P-3039774 - EBA Strategy & Transformation Principal-1

OP RaaS; Memphis (TN); On-site; USD 103,000 - 134,000; Full time

Job summary

FedEx is seeking a Strategy & Transformation Principal to drive enterprise agility and value delivery through standardized operating models and tooling.

You will lead workshops, align stakeholders, and partner with Enterprise Architecture to weave architecture into processes, while guiding change programs and communicating with executive leadership.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Finance, Business, Engineering, Technology or related field.
• Eight years of experience in quantitative analysis, forecasting, process design/improvement, transformation leadership, or market competitive analysis.
• Strong verbal and written communication with executive presence and problem-solving abilities.

Responsibilities

• Develop partnerships with key stakeholders to enable Enterprise Business Agility and continuous performance improvements.
• Lead workshops and ceremonies to align stakeholders and mitigate risk across the enterprise.
• Define frameworks and common ways of working; ensure adoption and sustainability across the organization.
• Provide updates to executive leadership and escalate risks and issues as necessary.

Skills

Process Engineering

Influence without authority

SAFe Agile Lean

Lean Portfolio Mgmt

Framework development

Strategic thinking

Executive presence

Change leadership

Communication skills

Analytical skills

Organizational skills

Self-motivation

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Essential Functions

• Develops partnerships with key stakeholders to enable Enterprise Business Agility, leading to continuous performance and result improvements.
• Develop strategies for adoption and long-term sustainability of common enterprise standards and ways of working
• Leads the definition of frameworks supporting the common ways of working for demand management and value delivery
• Provides adoption and implementation support for new and enhanced framework processes
• Partners with Enterprise Architecture to ensure architecture processes are woven into the framework
• Drives business requirements for enablement through tooling solutions
• Provides ongoing coaching to enterprise stakeholders to ensure consistent application of common processes within the frameworks
• Develops and executes change management strategies in support of enterprise adoption of framework processes
• Provides updates to all levels of stakeholders, including executive leadership, and escalates risks and issues as necessary
• Lead workshops, meetings, and ceremonies to gain alignment, improve collaboration, mitigate risk, and ensure the free flow of information between all impacted stakeholders.
• Proactively maintains awareness of industry trends to ensure FedEx is aligned to and/or ahead of current industry practices
• Partners with a variety of people across the enterprise at varying levels of hierarchy.
• Independently lead initiatives to drive efficient ways of working to define, enable, and sustain business agility across the enterprise.
• Effectively communicates with appropriate audience-specific techniques and channels (i.e. data led, narratives, and visuals).
• Influencing business decisions using appropriate, fact-based information synthesized from structured and unstructured data leveraging strong analytical skills and the ability to think strategically

Strategy & Transformation Principal

• Facilitates workshops, meetings, ceremonies, etc. as applicable to remove barriers, improve collaboration, mitigate risk, and ensure the free flow of information between all impacted stakeholders
• Driving consistent use of operating model standards and tooling to ensure solid execution and accelerated value delivery
• Maintains preference for action over inaction when faced with incomplete knowledge and/or limited data sets
• Empathize with customers to uncover pain points and unmet needs, driving user-centered design solutions.
• Synthesize in customer research and other data to develop key insights that inform design strategies.
• Brainstorm innovative ideas and develop high-impact concepts and business opportunities
• Create and test prototypes with customers to validate concepts and gather feedback for improvement.
• Use storytelling techniques to convey insights, knowledge, and pitch opportunities compellingly.
• Facilitate collaborative design activities and methods to encourage team participation and idea sharing.

Minimum Education

Bachelor's degree/equivalent in Finance, Business, Engineering, Technology or related discipline required.

Minimum Experience

Eight (8) years of experience in areas including, but not limited to: quantitative analysis, forecasting, process design/improvement, transformation leadership, or market competitive analysis.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Process Engineering
• Ability to influence without authority
• Business Agility experience leveraging SAFe/Agile/Lean methodologies
• Demonstrated experience delivering strategy through the Lean Portfolio Management (leveraging SAFe/AGILE) construct
• Experience in developing and/or implementing frameworks and processes for common ways of working
• Strong strategic thinking and problem-solving skills
• Executive presence with experience working with leadership
• Proven ability to lead transformational change programs
• Strong verbal and written communication skills necessary to explain and present complex information to all levels
• Strong problem-solving skills
• Excellent analytical, organizational, and planning skills
• Strong human relations and communications skills
• Strong executive presence and experience working with leadership
• Leading transformational change programs
• Working independently as a self-starter

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Analytical and critical thinking ability.
• Time management skills.
• Strong communications and human relations skills.

Job Conditions

Some travel is required.

Preferred Qualifications:

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Pay Transparency:

This compensation range is provided as a reasonable estimate of the current starting salary range for this role across all potential locations. If this opportunity includes multiple job levels, the range is a reasonable estimate of the current starting salary for the lowest level to the current starting salary of the highest level. Actual starting pay would be determined by experience relative to the job, market level, pay at the location for this job and other job-related factors permitted by law. An employee may be eligible for additional pay, premiums, or bonus potential. The Company offers eligible employees health, vision and dental insurance, retirement, and tuition reimbursement.

Pay:

US pay range: $9,208.38 - $12,000 monthly

Additional Details:

Application Criteria: Upload current copy of Resume (Microsoft Word or PDF format only) and answer job screening questionnaire by February 7, 2025 at 24pm CT as this will be the deadline to apply for this role.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran. 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].