Director, Growth Strategy

Position Summary

The Growth team at Pareto plays a central role in shaping the company’s growth strategy, enabling commercial success, and supporting executive team decision-making. We partner closely with senior leadership and cross-functional teams to explore new growth opportunities, evaluate strategic partnerships, and translate complex analysis into clear, actionable direction.

Key Responsibilities

• Support executive leadership and Board of Directors discussions, including preparation of high-quality analyses and board slides
• Lead and support enterprise-level strategic initiatives, including regional growth initiatives, partnerships, and new opportunities
• Independently scope strategic problems, develop structured workplans, and drive projects from analysis through recommendation and execution
• Partner closely with commercial, product, and operations teams to ensure alignment and execution of strategic priorities
• Size opportunities and business impact using rigorous quantitative analysis and financial modeling
• Develop clear, compelling executive narratives and presentations, simplifying complex topics for senior stakeholders
• Monitor outcomes, build reporting, and manage performance metrics to ensure strategies translate into results. Partner closely with Rev Ops team to operationalize insights and align to Sales processes and tracking
• Mentor and develop more junior team members as a colleague, fostering structured thinking and high-quality delivery. Opportunity to grow into people manager role with direct reports.

Required Qualifications / Skills

• 8-10 years of experience in a dynamic, fast-moving environment, with background in management consulting, investment banking, corporate development, and/or corporate strategy
• Strong preference for candidates who have consulting or banking experience followed by in-house experience
• Exceptional structured problem-solving and quantitative skills, including ability to derive insights from complex data
• Demonstrated expertise in storyboarding, executive storytelling, and presentation development, including facilitating live executive discussions
• Strong executive presence with the ability to listen, synthesize, influence, and communicate clearly
• Comfort operating in ambiguity; ability to simplify complex, cross-functional challenges into clear strategic direction
• Proven ability to manage multiple concurrent priorities and work effectively in a matrixed organization
• Experience leading significant workstreams or owning projects end-to-end, especially in coordination with go-to-market / commercial team
• Bachelor’s degree required; MBA or other advanced degree preferred
• Experience in healthcare, specifically healthcare insurance, benefits, or payer-related segments preferred
• Advanced proficiency in PowerPoint and Excel; strong attention to detail and polish

Opportunities

• Fully paid medical, dental, and vision benefits
• Flexible PTO
• 401k company contribution
• Tuition reimbursement
• Professional development allowance
• Transportation allowance and daily parking reimbursement
• Engaging hybrid work environment

Values

• Fire in the belly - The drive to learn, to improve, and to deliver outstanding value every day.
• See the field - The ability to see the big picture and prepare to meet tomorrow’s needs.
• Get it done right - The passion to produce at higher rates and to the highest standards.
• For the greater good - A united community creating better health benefit solutions for all.