Senior Director - Client Strategy (Enterprise & Client Strategy Team)

cutive presentation and storytelling, with a passion for im agining the future .

Primary Duties & Responsibilities

In this role , you will be defining industry-leading strategies to drive client acquisition and deepen relationships with clients. Our work leverages different methodologies based on topic (e.g., root cause analysis, scenario-based planning, etc.) . This role drives discussions with senior leaders across the enterprise to make strategic investments with significant impact on the c ompany's future direction and performance. You and your team will sit at the intersection of consumer insights, strategy, and business planning & operations to bring our differentiated go-to-market strategy to life.

Key focus areas include:

• Vision and s trategy : Navigate complex business challenges by employing structured problem-solving to develop recommendations, create frameworks from scratch, and help facilitate decision-making with senior executives

• Executive communication : Prepare and deliver executive presentations (c-suite, board level) , articulating insights and synthesizing complex ideas into exec-friendly discussion material; includes c-suite memo writing

• Voice of Client i nsight s: partner with our research teams to conduct focus groups, surveys, etc to gather primary client research to inform strategies

• Research & analysis : partner with enterprise insights team to gather relevant insights and synthesize to inform strategy; c onduct external research (e.g., megatrends, competitive analysis) to inform our strategic perspectives and keep a pulse on market positioning.

• Expert management and organization : Independently lead distinct bodies of work and/or projects, including anticipating business needs beyond immediate next steps and connecting the strategy to execution .

• Field stakeholder management : S pearhead conversations with our top financial advisors to understand best practices and build strategies that are accretive to the advisor and client relationship .

• Internal stakeholder management : F oster strong relationships with stakeholders, including digital product, other internal strategy teams, business partners, etc . , ensuring alignment and support for key initiatives.

What this role needs...

• Extensive experience creating strategies; 5 -10 years of experience in strategy consulting or corporate strategy

• Bachelor's degree

• A team player who's also an independent thinker

• A robust analytical skill set, curiosity to learn , and a penchant to think about the art of the possible

• Must be deadline driven, organized and able to multi- task

• Exceptional verbal, written and presentation skills ; strong PowerPoint skills required ; familiarity with writing executive memos.

• F inancial services experience . F inancial planning, wealth and asset management , and /or insurance experience preferred

• Executive and peer relationship building and stakeholdering

• Exceptional people management skills; ability to lead a small team with clear goals , coach strategic skillsets , and build positive team culture

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Compensation Range:

Pay Range - Start:

$142,030.00

Pay Range - End:

$263,770.00

Geographic Specific Pay Structure:

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