Senior Director, Strategy & Execution

Role overview Help shape enterprise strategy and turn it into an active portfolio of initiatives, executive decisions, and measurable progress. The role combines original strategic analysis with hands-on leadership of priority work and the planning routines that keep senior leaders aligned; it also offers increasing ownership of strategy and corporate development over time.

Responsibilities - Stay close to business leaders, connect developments across functions, and raise emerging risks and opportunities with a clear point of view. - Develop strategic ideas and turn promising ones into decision memos, proposals, or initiatives. - Run the annual strategy cycle, from gathering themes and defining charters to decision gates and executive planning sessions. - Establish approved initiatives with sponsors, accountable leads, plans, and success measures; monitor dependencies and escalate with recommendations. - Coach initiative leads in problem solving and decision-ready writing, and personally lead one or two high-priority initiatives or special projects each year. - Prepare and run executive operating forums, including monthly business reviews, and follow through on decisions and actions.

Requirements - 10+ years in corporate strategy, strategy operations, consulting, corporate development, or a chief-of-staff role, including at least three years working directly with C-suite leaders. - Experience running cross-functional enterprise planning or strategic initiative processes, including portfolio governance and executive reviews. - Examples of original strategic ideas that influenced a company’s direction, offerings, or operating model. - Strong structured problem solving and financial fluency, including business cases, profit and loss impact, contract economics, and investment analysis. - Excellent executive communication, from detailed narrative memos to concise board materials. - Ability to influence without formal authority and hold senior leaders accountable with discretion and sound judgment. - Disciplined program management, hands-on familiarity with AI productivity tools, data, and dashboards, and a bachelor’s degree. - Willingness to travel about 10%.

Nice to have - Experience with mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, partnerships, private equity-backed businesses, board or investor reporting, or executive customer programs.

Benefits and work setup - Remote work is generally available when client-site presence is not required; flexible schedule. - Benefits include unlimited paid time off, health plan options, retirement plan matching, dental and vision coverage, paid family leave, education or student loan support, sabbatical leave, and wellness programs. - Posted pay range is $205,000–$278,000, with potential bonus and equity-based compensation subject to eligibility.