Director, Corporate Strategy Jobs

Job Summary

FOCUS Brands is looking to hire a Director for its Corporate Strategy team to help evaluate high-impact growth opportunities for our portfolio of brands. The Corporate Strategy team sits within the larger Commercial Enterprise function and works closely with FOCUS Brands' executives and brand leadership to identify, plan, and execute pivotal initiatives across the company. Leveraging expertise in critical thinking and analysis, the team offers thought leadership and quantitative insights on the most critical matters facing the business. The Director position will own the development of strategic recommendations informed by complex analyses, research, and input from senior management. This role requires an individual who is a "Jack of All Trades," and is comfortable taking on ambiguity and distilling into structured approaches and frameworks. The ideal candidate will be a strategic and creative thinker who is a strong team player. This individual must have excellent communication & stakeholder management skillsets, demonstrated experience in leading multiple, cross-functional initiatives, & a willingness to take on additional responsibilities as necessary.

Essential Functions

• Innovation: Identify and evaluate potential business innovation ideas and efforts; conduct analysis and perform research to support business cases and prioritization of opportunities
• M&A and Inorganic Growth: Support further development of M&A Strategy, identify and screen potential acquisition and JV targets, execute formal due diligence, and plan and manage integration and synergy tracking efforts
• General Corporate Strategy: Collaborate with brand and enterprise function leadership on key strategic initiatives, such as execution of annual strategic planning, development of long-term brand strategies, and assessment of other opportunities (e.g., market-entry, industry disruption, technology investments, business model innovation, etc.)
• Executive Presentations & Reporting: Own creation and coordination of various executive presentations – take minimal input & guidance from C-Suite and translate into high-level storyboard & slideware
• Project Management: Create, structure, and oversee key initiatives to ensure application of Corporate Strategy team’s approach and rigor – own the development of strategy, design mobilization efforts, oversee execution of strategy including KPIs & metrics to track impact

Education

• Preferred: Relevant Master’s or MBA from top tier program
• Bachelor’s required

Work Experience

• 6+ years of experience in a highly analytical and strategic role (investment banking, top-tier strategy consulting, private equity, or other corporate strategy experience is required)
• 2+ years of leadership experience with ability to build, inspire, and focus teams on delivery

Skills & Abilities

• Experience with other data analytics and insights tools such as SQL, Tableau, etc. (preferred but not required)
• Proficiency in MS Office Suite
• Experience managing primary and/or secondary research, and translating data into structured strategic recommendations and business cases
• Located in or willingness to move to Atlanta, GA
• High-level of comfort with ambiguity
• Excellent project management capabilities and ability to manage and prioritize simultaneous initiatives – experience designing and implementing transformational agendas
• Demonstrated experience partnering with C-Suite to develop presentations for executive-level audiences