Business Strategy Principal

Provides leadership in the evaluation of strategic objectives, formulation of strategic direction, and influences decision making based on assessment of business trends and data analytics. Plans, organizes, and develops recommendations grounded in deep understanding of the business, industry & market trends, consumer behavior, customer segments, and competitive strategy. Predicts changes in the current market and summarizes insights from proprietary and third-party data & information to create distinctive insights. Develops and implements complex business analyses, manages business case development, and business-at-risk assessments. Develops research methodologies to understand key strategic issues, identifies data sources (internal and external) and develops complex opportunity models using statistical and BI tools. Develops strategic frameworks and manages processes to build business scenarios using strategic thinking and decision science analysis. Provides a point of view on key strategic issues across major dimensions of the business – commercial, operations, customer segments, technology etc. Engages with leadership teams / key stakeholders on identified priorities supported with clear fact based recommendations and provides actionable insights to leadership teams to recommend course of action. Provides thought leadership to cross-functional teams working on strategic initiatives and acts as an internal consultant to senior management. Takes responsibilities to manage external consulting engagements with industry experts and takes on coaching and mentoring roles.

· Strong communication and presentation skills, problem structuring & problem-solving skills
· Strong quantitative and analytical skills [including experience in databases, Business Intelligence
tools, MS Office products and data modeling]
· Strong human relations skills
Minimum Qualifications:
A Master's degree in a quantitative business field or closely related technical specialized field of study with five (5) years related work experience. Or a Bachelor's degree in a quantitative business field or closely related technical specialized field of study with seven plus (7+) years related work experience. Work experience in functions focused on strategy development, competitive, customer, and industry analysis, market research, analysis of product performance, and support of corporate development / strategic value assessment activities. Demonstrated business acumen and experience of supporting strategic assessments that are transformational in nature including understanding the impact of technology trends on business. An advanced degree may offset experience requirements
Preferred Qualifications:
· Extensive experience in strategic storytelling and creative presentation design.
· Strong executive presence
· Experience shaping and developing connectivity between our work and how it connects back to the broader enterprise
strategy
· Support storytelling as well as project/program strategy and how to bring those insights up from individual projects through to
the executive level.
· Develop broader narrative for Dataworks and the work we do for strategic forums and executive presentations
· Strategic thinker who has the ability to learn and understand our products and solutions and develop connectivity across key
themes for senior level updates.
· Experience with digital and SaaS solutions and cloud environments a plus.
· Graphic design experience a plus.
Domicile Information: 
This position can be domiciled anywhere in the United States. 
The ability to work remotely within the United States may be available based on business need.
 
Application Criteria: 
Upload current copy of Resume (Microsoft Word or PDF format only) and answer job screening questionnaire by 5 pm Central Time 3/12/2024.
Additional Information
Colorado, Nevada, Connecticut, New York, California, Rhode Island, Washington, Hawaii, Illinois and New Jersey Residents Only - Compensation: Monthly Salary: $9,500.00 - $13,000.00. This compensation range is provided as a reasonable estimate of the current starting salary range for this role. Factors that may be used to determine your actual salary may include but are not limited to your specific skills, your work location, how many years of experience you have, and comparison to other employees already in this role.

Born out of FedEx, a pioneer that ships nearly 20 million packages a day and manages endless threads of information, FedEx Dataworks is an organization rooted in connecting the physical and digital sides of our network to meet today's needs and address tomorrow's challenges.

We are creating opportunities for FedEx, our customers, and the world at large by:

• Exploring and harnessing data to define and solve true problems;
• Removing barriers between data sets to create new avenues of insight;
• Building and iterating on solutions that generate value;
• Acting as a change agent to advance curiosity and performance.

At FedEx Dataworks, we are making supply chains work smarter for everyone.

Employee Benefits: medical, dental, and vision insurance; paid Life and AD&D insurance; tuition reimbursement; paid sick leave; paid parental leave, paid vacation, paid military leave, and additional paid time off; geographic pay ranges; 401k with Company match and incentive bonus potential; sales Incentive compensation for selling roles.

Dataworks does not discriminate against qualified individuals with disabilities in regard to job application procedures, hiring, and other terms and conditions of employment. Further, Dataworks is prepared to make reasonable accommodations for the known physical or mental limitations of an otherwise qualified applicant or employee to enable the applicant or employee to be considered for the desired position, to perform the essential functions of the position in question, or to enjoy equal benefits and privileges of employment as are enjoyed by other similarly situated employees without disabilities, unless the accommodation will impose an undue hardship. If a reasonable accommodation is needed, please contact DataworksTalentAcquisition@corp.ds.fedex.com.