Director of Corporate Strategy

2 weeks ago

Charlotte, North Carolina, United States Empower Full time
Join Our Team as a Strategic Business Development Leader

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Strategic Business Development Leader to join our team at Empower. As a key member of our Corporate Strategy and Business Development team, you will play a critical role in driving long-term strategic decisions and evaluating new business opportunities.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Evaluate strategic business, product, and partnership opportunities to help Empower decide where to deploy its resources to maximize long-term value
  • Collaborate with Empower's leadership team to drive strategic decisions by clearly defining a challenge or opportunity, developing actionable solutions, and understanding tradeoffs
  • Evaluate new business expansion opportunities from start to end, including building the initial hypothesis, testing it, refining the proposed solution(s), and sourcing potential partners
  • Manage external partner relationships, including initial identification, evaluation, negotiations, and onboarding of new partners
  • Develop a deep understanding of the competitive landscape and industry offerings to identify upcoming challenges or white space opportunities for Empower
  • Support the strategy development process during the annual budget season and when developing the multi-year strategic business plan for Empower
  • Build financial models, simulations, and business cases to identify patterns and inform data-driven decision-making
  • Solve hard, ambiguous questions by thinking creatively and collaborating cross-functionally with data analytics, finance, product, marketing, advisory, and other teams
Requirements:
  • 10+ years of experience in leading strategic projects and evaluating new business opportunities in a fast-paced growth environment
  • Professional experience in strategy consulting, banking, corporate strategy, or a similar role in high growth tech companies preferred
  • In-depth financial services industry knowledge, including emerging trends, competitors, and market dynamics
  • Outstanding communication skills, adept at influencing and persuading stakeholders through effective and impactful communication
  • Analytical thinker with a proven hypothesis-driven approach to ambiguous questions, bringing structure to quantitative and qualitative insights
  • Passionate about tackling complex and impactful business challenges with a high level of independence and attention to detail
  • Expert in creating compelling presentations that tell a story as much as persuade with data analysis
  • Ability to quickly switch context between 10k feet strategic level and detailed execution-oriented work
  • Bachelor's degree
What We Offer:
  • Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance
  • Retirement savings - 401(k) plan with generous company matching contributions (up to 6%), financial advisory services, potential company discretionary contribution, and a broad investment lineup
  • Tuition reimbursement up to $5,250/year
  • Business-casual environment that includes the option to wear jeans
  • Generous paid time off upon hire - including a paid time off program plus ten paid company holidays and three floating holidays each calendar year
  • Paid volunteer time - 16 hours per calendar year
  • Leave of absence programs - including paid parental leave, paid short- and long-term disability, and Family and Medical Leave (FMLA)
  • Business Resource Groups (BRGs) - internal networks that rally around common interest, experiences, and identities such as race, ethnicity, gender, ability, military status, and sexual orientation

Empower is an equal opportunity employer with a commitment to diversity. All individuals, regardless of personal characteristics, are encouraged to apply. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age (40 and over), race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, pregnancy, religion, physical or mental disability, military or veteran status, genetic information, or any other status protected by applicable state or local law.

For remote and hybrid positions, you will be required to provide reliable high-speed internet with a wired connection as well as a place in your home to work with limited disruption. You must have reliable connectivity from an internet service provider that is fiber, cable, or DSL internet. Other necessary computer equipment will be provided. You may be required to work in the office if you do not have an adequate home work environment and the required internet connection.

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