Associate Strategy Director, Enterprise Strategic Planning & International Strategy (Hybrid)

Position Details

The role is classified as Hybrid.

Clearance Information: This position requires a U.S. government issued security clearance. The Defense Industrial Security Clearance Office (DISCO) handles and adjudicates the security clearance process. For more information, visit US Department of State government website.

Responsibilities

• Lead development of Raytheon’s international and regional strategies, ensuring alignment with Strategic Business Units (SBUs), functions, and enterprise priorities.
• Integrate geopolitical, financial, and competitive insights to shape global portfolio recommendations.
• Centralize and mature the strategic planning framework for international entities.
• Drive end-to-end strategy engagements, including problem framing, hypothesis development, analysis, synthesis, and executive recommendations.
• Deliver major strategic outputs such as market entry strategies, growth roadmaps, portfolio assessments, and competitive response plans.
• Serve as a senior strategic adviser to international businesses, translating complex global dynamics into clear enterprise direction.
• Lead strategy and analysis for enterprise-wide planning cycles.
• Shape strategic narratives, synthesize SBU and functional inputs, and translate enterprise priorities into actionable plans.
• Develop portfolio-level insights and recommendations to guide enterprise decision-making.
• Partner with SBUs to understand markets, customers, and competitive environments.
• Translate enterprise strategy into actionable, unit-specific guidance.
• Facilitate workshops and structured discussions that drive strategic alignment.
• Build business cases, scenario models, and sensitivity analyses to evaluate strategic options and investments.
• Support assessment of mergers, acquisitions, partnerships, and alliances, including strategic fit and financial implications.
• Distill complex financial and strategic data into concise executive recommendations.
• Develop high-quality presentations, decision memos, and visual storytelling assets for senior leadership.
• Enable strategic decision-making through clear logic, compelling narratives, and strong visualization.
• Create analytical tools, dashboards, and frameworks to support recurring strategic needs.
• Identify opportunities to streamline and automate strategy and analytics workflows.
• Elevate rigor, speed, and consistency of deliverables through consulting-style best practices.

Qualifications

• Typically requires a Bachelor’s and a minimum of 12+ years prior relevant experience, or an Advance Degree in a related field and a minimum of 10+ years’ experience.
• Significant experience in corporate strategy, management consulting, or a comparable strategic leadership role.
• Background in a top-tier consulting firm and/or an internal corporate strategy team, with demonstrated use of structured strategic frameworks.
• Recent hands-on experience in the aerospace and defense sector and strong understanding of market structure, customers, and competitive dynamics.
• Proven ability to lead complex, multi-workstream initiatives and manage delivery under tight timelines.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, including experience presenting to senior executives and partnering across global teams.
• Advanced analytical capability, with experience in data analysis, business case development, market assessments, sensitivity modeling, and strategic visualization.