Senior Manager, Strategy

Vital Farms; United States; Remote; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

401(k) plan

Parental leave

Remote-friendly

Egg benefits

Job summary

Vital Farms in the United States is seeking a Senior Manager, Strategy to lead cross-functional, strategic initiatives and partner with senior leaders to shape the company's direction. You will analyze data, assess risks, develop recommendations, and drive the Strategic Plan with a collaborative, high-energy team in a fast-paced, remote-friendly environment.

This role emphasizes executive communication, agentic AI use, and a bias for action as you help elevate performance and Ways of Working

Qualifications

• BA/BS degree required; MBA or relevant Masters preferred.
• 5+ years experience in Strategy; consulting and in-house preferred.
• Ability to travel 10-20% for meetings.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities; executive communication.

Responsibilities

• Assess risks and opportunities; synthesize data to drive informed decisions.
• Develop clear recommendations from data analyses and reports.
• Collaborate cross-functionally to implement the Strategic Plan.
• Scope projects with goals, milestones, and risk assessment.
• Lead initiatives to improve financial and operational performance.
• Leverage AI tools to accelerate insights.
• Create clear communications for internal and external audiences.
• Partner with senior leaders to shape strategy.
• Drive Ways of Working improvements across Vital Farms.

Skills

Strategy

Analytics

Communication

Change management

Team leadership

Ambiguity tolerance

Executive presence

Education

BA/BS degree

MBA preferred

Tools

PowerPoint

Excel

Job description

**Internal Job Posting**

This posting is intended for current Vital Farms employees. If you are not an employee, please visit our careers page to view available opportunities and follow the appropriate application process.

Finding the right place to grow your careerisn’t (over) easy, so we’re here to help by sharing a few reasons why the grass is greener at Vital Farms. We think you’ll appreciate our focus on Conscious Capitalism, which drives business decisions that benefit all our stakeholders (leading to even better business results). You might be drawn to our innovative approach and refusal to settle for the “way things have always been done.” Or you could find it exciting to grow your skills while working for an industry-leading brand. Whether you’re into our values, our brand, or our egg-cellent puns, we hope you’ll join our Crew and help us change the world 108 square feet at a time!

At Vital Farms, we’re proud of the diverse communities we serve and the stakeholders who help bring our purpose to life. We’re committed to fostering an inclusive and collaborative environment where every crew member feels valued. We see this as one of our greatest strengths - and your role is key to helping us build on it.

Your Role:

You like to make things happen and work with fun, super smart and, most importantly, off the chartscaringpeople who give ash*t about what we do, how we do it and the impact we have. You were in mathletes in high school, aced your SAT, or are just simply killing in the hard knocks of life.Perhaps yourpreviousjobs have been described as a professional problem solver and a team player…the kind thatactually getsthingsdone, andhas fun along the way. Sounds like you? Then we arepretty surewe have your dream job.

At Vital Farms, the Strategy team is a highly collaborative, joyful, and driven group committed to making a meaningful and positive impact across the business. As a Senior Manager, Strategy , you will play a critical role in advancing our most important initiatives andleadcross-functional, strategic projects. Your work will require strong analytical thinking, clear communication, and the ability to foster productive collaboration across teams. You will serve as a trusted thought partner to senior leaders and help shape the strategic direction of Vital Farms, all while contributing to a team culture rooted in optimism, curiosity, and shared purpose.

What You’ll Do:

• Assess internal and external risk and opportunities; bring facts, analysis, and judgement together toidentifyopportunities, risks, make recommendations, and drive business decisions
• Analyze and synthesize data to develop clear recommendations (e.g., consumption data, numerator data), as part of a broader initiative to centralize the insights that enable us to move quickly, with intentionality
• Collaborate with the Strategy team and leaders across the organization on our Strategic Plan (the process and bringing it to life)
• Scope and plan projects (i.e., ensure clarity at the start, set goals and objectives, identify key milestones, create a high-level project plan, identify risks, and set metrics)
• Lead and support projects that will drive performance (financial, operational) for stakeholders
• Conduct end-to-end problem solving (i.e., structure the approach, identify key stakeholders, conduct relevant analysis (qual and quant), develop the “story”, provide recommendations that drive decisions and action)
• Leverage agentic AI to reach more robust answers, faster
• Create clear and compelling communications for internal and external audiences
• Be a thought partner to the Senior Director of Strategy, Chief Strategy Officer, and team members across Vital Farms
• Collaborate with leaders across functions to assess opportunities and bring decisions to life
• Drive change and continuously improve the Ways of Working at Vital Farms to operate effectively

What You Bring to the Table:

• BA/BS degreerequired. MBA or relevant Masters preferred.

• 5+ years total experience in Strategy / related work. Experience at a top tier Strategy Consulting firm, in-house strategy team or comparable (e.g., FP&A, Corp Dev, banking); strong preference for a combination of consulting and in-house experience.

• Ability to travel 10-20% for company meetings, team offsites, employee onboarding trips and other business needs

• You excel operating with an “AND” approach

  • you speak your mind and listen actively
  • you excel in ambiguous situations and add a little order to chaos
  • you can structure a problem and solve the problem
  • you are great at conceptual and analytical problem solving (that drive to decisions and actions)
  • you balance the strategic and tactical
  • you have a bias for action (i.e., you ask “how can we?” vs. “can we?”) and look before you leap
  • you run hard and inspire others to go along (i.e., a change agent – with strong change management skills)
  • You can prioritize and work in an agile environment

• You are highly analytic; you can quickly and effectively go from data analysis to synthesis to recommendations.

• You have agentic AI experience/acumen.

• You like to test (and scale quickly) new approaches and are continuously looking to improve things

• You have executive presence, killer communication (written and verbal)

• You have stellar meeting facilitation management skills

• Powerpoint and excel mastery is a must!

• you’re no hero – You know the power of teamwork and celebrate the work of others before your own.

• You give a sh*t – You believe in acting like an owner and making Vital Farms a place to be proud of.

• You raise the standards – You know growth can be hard, but you strive to improve yourself and others each day.

• You can walk in someone else’s boots – You seek to understand other’s viewpoints and think that you get to better answers by sitting on the same side of the table.

• You don’t walk on eggshells – You’re not afraid to leave the bullsh*t behind and have honest conversations.

• We recognize that talent comes in many forms. Even if youdon’t meet every requirement, we encourage you to apply. You may have strengths we haven’t yet considered!

What We Bring to the Table:

• A fast-paced, energetic, remote environment with passionate people who are leading a movement to bring ethically produced food to the table.
• Competitive pay and benefits (Medical, Dental, Vision, and Paid Parental Leave, just to name a few).
• Generous retirement contributions: 401(k) + 3% Contribution from Day 1.
• Free eggs, along with friends and family discounts.
• Fun team SWAG that will make you the talk of the town.
• Professional development opportunities and an amazing team dedicated to your growth.