Associate Director, Strategy Jobs

About The Company
David Yurman is the celebrated American jewelry company founded in New York 1980 by David Yurman, a sculptor, and his wife, Sybil, a painter and ceramicist. Today, the company is led by Evan Yurman and creates timeless, yet contemporary collections for women and men defined by inspiration, innovation, consummate craftsmanship and cable — its artistic signature. David Yurman collections are available at 49 retail stores throughout the United States, Canada, Hong Kong and France and at over 300 locations worldwide.
Title: Associate Director, Strategy
Overview
David Yurman is looking for a strategic and analytical leader to support the ongoing development and implementation of its growth strategy and strategic initiatives across the organization. Reporting to the Senior Director of Strategy, this role is part of David Yurman's Corporate Strategy function, which is responsible for setting the strategic direction of the company and supporting strategic projects to enable the success of business leaders.
This role will work with cross-functional leaders to understand their business challenges and bring analytical capabilities to generate data-driven insights and recommendations. In this role, you will scope and conduct market and competitor research, synthesize market and industry trends, build financial models and business cases to evaluate recommendations, and develop executive communications to articulate findings. Projects may include assessing new growth opportunities (e.g., markets, products), business optimization initiatives, strategic question evaluation and strategic plan development.
We’re looking for a highly motivated, self-starter, interested in the luxury industry, with the ability to creatively solve problems and navigate ambiguity. This role will require regular interaction with senior leadership and is expected to independently lead strategy development and key initiatives.
What You’ll Do / Responsibilities

• Translate business problems into analytical problems and develop models and scenarios to identify potential solutions
• Build strong working relationships, across all levels and disciplines, to drive progress through influence
• Analyze and synthesize data and craft storylines to articulate findings and insights that can be communicated to executive leaders and the board
• Conduct research on industry and competitor trends and synthesize into key takeaways and implications for executives
• Partner with diverse teams and leaders to scope, evaluate, develop and implement strategic initiatives that support the company’s growth ambitions

Qualifications / Requirements

• Communication: Ability to synthesize and communicate ideas, both verbally and in writing, through structured and clear recommendations
• Problem-solving: Very strong problem-solving skills with ability to find structure and logic to provide meaningful conclusions
• Education: Bachelor's degree in related field preferred
• Background: Minimum of 8 years work experience in management consulting, corporate strategy, and/or investment banking
• Organization: Strong project management capabilities with ability to drive multiple projects simultaneously
• Analytical skills: Excellent quantitative and analytical capability based (ability to build complex excel models to understand different scenarios)

Working mode: Hybrid (3 days/week in office, 2 days remote) NYC
Estimated salary range: $170,000-$210,000
Base pay is one component of David Yurman’s total compensation package, which may also include the following for eligible employees: access to healthcare benefits, 401(k) plan, bonus, employee discounts, Summer Fridays (corporate roles), generous paid time off, sick time, and more.
David Yurman is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and provides equal opportunities to all employees and applicants without regard to an individual’s age, race, creed, color, religion, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender