Director, Strategic Consulting

Corporate Strategy & Development
The Corporate Strategy and Development job is responsible for leading major corporate consulting / M&A / competitive intelligence engagements for internal clients. As part of this, this job provides advice and thought leadership to senior TIAA executives, including the CEO. This job leads engagement management of broad cross-functional internal teams, including conducting interviews with internal clients, forming sophisticated hypotheses, designing and conducting quantitative and qualitative analyses, synthesizing conclusions and insights into recommendations, and executing strategic initiatives.

Key Responsibilities and Duties

• Oversees Corporate Strategy and Development’s operations to ensure quality, service, efficiency and cost-effective resource management
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  Provides advanced expertise to engagement teams in leading the identification, understanding and framing of complex business problems and needs.
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  Leads evaluation, advanced planning, analysis, solution development and execution for engagements.
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  Prepares executive-level presentations for the Executive Committee and Board members to garner approval for strategic recommendations and transactions.
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  Manages performance of Corporate Strategy and Development team through regular, timely feedback as well as the formal performance review process to ensure delivery of exceptional products and engagement, motivation, and development of team.
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  Provides meaningful support to other Corporate Strategy and Development teams to ensure highly integrated team collaboration.
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  Identifies and prioritizes product and service improvement opportunities and creates plans for implementation.
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  Develops complex forecasting models, budgets, resource allocation and plans for projects.

Educational Requirements

• University (Degree) Preferred

Work Experience

• 5+ Years Required; 7+ Years Preferred

Physical Requirements

• Physical Requirements: Sedentary Work

Career Level
9PL

• Lead project teams in the identification, understanding and framing of complex business problems and needs
• Lead evaluation, advanced planning, analysis, solution development and execution for engagements
• Responsible for practice, staff performance and development and mentoring/managing junior team members
• Oversee financial modeling (e.g. cost/profitability) and wide range of business analyses (product, business, financial performance, market positioning, etc.)
• Oversee CS&D’s operations to ensure quality, service, efficiency and cost-effective resource management

• 5+ years of post-MBA experience (or 7+ years) in top-tier management consulting, internal strategy, or financial services preferred
• Self-starter, high energy and detail-oriented; ability to oversee complex work independently
• High degree of comfort solving complex, open-ended issues with imperfect data or high degree of uncertainty
• Prior experience effectively managing relationships with executives, multiple teams, complex processes, critical services, and cross-functional projects
• Experience with corporate strategy principles; experience with data analytics, financial statement analysis, financial modeling, managerial accounting, corporate finance, and/or project finance a plus
• Experience working in a matrixed management structure, including an ability to influence and partner with business unit leaders and their team
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills and ability to be resourceful in complex situations

Base Pay Range: $160,100/yr. - $266,800/yr.