Sr. Strategic Planning Analyst

Responsibilities

• Buils and refines forecasting tools to anticipate trends, resourcing, risks, and opportunities across the project portfolio.
• Generates and delivers recurring and ad hoc reports that provide insights into project performance, resource utilization, and financial impact.
• Identifies, addresses, and creates frameworks as well as processes to address potentially complex, ambiguous strategic issues for Lumicera leadership.
• Analyzes and translates large, complex data sets into clear, compelling takeaways and presentations for executive and cross-functional audiences.
• Collaborates with PMO leadership and project teams to align planning efforts – such as timeline, process, and approach – with business objectives.
• Supports annual and quarterly planning cycles with data-driven recommendations and scenario modeling.
• Identifies gaps and opportunities in current planning processes and recommend improvements.
• Ensures data integrity and consistency across planning tools and reporting systems.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required, preferably in Business, Finance, Economics, or a related field.
• 7-8 years of work experience in business development, corporate or divisional strategy or strategic planning, corporate finance, consulting, or similar function in any combination that would provide the required experience.
• Demonstrated experience conducting strategy analysis or strategic planning – including market and competitive research, process mapping, business case development and outputs, reporting/data tracking and governance is preferred.
• Demonstrated experience modeling and producing output towards breakeven, return-on-investment, internal-rate-of-return analyses preferred.
• Demonstrated experience in facilitating multi-functional, matrixed stakeholders discussions preferred.
• Experience with project management, execution, or technology to participate meaningfully in discussions with operational, project management, and technology leaders in strategic planning discussions preferred.
• Demonstrated problem-solving and analytical skills with excellent business judgement is preferred.
• Experience developing Microsoft PowerBI or Tableau reports preferred.
• Knowledge of healthcare industry preferred.