Global Strategic Planning Advisor

FedEx Corporation; Tennessee; On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

The Global Strategic Planning Advisor role at FedEx Corporation in Memphis, TN, provides technical expertise and leadership to plan, organize, and coordinate large global programs that support the FedEx enterprise.

Responsibilities include researching and evaluating new technologies, defining requirements, and guiding cross-functional teams. You will present reports to executive leadership, manage complex initiatives, and ensure alignment across departments to deliver measurable improvements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business, engineering, business analytics, or a related quantitative discipline.
• Seven (7) years of experience in project/program management or product development/planning software.
• Experience in building major project proposals involving fact-based assessments, evaluations of alternatives, and final recommendations

Responsibilities

• Research, evaluate, and recommend new technologies, methodologies, trends, processes, and products to achieve major innovative improvements
• Provide consultations to management regarding global strategic initiatives, objectives, and overall progress
• Lead multiple complex global strategic programs to ensure all components are identified, assigned, and completed
• Collect, researching, analyzing, and defining user requirement specifications for programs/projects and communicating them to appropriate technical groups
• Presents reports and briefings to executive management and officers of FedEx and subsidiaries
• Analyze problems, issues, and concerns involving policies, processes, and performance requirements for programs, determine corrective actions
• Coordinates the activities of tactical and strategic matrix groups that develop and implement international programs and projects
• Analyze and predict the long-term impact on capacity and performance of department processes by proposed programs/projects and new methodologies

Skills

Strategic planning

Program management

Requirements gathering

Communication skills

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in business, engineering, or analytics

Job description

The Global Strategic Planning Advisor role involves providing technical expertise and support for planning, developing, organizing, and coordinating large programs/projects that support the global FedEx enterprise.

Essential Functions

• Responsible for researching, evaluating, and recommending new technologies, methodologies, trends, processes, and products to achieve major innovative improvements
• Provide consultations to management regarding global strategic initiatives, objectives, and overall progress
• Include leading multiple complex global strategic programs to ensure all components, including computer systems, policies, processes, performance standards, training, etc., are identified, assigned, and completed
• Collecting, researching, analyzing, and defining user requirement specifications for programs/projects and communicating them to appropriate technical groups
• Participates in systems design meetings, prepares and presents reports and briefings to various organizations and individuals, including executive management and officers of FedEx and subsidiaries
• Analyze problems, issues, and concerns involving policies, processes, and performance requirements for programs, determine required corrective actions, and perform necessary actions to resolve them
• Participating in various committees and task forces to ensure consideration of program needs and to determine and provide information regarding proposed projects involving the department
• Coordinates the activities of tactical and strategic matrix groups that develop and implement international programs and projects
• Analyze and predict the consolidated long-term impact on capacity and performance of department processes by proposed and/or planned programs/projects and new methodologies
• Researching, evaluating, and recommending emerging technologies, new business and management techniques, philosophies, and methodologies
• Leads programs/projects to assist management in developing strategic plans, products, and processes to ensure cohesive and congruent strategic goals across department/division lines
• Provide project global task assignments, priorities, schedules, and activities for program/project team members as required by the size, complexity, and urgency of each program/project
• Planning project objectives, ensuring communication of plans, progress, and status to all parties, and organizing, directing, and controlling project/program design, development, and testing.
• Perform other duties as assigned mmunication skills.

Minimum Education

Bachelors degree in business, engineering, business analytics, or a related quantitative discipline.

Minimum Experience

Seven (7) years of experience in project/program management or product development/planning software.

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities

Experience in building major project proposals involving fact-based assessments, evaluations of alternatives, and final recommendations

Job Conditions

Some travel required.

Preferred Qualifications

Remote option not available. The Posting closes on Friday, November 13, 2026, 5:00 PM CDT.

Pay Transparency

Pay

The desired location for the position is Memphis, TN. Employees are required to work at the FedEx location five days a week.

Federal Express Corporation is an Equal Opportunity Employer including, Vets/Disability.

Reasonable accommodations are available for qualified individuals with disabilities throughout the application process. Applicants who require reasonable accommodations in the application or hiring process should contact [e-mail].

Applicants have rights under Federal Employment Laws:

• Know Your Rights
• Pay Transparency
• Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
• Employee Polygraph Protection Act

E-Verify Program Participant: Federal Express Corporation participates in the Department of Homeland Security U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services’ E-Verify program (For U.S. applicants and employees only).

• E-Verify Notice bilingual
• Right to Work Notice English / Spanish