craft product strategies, linear execution plans, and goals for annual operating plans. Additionally, the position will collaborate with leadership on developing strategies from concept to execution plans, with support from the Enterprise strategy planning function for the annual operating rhythm and schedule. TriForza utilizes technology to drive digital transformation and enhance customer experiences in the oral health industry, aiming to promote access to affordable and quality care for everyone. The company operates based on core values: Accountability, Courage, Curiosity, Inclusivity, and Integrity.

Requirements

8+ years of overall experience, including 5+ years of progressive strategy experience, including responsibility for enterprise, business, product, or strategic planning within a product, SaaS, or technology organization.
Demonstrated experience developing and evolving strategy processes, planning practices, governance, and organizational capabilities within a growing technology business.
Background developing product and business strategies and translating business needs, customer insights, market opportunities, and product concepts into clear priorities, roadmaps, and execution plans.
Proven success leading and developing people, setting clear expectations and accountability, and supporting growth and performance.
Ability to evaluate strategic opportunities, risks, dependencies, and tradeoffs and develop clear recommendations for senior leaders.
Clear communication and partnership skills, with experience working across business, product, technology, operational teams, related companies, and senior leadership to align priorities and move decisions forward.
Demonstrated ability to establish effective governance practices and lead complex strategic or organizational changes through planning, implementation, and adoption.
Experience managing enterprise portfolios, including prioritization, dependencies, sequencing, risks, milestones, and changes across multiple strategic initiatives.
Proficiency with portfolio management, strategic planning, or work management tools used to track priorities, progress, dependencies, risks, and decision points.
Ability to develop clear, well-structured strategy documents, presentations, business cases, and decision materials.

Nice To Haves

Consulting or advisory experience that demonstrates structured problem solving, strategic analysis, stakeholder facilitation, and the ability to turn complex business questions into clear recommendations and actionable plans is a plus.

Responsibilities

Lead TriForza’s strategy and planning process, including long-range strategy, annual operating plans, strategic priorities, and goals.
Guide business and product leaders through strategy development, helping translate business needs and opportunities into clear priorities, strategic choices, required capabilities, measurable outcomes, and actionable plans.
Translate customer insights, market conditions, leader input, and operational realities into strategies, roadmaps, goals, and decision materials.
Establish planning and performance routines to track progress against strategic priorities, key milestones, and enterprise goals.
Work with leaders to identify barriers to execution and determine where additional alignment, resources, escalation, or leadership decisions are needed.
Lead analysis of market, customer, competitive, regulatory, technology, and economic trends that may affect TriForza’s strategy, growth, or market position.
Bring customer, stakeholder, and enterprise perspectives into business and product strategies to identify opportunities, gaps, and areas requiring greater alignment.
Identify competing priorities, dependencies, and tradeoffs across strategies and facilitate discussions that help leaders reach clear decisions.
Manage the enterprise portfolio view, evaluate the impact of proposed changes, and communicate changes and implications to stakeholders and clients.
Lead and develop the Portfolio Manager role, setting clear priorities and expectations while supporting effective portfolio planning, visibility, and coordination across the organization.
Develop clear executive level materials that frame strategic issues, options, tradeoffs, recommendations, expected outcomes, and decisions needed.
Partner with leaders to shape strategy-related agendas, presentations, and discussions for executive and governance forums.
Coordinate contributors and presenters to ensure strategy materials are accurate, aligned, clear, and delivered on time.
Capture key decisions, owners, and next steps and track follow-through on strategic commitments.
Develop and manage governance routines that give leaders a consistent view of enterprise priorities, risks, decisions, and cross-functional dependencies.
Facilitate cross-functional planning forums, working sessions, and decision processes that clarify ownership and move strategic work forward.
Connect related strategies and initiatives across business, product, technology, and operational teams to identify dependencies, reduce duplication, and surface conflicting priorities.
Build effective partnerships across business, product, technology, and operational teams to support enterprise planning, governance, and execution.