Description

The Senior Business Initiatives Strategist will lead the review, compilation, and execution of business initiatives. This position will ensure initiatives meet business objectives on time and on budget by tracking milestones, increasing leadership endorsement, and focusing on implementation. Additionally, The Senior Business Initiatives Strategist will lead the creation of results-oriented implementation plans for the business initiatives that impact their respective groups of employee-owners. The Senior Business Initiatives Strategist will cross-train to support other team members in support of the overall Business Diversity Department.

Job Duties:

• Lead the creation and implementation of global practice and department business initiative strategies, efforts, and programs.

• Consult GP and Department leaders to identify strategic business issues and opportunities, strategize, implement, and scale programs that address the identified business issues and opportunities.

• Lead the conversion of business initiatives into specific goals, strategies, milestones, and deliverables.

• Lead in developing a robust implementation plan for the approved business initiatives.

• Ensure tracking, monitoring, and reporting of initiative metrics.

• Track and lead the presentation of initiative status of various engagement approaches, impacts, benefits, and barriers to influence the adaptation of initiatives.

• Lead and present to leadership and stakeholders the evaluation of business diversity data, market intelligence, and how it relates to each Global Practice or Regional Office to meet objectives and key results.

• Lead and present in tracking and reporting challenges during the build-out of business initiatives.

• Responsible for initiating and maintaining relationships and partnerships with various corporate staff, business diversity leads, global practices, and regional office leaders to align business initiative implementation activities with the overall company business diversity program.

• Lead and present training to maximize key stakeholders' knowledge of new and existing business initiatives in support of the Business Diversity Program.

• Lead Business Development, Project Manager, and Pursuit team support with the creation and/or implementation of tools, analysis, and processes that foster growth of M/WBE usage performance, and reporting.

• Lead outreach that includes supplier development, client relationships, opportunity assessment and alignment to Global practices and Regional office needs. Includes travel as necessary to support the Business Diversity Program.

• Performs other duties as assigned

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in marketing, communications, business administration or related field and 8 years of related professional experience with 2 years’ experience developing and executing strategies required, or

• Associate’s degree and 10 years of related professional experience with 2 years’ experience developing and executing strategies required, or

• High School diploma and 12 years of related professional experience with 2 years’ experience developing and executing strategies required.

• Strong knowledge in standard change management techniques, principles, and procedures.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

• Ability to work methodically and analytically in a quantitative problem-solving environment and demonstrated critical thinking skills.

• Proficient computer skills (e.g., Microsoft Office Suite to include Power BI).

• Strong attention to detail, facilitation, team building, collaboration, organization, and problem-solving skills.

• Demonstrated leadership skills.

This job posting will remain open a minimum of 72 hours and on an ongoing basis until filled

EEO/Minorities/Females/Disabled/Veterans

Job Business Analysts

Primary Location US-MO-Kansas City

Schedule: Full-time

Travel: Yes, 10 % of the Time

Req ID: 250424

Job Hire Type Experienced #LI-DS #COR N/A