Business Strategy Manager

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What you'll be doing...

As a Senior Manager in the Digital Transformation Team, you'll be leading multiple programs and providing insights and scenario planning with recommendations for action and insights to achieve operational excellence.

• Responsible for the planning and development of strategic management programs with a focus on improving performance, growing market share, and strengthening business sustainability.

• Develop and manage plans to materialize strategy and analyze business proposals for assigned business organizations.

• Responsible for addressing how the company competes in the marketplace and/or the ways in which the company can achieve its objectives within a particular business or business unit (e.g., strategic decisions regarding competitive advantage, customer satisfaction, cost leadership).

You will be a key member as part of the Insights Modeling and Scenario Planning Team. What we're looking for:

• Design thinking capability to translate abstract problem statements into meaningful analysis that can be executed to achieve organizational goals.

• Collaborating with partners from multiple functions to drive org-wide initiatives.

• Development and creation of data to answer strategic, business and financial questions.

• Assist with simulation and outcome models aligned to our market and against competitive analysis.

• Self-started, takes initiative and can work with minimal direction.

• Analyze risk management issues by identifying, measuring, and providing input on operational or enterprise risks for an organization.

• Conduct financial modelling by performing what-if scenarios to better provide answers and understanding of the impact of each financial decision or investments.

• Integrate data from multiple sources into timely, accessible, and relevant reports, ensuring data quality and reliability.

• Presenting results and recommendations using data while gaining next steps alignment from key stakeholders.

• Navigating program management, data analysis, research, and business performance.

What we're looking for...

You'll need to have:

• Bachelor's degree or four or more years of work experience.

• Six or more years of relevant work experience, demonstrated through work experience

• Demonstrated experience with strategic planning the development and creation of data to answer strategic, business and financial questions

• Experience collaborating with cross-functional teams and managing stakeholder expectations.

• Exposure to change management.

• Experience in consulting, the ability to be persuasive as well as thinking outside the box.

• Experience presenting compelling stories, understanding key financial levers, business performance results, and recommendations.

• High proficiency levels on MS Excel/ PowerPoint/ GSuite.

• Telecom domain/industry exposure.

Even better if you have one or more of the following:

• Experience with scenario planning and recommendations for action and insights

• Exploring multiple possible futures, including unexpected disruptions and shifts

• Master's in Business Administration

• Problem solving, troubleshooting, and analytical skills

• Strong attention to detail and organizational skills.

• Excellent verbal, written, interpersonal, and leadership skills.

• Strategic thinker who is comfortable working both independently and, in a team setting.

If Verizon and this role sound like a fit for you, we encourage you to apply even if you don't meet every "even better" qualification listed above.

Verizon is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to veteran status, disability or other legally protected characteristics.