Senior Manager, Strategy
About The Position
The Strategy & Delivery Unit is a high-profile team that partners with the IRC’s Executive Board and senior leaders to translate IRC’s mission into actionable priorities. We lead strategic planning, advise on organizational transformation, and ensure effective delivery of critical initiatives. Our work spans global operations and influences decisions at the highest levels of the organization. As Senior Strategy Manager, you will play an important role in delivering IRC’s most critical strategic priorities. You will lead complex, cross-functional projects, support senior leaders in decision-making, and manage others in the SDU as needed to deliver high-quality, evidence-based solutions that drive organizational performance and impact. This position requires strong problem-solving skills, excellent interpersonal skills, a high level of personal initiative, and the ability to work well in a highly multicultural, dynamic environment. The role sits within the Strategy & Delivery Unit. The formal reporting line is to the Head of Strategy & Delivery, but day-to-day reporting will depend on the assigned project.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent
- Approximately 5–7 years of relevant experience, including at least 2 years in a strategy, consulting, or project management role, with a track record of high performance and increasing responsibility
- Experience in executing strategic change and organizational change management
- Experience in managing large-scale, cross-functional projects in a fast-paced environment
- Strong organizational and time-management skills; proven ability to deliver on time and make progress against multiple simultaneous demands
- Strong analytical skills and natural ability to structure and creatively solve complex problems
- Experience working effectively with stakeholders at all levels, including senior leadership
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills as well as an overall ability to be clear and concise in all communications
- Strong ability to influence and build credibility with senior stakeholders; confident communicating findings and recommendations to executive audiences
- Strong meeting facilitation and presentation skills
- Highly collaborative and able to work independently, in a dynamic, cross-functional global team structure
- Experience managing project teams and coaching more junior team members
- Ability to respond enthusiastically and positively to ambiguity, be resilient to shifting priorities and setbacks, and be comfortable with imperfect analysis and solutions
- Highly proficient in Microsoft Office suite
Nice To Haves
- Experience in a strategy role at either a strategy consulting firm, or in the strategy development function of a global organization
- An MBA or a Master’s degree in international development, human rights or another field related to the IRC’s work
- Experience in a humanitarian or development organization, or similar
- Knowledge of French, Arabic or Spanish
Responsibilities
- Manage and oversee large, complex projects, taking ownership for timely, high-quality delivery; scope the work, drive to solutions, and surface and quickly resolve roadblocks as they arise
- Generate actionable insights and evidence-based user-centric solutions, informed by best practices, analysis and extensive consultation with IRC staff
- Apply structure to ambiguous, complex problems and facilitate structured problem-solving sessions with Strategy Unit members and IRC stakeholders
- Validate findings and recommendations with senior stakeholders, facilitating decision making and consensus building meetings on challenging topics
- Collaborate closely with stakeholders across the organization and advise senior decision-makers as needed
- Lead project teams, comprised of Strategy Unit members and often IRC subject matter experts; assign responsibilities, review work for quality, and sharpen the thinking
- Promote a positive, collaborative, efficient team working environment where team members enjoy working with each other, feel able to do impactful work and grow professionally over time, including through regular developmental feedback
Benefits
- 10 sick days
- 10 US holidays
- 20-25 paid time off days depending on role and tenure
- medical insurance starting at $163 per month
- dental starting at $6.50 per month
- vision starting at $5 per month
- FSA for healthcare and commuter costs
- a 403b retirement savings plans with immediately vested matching
- disability & life insurance
- an Employee Assistance Program which is available to our staff and their families to support counseling and care in times of crisis and mental health struggles
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
Associate degree
