Strategy Manager

As a Vice President in Strategy, you will lead project teams in solving complex problems and implementation issues critical to the company.

As a Vice President in Strategy within the Chief of Staff team, you will be a key player in supporting the Chief Information Officer (CIO) of J.P.Morgan’s Global Technology team. You will have the opportunity to partner with various strategy and business service groups to ensure streamlined activities within the organization. Your role will involve creating group-wide and executive communications, performing analysis to support decision making, developing processes and tools to support consistent management practices, and supporting selected change management and governance programs. This role will allow you to leverage your analytical skills, work collaboratively with team members across lines of business, and contribute to concise communication materials for senior management.

Job Responsibilities

• Provide Thought Leadership
  • “Own” day-to-day project management and delivery of entire engagement and impactful recommendations and provide coaching to client teams as they implement recommendations
  • Scope problems, identify major issues and actionable opportunities, design solutions, and quantify potential bottom-line financial impact
  • Work with team to develop work plans to test / evaluate strategies and insights which could span process improvement, organizational change, and functional strategy efforts
• Provide Client and Team Leadership
  • Advise and influence senior leaders and business executives on key business decisions and major change initiatives
  • Develop deep trust-based advisor relationships with key client stakeholders and ensure client is satisfied throughout engagement
  • Lead interview campaigns, working sessions, and senior client presentations; maintain composure and presence in difficult client meets. Lead one or more client projects, including managing multiple associates / analysts across several workstreams
  • Collaborate with your team to build hypothesis sets, analyses, and roadmaps for solutions
  • Develop junior team members both formally and informally, including serving as a mentor. Identify potential roadblocks / obstacles and escalate issues as needed

Required qualifications, capabilities and skills

• MBA or an advanced degree from a top-tier program
• Minimum of 5 years consulting experience with a top-tier management consulting firm or an internal consulting/corporate strategy team, including at least 1 year of managerial experience motivating and leading teams
• Strong client management and executive-level communication skills
• Ability to structure and scope complex problems and apply a range of analytical tools to develop solution

Preferred qualifications, capabilities and skills

• Financial services background is preferred