Director- Strategy and PMO

About the role

Pearle Vision is part of EssilorLuxottica, a global leader in the design, manufacture and distribution of world-class vision care products. We look for employees who are creative, energetic, and people focused looking for exciting opportunities in eye care or retail.

Responsibilities

• Leads the planning, execution and delivery of high-impact projects within the Strategy function, ensuring alignment with strategic objectives.
• Manages project timelines, milestones, budgets and deliverables with a clear focus on driving outcomes.
• Collaborates cross functionally with Marketing, Finance, Franchise and corporate operations and Center of Excellence Eyecare teams to ensure integration and successful execution.
• Serves as the subject matter expert for insurance business models within the retail optical industry in the US & Canada, identifies key trends and legal landscape evolutions.
• Understands the optical doctor’s revenue model, key processes & systems and growth strategies.
• Supports the creation of an annual PV strategy and of executive level updates for all initiatives.
• Build and maintain financial models to evaluate initiative impact, ROI, and resource needs.
• Develops in-depth analysis around business performance: exam KPIs, profitability of the different doctor set-up (employed, sub-lease, tele-optometry, medtech and audiology), correlation with relevant sales KPIs (guest count, conversion, patient experience).
• Managing, leading, & tracking key priorities cross-functionally.
• Collaborates with cross functional partners to analyze brand performance across all strategy pillars.
• Designs a growth framework supporting the brand experience.
• Defines, creates and manages project plans and leads cross functional teams to implement current and new initiatives that drive guest count, sales, profit, and a positive guest experience.
• Create high-quality executive-level presentations for internal leadership and external stakeholders.
• Translate complex data and project outcomes into clear, compelling visual stories.
• Support the development of business cases and project updates presented to senior leadership.
• Maintains frequent oral and written communication with management and other stakeholders.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent experience).
• 10+ years of Project management, Analytics or Strategy experience in consulting, medical field or retail.
• Solution oriented mindset with ability to think critically, challenge the status quo, understand root causes and develop strategic frameworks.
• Proficient at analyzing large quantities of data.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• Fast learner who is proactive and curious by nature.
• Experience in running multiple complex cross-functional projects independently and simultaneously.
• Effectively navigates the organization, leveraging credibility to influence.
• Strong work ethic.
• Comfortable in fast paced, high stress environments.
• Collaborator / Partner / Team Player.

Qualifications

• Master degree in business/highly analytical field or MBA preferred.
• Retail, insurance, audiology or medtech experience.

Pay

62,353.20 — Employee pay is determined by multiple factors, including geography, experience, qualifications, skills and local minimum wage requirements. In addition, you may also be offered a competitive bonus and/or commission plan, which complements a first-class total rewards package.