Strategy Manager

HireTalent - Staffing & Recruiting Firm; Beaverton (OR); On-site; USD 95,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading staffing and recruiting agency is seeking a Strategy Manager to collaborate with executive leadership and strategists. This mid-senior level position focuses on driving growth through strategic analysis and integrated planning within product, design, merchandising, and marketing. Candidates must have a strong strategy background with at least 5 years of relevant experience, ideally in consumer-facing industries like retail. Excellent communication and team collaboration skills are essential for success in this role.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of directly relevant work experience.
• Experience in management consulting, investment banking, or corporate strategy.
• Understanding of retail, merchandising, and consumer industries.

Responsibilities

• Drive strategic plans across multiple functions.
• Assess strategic impact and develop KPIs.
• Build trust with stakeholders and deliver quick wins.

Skills

Navigating ambiguity

High impact communication

Creative independent thinking

Team collaboration

Education

MBA or equivalent graduate degree

Bachelor's degree + 7 years of experience

Associates degree + 8 years of experience

Job description

We are looking for a Strategy manager who will work with executive leadership and strategists to drive an integrated strategic offense by prioritizing, defining and recommending a portfolio of growth strategies, grounded in market & consumer insights, that translate to new sources of advantage and growth horizons for Client.

You will have a demonstrated track record of:

• Navigating ambiguity with agility and thrive in such environments, uncovering opportunities and delivering pragmatic solutions
• Communicating with high impact (verbal and written) leveraging data informed and hypothesis driven insights
• Driving creative, bold, independent thinking, leveraging simplifying frameworks and a rigorous results-driven process
• Driving cohesion, positive team environment and a team first mindset

Job Requirements:

• MBA or like graduate degree and minimum of 5 years of directly relevant work experience. Note: One of the following alternatives may be accepted: PhD or Law + 3 yrs; Bachelor’s degree + 7 yrs; Associates degree + 8yrs
• Strategy background inclusive of management consulting, investment banking or corporate strategy experience.
• Apparel/footwear, retail, merchandising, digital/ecommerce and/or experience in consumer facing industries and proven understanding of the competitive landscape / retail marketplace.

WHAT YOU'LL WORK ON

You will take a project-based approach to driving impact, completing rigorous strategic analysis and synthesizing insights into compelling presentations for the Basketball business. Specific responsibilities include:

• Build and catalyze integrated strategic plans across Product, Design, Merchandising, Marketing and Marketplace by driving integrated actions to win with athletes* & drive growth and competitive separation.
• Assess impact of our strategy by diagnosing results aligned to our plan, develop KPIs to measure success and prioritizing future actions.

Build trust rapidly with multi-functional stakeholders gaining traction through quick wins while simultaneously laying the groundwork for longer lead high impact projects.

Seniority level

Mid-Senior level

Employment type

Contract

Job function

Manufacturing

Industries

Retail Apparel and Fashion