Strategic Advisor

2 weeks ago

New York, New York, United States ustwo Full time
About the Role

ustwo is seeking a seasoned Non-Executive Director to join our Board in New York. As a strategic advisor, you will provide independent oversight and constructive challenge to our executive team, helping shape the company's strategic direction and governance.

Key Responsibilities
  • Strategic Oversight: Contribute to the development and oversight of our company's strategic direction, ensuring alignment with market opportunities and company objectives.
  • Governance: Ensure that the company operates within the highest standards of corporate governance, compliance, and ethical practices.
  • Performance Monitoring: Monitor the performance of our executive team and the company, providing independent advice and feedback.
  • Risk Management: Identify and assess potential risks to the company, contributing to the development of risk management strategies.
  • Stakeholder Engagement: Build and maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders, including shareholders, clients, and partners.
  • Mentorship and Support: Provide mentorship and support to our executive team, drawing on industry experience and best practices.
  • Financial Oversight: Review and provide input on financial plans, budgets, and performance reports, ensuring the company's financial health and sustainability.
  • Innovation and Trends: Stay abreast of industry trends and innovations, providing insights that can help the company stay competitive and forward-thinking.
  • Specialist Knowledge: Utilize your specialist knowledge to provide valuable insights on strategy, client growth, and scaling the business.
  • Objective Contributions: Offer objective, constructive, and informed contributions, providing advice and guidance based on your external expertise.
  • Challenge Decisions: Constructively challenge proposed Board decisions to ensure appropriate scrutiny in all circumstances.
  • Collaborative Culture: Collaborate with the Chair, C-suite, and other Board members to foster a culture of visionary and innovative thinking, acting on and promoting ideas within the organisation.
  • Proposal Development: Assist in developing proposals on priorities and risk mitigation.
Requirements
  • Extensive experience in agency, product, and innovation sectors.
  • Proven track record of mentoring CEO-level individuals.
  • Experience in business turnaround and scaling up operations.
  • Strong grounding in US business practices and experience in working with a global company.
  • Excellent commercial acumen with robust industry networking capabilities, enabling business development and recruiting opportunities for the studios.
  • Demonstrated ability to constructively challenge and provide effective oversight of company strategy and its development.
  • Proven ability to identify and address long-term opportunities and issues.
  • Experience in enhancing diversity within organisations.
Nice to Haves
  • Experience working in an employee-owned company.
  • Familiarity with B Corp certification and practices.
About ustwo

ustwo combines expertise in product and service development, ventures, and gaming to make a meaningful impact on the challenges companies and individuals face in contemporary culture.

Our deep product development knowledge, design heritage, and leadership at the edges of technology and culture enable us to provide fresh creative and strategic direction on genuinely new experiences, as well as deep technical expertise on implementation - never disconnecting strategy from implementation.

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