Hybrid Business Strategy and Planning Director – Policy, Alliances

at USAA

• Job title: Business Strategy and Planning Director – Policy, Alliances
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Lead
• Salary: $114,080 - $218,030 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Location requirements: Hybrid, San Antonio, United States

About the role

• Business Strategy and Planning Director at USAA developing and communicating business strategies for financial services. Leading planning processes and guiding executive management in strategic decision-making.

Responsibilities

• Provides support and guidance to executive management to identify, develop, and communicate specific business strategies across functional areas
• Leads strategic analyses of business needs and environmental trends in support of business strategy development and planning processes
• Conducts business strategy reviews to assess progress and drive awareness of strategy achievement
• Drives the development and coordination of components within the overarching strategy for the Function
• Works with executive management to establish strategic and operational framework that establishes enables short and long-term business goals and key results
• Develops specific processes to lead the business strategic and operational planning process
• Drives the alignment of business process and frameworks to enterprise strategy, process and framework
• Partners with senior-level leaders across functions and channels to develop near- and long-term visions and roadmaps and works with business leaders to lead transition from strategy to execution
• Maintains responsibility of integration of change management plans, project documentation and strategies for large, complex business specific initiatives that often impact the organization and/or enterprise
• Identifies strengths and weaknesses to evaluate operational efficiency by establishing procedures and management routines to address gaps
• Guides team members as they perform research and analysis
• Supports executive leadership by leading the design, coordination, and governance of the annual strategic planning and operational planning processes
• Leads and motivates cross-functional team members in strategy and operational plan development and implementation
• Ensures risks associated with business activities are effectively identified, measured, monitored, and controlled in accordance with risk and compliance policies and procedures

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree; OR 4 years of related experience (in addition to the minimum years of experience required) may be substituted in lieu of degree
• 8 years of directly related business planning consultation experience to include developing business strategy for short-term and/or long-term goals
• Experience influencing and leading communication to senior executives, internal colleagues through concise, official and regular updates on status, progress, strategies and roadmaps
• Extensive experience in Project Management
• Strong business acumen in financial services or related industry, and a proven track record to balance critical thinking with practical implementation skills
• Experience working with clients/customers to realize business issues and develop a strategy for the business’s direction from the gathered insights.

Benefits

• comprehensive medical, dental and vision plans
• 401(k)
• pension
• life insurance
• parental benefits
• adoption assistance
• paid time off program with paid holidays plus 16 paid volunteer hours
• various wellness programs
• career path planning and continuing education assistance