Senior Strategist

Stand Together • Arlington, VA

1d • $140,000 - $175,000

About The Position

Stand Together is a philanthropic community that supports changemakers tackling major social challenges by providing funding, thought leadership, peer networks, and approaches for applying proven principles. The Senior Strategist will join the Strategic Analysis team and work closely with a Priority Initiative team, advising on complex questions from early strategy development through completed materials. The role uses research, internal knowledge, and organizational experts to develop clear points of view and recommendations that staff and stakeholders can act on. Issue leaders remain accountable for their strategies. This is a senior individual-contributor role suited to someone who can work in ambiguity, synthesize extensive information into a clear perspective, and help teams translate strategy into impact.

The Strategic Analysis team builds research, insights, and standards for Priority Initiatives, including work on Unleashing Economic Growth and Mobility and Bridging Divides. The Senior Strategist will advise initiative leaders, lead research, apply and refine strategy frameworks, uphold written-work standards, influence across reporting lines, and help create reusable standards, tools, and frameworks.

Stand Together describes its culture as rooted in Principle Based Management (PBM), emphasizing dignity, openness, bottom-up empowerment, entrepreneurialism, innovation, and transformation. The organization states that it is an Equal Opportunity Employer and values diversity, honesty, dignity, respect, and sensitivity.

Requirements

• At least 8 years of experience in strategy, consulting, policy analysis, research, or a similar advisory role.
• Demonstrated ability to synthesize large amounts of qualitative and quantitative information into strategic recommendations.
• Strong writing and speaking skills, including the ability to distill complex analysis into a clear point of view for senior leaders.
• Curiosity, sound judgment, and the ability to understand complex social and organizational challenges as a system.
• Fluency in the social change, policy, and political landscape, and ability to learn new issues quickly.
• Comfort working as a senior individual contributor who leads through influence, including with senior leaders who do not report to them.
• Collaborative approach, supporting the team accountable for strategy and exercising sound judgment about when to challenge it.
• High standards of professionalism, integrity, and discretion.
• Ability to build professional, polished products such as decks, documents, and materials with strong clarity and visual quality.
• Ability to drive projects independently, establish goals and milestones, stay organized across multiple workstreams, and communicate progress clearly.
• Enthusiasm for Stand Together’s vision and principled approach to solving problems, and commitment to stewarding its culture and values.

Nice To Haves

• Consulting experience, ideally embedded with a client team that retained ownership of its strategy.
• Track record of turning complex ideas into frameworks or tools that other teams can use.

Responsibilities

• Partner with a Priority Initiative leader from point-of-view development through strategy, resource planning, performance checks, and materials for partners and stakeholders.
• Serve as a trusted thought partner to issue leaders.
• Direct research drawing on internal knowledge, external data, and experts to ground strategy in facts.
• Apply and refine strategy frameworks, including audience engagement strategy, point-of-view development, and marginal analysis, to produce clear recommendations.
• Ensure materials meet shared written standards and incorporate lessons from across Priority Initiatives.
• Build trust and influence with leaders outside the role’s reporting line, while maintaining a reasoned independent perspective.
• Help develop standards, tools, and frameworks that teams use to plan and assess their work.
• Independently drive projects by setting goals and milestones, organizing multiple workstreams, and communicating progress to stakeholders.
• Create polished decks, documents, and other materials that meet high standards for clarity and visual quality.

Benefits

• 6% 401(k) match with immediate vesting.
• Flexible time off.
• Comprehensive health and dental plans.
• Wellness and mental health support through Peloton and Talkspace.
• A non-hierarchical environment that empowers employees to discover, develop, and apply their talents.

What This Job Offers

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