Senior Strategist, Enterprise Portfolio Strategy

Chewy•Boston, MA

10h

About The Position

As the Senior Strategist of Enterprise Portfolio Strategy, you will help shape the future direction of the Private Brands portfolio through long-range strategic planning, portfolio foresight, and growth opportunity development. You will translate customer insights, competitive dynamics, enterprise priorities, and emerging trends into actionable portfolio recommendations that influence innovation planning, investment priorities, and future business growth. Under direction of Associate Director, you will help shape where the portfolio should grow, evolve, expand, or decline over a 3–5+ year horizon. By synthesizing customer insights, competitive dynamics, emerging industries, cultural shifts, and business priorities, you will identify future opportunities and build strategic frameworks that influence innovation planning, investment decisions, portfolio architecture, and long-term growth. Your work will provide the strategic direction that enables Product Development, Brand Strategy, and Commercialization teams to build future innovation pipelines and strengthen customer trust, loyalty, and business performance. The Enterprise Portfolio Strategy team is responsible for defining the future evolution of the Private Brands portfolio across a diverse collection of brands and categories. The team synthesizes intelligence from customer behavior, market dynamics, emerging trends, competitive landscapes, enterprise priorities, and adjacent industries to identify future opportunities and guide portfolio decision-making. Working across Product Development, Brand Strategy, Category Management, Marketing, Customer Insights, Healthcare, and enterprise leadership teams, Portfolio Strategy provides the long-term vision and strategic frameworks that help inform innovation priorities, investment decisions, brand evolution, and growth planning. Success in this role requires balancing strategic thinking, customer understanding, business acumen, and organizational influence to create clarity around future opportunities and align teams around a shared vision.

Requirements

8+ years of experience in Portfolio Strategy, Business Strategy, Brand Strategy, Product Strategy, Innovation, Product Development, or a related field.
Bachelor's degree in Industrial Design, Fashion Design, Product Design, or equivalent professional experience.
MBA required.
Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite, including Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, XD, or similar design software.
Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, including PowerPoint and Excel.
Experience developing strategic frameworks, growth strategies, innovation roadmaps, or portfolio planning initiatives.
Demonstrated ability to synthesize large volumes of information into actionable strategic recommendations.
Experience influencing senior stakeholders and driving alignment without direct authority.
Exceptional strategic thinking, communication, presentation, and storytelling skills.
Ability to operate effectively in ambiguity while creating clarity and direction for others.

Nice To Haves

Experience in retail, consumer products, private brands, pet industry, or adjacent consumer-focused industries.
Experience evaluating new business models, partnership opportunities, mergers, acquisitions, or portfolio expansion strategies.
Familiarity with trend forecasting, consumer insights, innovation planning, or future-focused growth methodologies.
Experience facilitating executive workshops, strategic planning sessions, or enterprise-level initiatives.
Experience developing long-range planning frameworks and future-state business scenarios.

Responsibilities

Develop future-state portfolio strategies informed by customer insights, competitive dynamics, category evolution, emerging trends, and enterprise priorities.
Support the development of strategic brand roles within the portfolio ecosystem to support long-term growth, differentiation, and investment decisions.
Develop strategic frameworks, decision-making models, and portfolio analysis that support prioritization and innovation direction.
Identify future capabilities, partnerships, business investments, and growth platforms required to drive long-term customer relevance and business growth.
Evaluate build, buy, or partner pathways that strengthen portfolio competitiveness and unlock future growth opportunities.
Identify future growth drivers, investment priorities, and opportunities that support sustainable long-term growth across the Private Brands portfolio.
Continuously monitor and synthesize emerging signals across consumers, industries, culture, technology, retail, and competitive landscapes.
Translate customer insights, market intelligence, and macro trends into actionable portfolio opportunities and future business concepts.
Identify white space opportunities and unmet customer needs that inform future product, brand, and capability development.
Develop future-state portfolio scenarios and strategic options that guide investment decisions and capability planning.
Support Category Management, Product Development, Customer Growth & Brand Commercialization, and Trend Strategy by identifying future opportunities that inform innovation roadmaps and portfolio planning.
Present strategic recommendations and future-state opportunities to leadership teams in a clear, compelling, and decision-oriented manner.
Build strong partnerships across Private Brands, Product Development, Brand Strategy, Category Management, Marketing, Customer Insights, Healthcare, and enterprise leadership teams.
Support and facilitate strategic discussions, workshops, and working sessions that challenge assumptions and uncover future growth opportunities.
Act as a connector across functions to ensure portfolio strategies reflect diverse perspectives and organizational priorities.
Gather stakeholder insights, priorities, and business objectives to strengthen portfolio planning and future-state recommendations.
Influence decision-making through strategic thinking, compelling storytelling, and data-driven recommendations.
Maintain portfolio frameworks, brand roles, and strategic planning documentation that serve as a source of truth for decision-making.
Evaluate portfolio health, market relevance, growth potential, and strategic fit to inform future investment and evolution decisions.
Assess opportunities and risks against established portfolio frameworks and enterprise priorities.
Provide recommendations regarding portfolio expansion, optimization, consolidation, or exit opportunities.
Support long-term prioritization and resource allocation decisions through strategic portfolio analysis.

Benefits

401k
new hire and annual equity grant
annual bonus
medical/Rx insurance
vision insurance
dental insurance
life insurance
disability insurance
hospital indemnity insurance
critical illness insurance
accident insurance
parental leave
family services benefits
backup dependent care
flexible spending accounts
telemedicine
pet adoption reimbursement
employee assistance program
discounts including 10% off pet insurance and 20% off at Chewy.com
unlimited PTO (subject to manager approval)
six paid holidays per year
paid sick and family leave (in compliance with applicable state and local regulations)