Corporate Strategy, Vice President

Vice President, Corporate Strategy

This role provides an exciting opportunity to work closely with senior leadership across the firm on a portfolio of strategic initiatives.

As a Vice President on the Corporate Strategy team, you will own a portfolio of firm-wide strategic initiatives, develop trusted partnerships with senior leaders, and collaborate closely with a diverse set of internal and external partners. Success as a Vice President requires a commercial mind-set, the ability to understand and leverage data assets, and develop actionable business plans and go-to-market strategies for senior business leaders to focus on the most optimal and actionable growth opportunities. You will manage mission-critical projects, including but not limited to: assessing growth opportunity strategies, assessing and planning new market entry or new product development, evaluating strategic partnerships and inorganic investments, as well as designing operating models. In addition to working on cutting-edge topics at the frontier of financial services, you will help connect the dots across our businesses, ensuring that we bring the best solutions to our clients. Projects are typically team-based and include close collaboration with the Operating Committee and CEOs of our businesses on a wide variety of initiatives.

Job Responsibilities:

• Manage initiatives/projects to resolve diverse problems identified by senior leaders at the bank
• Apply structured problem-solving and design thinking to address top strategic priorities
• Gather, synthesize, analyze and present project data and findings (e.g., financial modeling, valuation)
• Execute creative analyses and provide insight to identify issues and arrive at recommendations
• Perform competitor/industry research leveraging both public and non-public sources
• Develop strategic presentations for internal and external audiences
• Monitor industry trends and share insightful reports and analyses with broader team and with senior executives
• Coach and manage junior team members

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• 1+ years of management experience
• Diverse problem solving experience from either a premier management consulting firm, an investment banking (M&A, Coverage, Capital Markets, Equity Research) division, or a similar internal Corporate Strategy group
• An outstanding ability to analyze problems and apply quantitative analytical approaches
• Excellent communication (oral and written) and ability to confidently work well in cross-functional teams
• Interpersonal leadership and influencing skills
• Excellent presentation skills
• Excellent and efficient skills using MS Excel and PowerPoint tools

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills:

• Financial services industry experience
• MBA and/or advanced degree from a top-tier program