Director, Strategy
About the role
The Director, Strategy will work with Braven's leadership to set and monitor overall strategic direction for the organization and lead and execute strategic projects important to our short-term and long-term financial, operational, and scale goals. You will leverage strategic and analytical strengths to design and own a portfolio of strategic projects that drive impact. You will also lead cross-functional project teams and manage outside consultants as needed.
Responsibilities
Lead the development and execution of strategic initiatives and projects directly alongside executive leaders, ensuring alignment with our business model and program model.
Collaborate with the executive team to identify and evaluate new business opportunities and partnerships that align with Braven's strategic goals.
Lead working groups that drive our strategic plan to execution, codify decisions and next steps, report progress to Braven's leadership, and make recommendations for unlocking.
Establish and achieve key performance indicators (KPIs) to track the success of strategic initiatives.
Design, build, and manage a system to document, cascade, and monitor Braven's most important metrics across program and organizational health.
Own the build, rollout, and maintenance of Braven's regional and organizational health dashboards and other department-specific dashboards to monitor KPIs.
Support the planning and facilitation of two leadership bodies at Braven: Central Leads (c-suite direct reports of the CEO) and One Braven (broader leadership group).
Facilitate, project manage, and lead aspects of multi-year and annual planning processes.
Provide ongoing thought partnership and data-driven decision support for the Alignment Team (Braven's leadership team).
Qualifications
Bachelor's degree
5+ years of relevant experience
Fluency in Excel/Google Sheets and SQL
Proficiency in designing and building dashboards and visualizations for business end users and/or organizational leaders (Tableau preferred)
Extensive experience writing and presenting compelling data-driven stories, arguments, and narratives for internal and external audiences
Preferred Qualifications
MBA and/or experience in strategy consulting
Proficiency in Google Suite, Slack, and Jira
Proficiency in Salesforce
Proficiency in Python or R
Highly entrepreneurial - someone who is curious and can take initiative, with a capacity to independently think holistically and strategically
Skilled at building trusted and credible relationships with multiple stakeholders. You seek to understand others' problems and use your own perspective to solve problems together
Excellent time management and prioritization skills, which allow you to manage your own time and energy and seek the right help to complete multiple projects well and on time
Learner's mindset, which you use to master new tools, software, and ways of working
Effective at mentoring and coaching team members and helping them develop professionally
Benefits
Competitive base salaries based on the midpoint of the market among not-for-profit organizations of similar size, with opportunities for salary growth over time.
Unlimited vacation time in addition to org-wide holidays and week-long shutdowns in July and the end of the calendar year (this is a minimum of 19 days per year)
Carrot benefits for fertility, family-building, and hormonal health
Match of your 401K contribution up to 5% of your base annual salary, starting your first full month
Coverage of 85% of health insurance premium for employee and dependents
One-month paid sabbatical after 4 years on staff