Head of Strategy (Remote)

Job Description Job Title : Director, Strategy
Team : Insights & Strategy Planning
Employment Type : Full-time
Start Date : ASAP

About Braven Braven is a national nonprofit that prepares promising college students to secure a strong first opportunity after college graduation through a career-accelerating program.
We work with higher education and employer partners to offer a life-changing experience that begins with a semester-long course for college students, followed by support that lasts through graduation.
Together, our ambition is to help rebuild the middle class and revitalize the American Dream.
About the Role In order to achieve its ambition of serving 80,000-100,000 Fellows over the next decade, Braven is hiring a Director, Strategy who will work with Braven’s leadership to set and monitor overall strategic direction for the organization and lead and execute strategic projects important to our short-term and long-term financial, operational, and scale goals.
You will leverage strategic and analytical strengths to design and own a portfolio of strategic projects that drive impact. You will also lead cross-functional project teams and manage outside consultants as needed. This role is on the Insights & Strategy team and reports directly to the Head of Insights & Strategy.

What You’ll Do Strategic Initiatives and Projects (35%)
Lead the development and execution of strategic initiatives and projects directly alongside executive leaders, ensuring alignment with our business model and program model. Example projects might include evolving Braven’s regional and central business units and developing & executing a new change management framework.
Collaborate with the executive team to identify and evaluate new business opportunities and partnerships that align with Braven’s strategic goals.
Establish and achieve key performance indicators (KPIs) to track the success of strategic initiatives.
Design, build, and manage a system to document, cascade, and monitor Braven’s most important metrics across program and organizational health
Example activities include planning and executing stepbacks, maintaining the knowledge base for both, preparing agendas, and creating content.

Facilitate, project manage, and lead aspects of multi-year and annual planning processes
Provide ongoing thought partnership and data-driven decision support for the Alignment Team (Braven’s leadership team)
Bachelor’s degree
~Fluency in Excel/Google Sheets and SQL

Proficiency in designing and building dashboards and visualizations for business end users and/or organizational leaders (Tableau preferred)
Extensive experience writing and presenting compelling data-driven stories, arguments, and narratives for internal and external audiences
MBA and/or experience in strategy consulting
Proficiency in Google Suite, Slack, and Jira
Proficiency in Salesforce
Proficiency in Python or R
Skilled at building trusted and credible relationships with multiple stakeholders. Excellent time management and prioritization skills, which allow you to manage your own time and energy and seek the right help to complete multiple projects well and on time.
Learner’s mindset, which you use to master new tools, software, and ways of working.
Effective at mentoring and coaching team members and helping them develop professionally
Your experiences have informed your belief in Braven’s mission and have prepared you to work with or for Braven’s student population.

Ability to work in-person in Chicago (IL), Atlanta (GA), Newark (NJ), or New York City (NYC) at least 3 days per week
Ability to travel out-of-town 3-6 times/year for quarterly team meetings and other gatherings
Braven doesn’t offer employment visa sponsorship

Application & Interview Process
Phone screen with Talent Team member
Performance Task & Interview with Hiring Manager
We believe in compensating staff members fairly in relation to each other, their qualifications, and their impact on behalf of the organization, and take internal and external equity seriously. Given our commitment to equity, Braven does not negotiate salary offers; Starting salary within the range is determined by role scope and qualifications, with new hires starting at the lower end to allow for growth with performance. Braven does not base compensation on individual candidate salary expectations and is committed to maintaining internal equity. This is based on a 50-hour work week at an hourly rate. This is a full-time, regular, exempt, and benefits-eligible position where you will be working at 100% cap
Unlimited vacation time in addition to org-wide holidays and week-long shutdowns in July and the end of the calendar year (this is a minimum of 19 days per year)
Braven supports your path to parenthood and beyond with $25,000 in lifetime Carrot benefits for fertility, family-building, and hormonal health
Coverage of 85% of health insurance premium for employee and dependents
We gather in the office 3 days a week (Tuesday through Thursday) and work remotely 2 days a week (Monday and Friday). We believe in the magic, connection, and collaboration that happens when people work together face-to-face, and we believe in giving people flexibility to focus, balance personal priorities, and save themselves two commutes per week.
Braven is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected factor.