Corporate Strategy Principal

Description

SAIC's Corporate Strategy group works with the Executive Leadership Team (ELT) to define the corporation's strategic priorities, build actionable strategies that incorporate insights from the competitive environment and market / spend data, and execute detailed action plans that advance progress toward our defined growth plan. The team's analyses and outputs reach a diverse population ranging from SAIC's full workforce, program managers, the ELT, the Board of Directors, and the investor community.

Our growing team is seeking to hire a Corporate Strategy Analyst. The successful candidate will contribute to a diverse set of work products in a dynamic, executive-facing environment. Representative responsibilities include supporting enterprise strategy development and implementation through research, synthesis of data, and development of executive-level materials using the MS Office suite. The successful candidate will work closely with leaders across the strategy, corporate development, finance, Innovation Factory teams, and market-facing parts of the company to drive near-term growth in context of long-term strategies while maintaining planning processes and execution governance. This team interacts directly with the company's most senior leadership on a regular basis, and this role offers the opportunity to grow quickly and develop enterprise-leading skillsets.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Develop quantitative (data, models) and qualitative (frameworks, presentations) materials for Corporate Strategy efforts and broader business reviews

• Deliver storytelling and presentation skills that contextualize data and drive executive-level discussion and decision-making

• Facilitate brainstorming sessions, develop hypotheses and support data-driven analyses and executive presentation materials that define growth plans, actively engaging with colleagues across the company

• Define and manage actionable implementation roadmaps that enable strategic planning, investment prioritization, and resource alignment

• Assist in developing metrics / milestones that promote a culture of "iterative strategy" within organizations

• Lead and support other ad-hoc strategic planning initiatives as they arise and as directed by the corporate leadership

• Develop executive-level PowerPoint presentations and other written artifacts that require minimal revision

• Shape strategic direction of the Corporate Strategy team itself, recommending analyses that the team will pursue to advance its purpose

• Some administrative duties will be required

PREFERENCE FOR LOCAL CANDIDATES IN THE DMV, BUT WILL CONSIDER REMOTE AS WELL.

MUST BE A US CITIZEN

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science in business, engineering, or related field of study

• 4+ years of relevant experience, which should include working with commercial consulting or federally-focused businesses in delivering management consulting skillsets, either directly to a customer or in an internally facing role

• Proven track record of successful establishment and adoption of strategic planning processes, tools, and evolved culture of strategic thinking

• Proven ability to manage complex analyses spanning quantitative and qualitative data, delivering executive-level insights with specific attention to synthesizing trends, and forecasts

• Demonstrated ability to establish and grow corporate relationships among senior leaders

• Proven ability to set guidelines, criteria, and best-in-class competencies for strategy development

• Proven ability to engage with and successfully influence customers, corporate leadership, and industry peers

• Expert proficiency in the use of business software, including Microsoft Office Suite

• Excellent communication, relational, research and analytical skills, and works efficiently and effectively under pressure and within deadlines.

• Exceptional written and oral communication skills, ability and willingness to learn new skillsets.

Preferred Qualifications

• Ability to build and maintain advanced data models in MS Excel

• A mix of consulting and corporate experience

• Experience sourcing, cleaning, and analyzing Federal budget or spending data

• Experience scoping and executing consulting services in the federal market

• Intellectual curiosity, entrepreneurial thinking, flexibility, and a "one team" collaborative operating style

SAIC accepts applications on an ongoing basis and there is no deadline.

Covid Policy: SAIC does not require COVID-19 vaccinations or boosters. Customer site vaccination requirements must be followed when work is performed at a customer site. REQNUMBER: 2406434

SAIC is a premier technology integrator, solving our nation's most complex modernization and systems engineering challenges across the defense, space, federal civilian, and intelligence markets. Our robust portfolio of offerings includes high-end solutions in systems engineering and integration; enterprise IT, including cloud services; cyber; software; advanced analytics and simulation; and training. We are a team of 23,000 strong driven by mission, united purpose, and inspired by opportunity. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, SAIC has annual revenues of approximately $6.5 billion. For more information, visit ~~~. For information on the benefits SAIC offers, see Working at SAIC. EOE AA M/F/Vet/Disability