Strategic Planning Specialist

*This role requires inperson attendance in the Charlotte NC office at least 2 days a week*

Our Company:

LendingTree was founded in 1996 by CEO Doug Lebda to help people comparison shop and get a great deal on the single biggest transaction of their lives: their mortgage. Since then weve facilitated over 65 million loan requests while becoming a household name (our brand recognition rivals Bank of America and Wells Fargo). Today we do much more than mortgages. We are the #1 online marketplace in the US for consumers to comparison shop for mortgages personal loans credit cards student loans auto loans and insurance. We have established relationships with millions of customers who engage with us through our My LendingTree portal giving them access to free credit scores and money saving alerts. We are on a mission to help consumers and better their lives.

Were publicly traded (TREE) were financially sound and were in the top 10 of Fortunes 100 Fastest Growing Companies. If youre looking for an opportunity with a dynamic company that is fanatically proconsumer and that champions your entrepreneurial spirit then youve come to the right place!

About the role:

We are looking for a Strategic Planning Specialist to work on a dynamic team of processoriented and resultsfocused professionals who aim to constantly evolve the role of each team member and the collective impact of the Strategy Team at LendingTree.

Strategic Planning Specialist will work hand in hand with management to identify prioritize execute and achieve notable outcomes for our most critical business objectives. The primary focus of this role is to scale operationalize and maintain the strategic operating framework (including OKRs) across all departments in the company ensuring that our collective efforts are sharply aligned with our overarching goals.

This role will not only drive the implementation of our strategic operating framework but also ensure its effectiveness through rigorous governance and documentation practices. By articulating clear guidelines and leveraging project management best practices the Strategic Planning Specialist will enable the seamless of our longterm strategic initiatives. This role is designed for someone who is processoriented loves collaborating and is comfortable forging new creative ways to deliver big results.

Responsibilities include:

• Strategic planning and
  • Work with various leaders across the business to translate their vision and goals into coordinated actions that can be measured.
  • Support strategic planning and implementation processes. Help shepherd the communication and of those processes while optimizing them for future iterations.
  • Partner with technology PMO to align quarterly and yearly planning processes with processes governed by corporate strategy.
  • Perform retrospectives with strategic project teams to identify areas for process improvement.
  • Leverage project management best practices to ensure project teams are set up to successfully deliver projects on time on budget and within predefined scope.
• Performance measurement and reporting
  • Maintain and manage the daytoday operations of the enterprisewide OKR tracking tool. Ensure its effectiveness in tracking and aligning the organizations strategic goals.
  • Partner closely and effectively with analytics partner to ensure accuracy and governance of goal tracking.
• Communicating up and across the organization
  • Support management in developing compelling PowerPoint presentations that articulate strategic options and support executive decisionmaking
  • Identify and elevate risks to project delivery to management
  • Assist crossfunctional leadership in their development of custom reporting that will be circulated across the organization.
  • Develop a documentation system to enable simple yet effective enterprisewide communication related to planning and processes.

Required skills:

• Experience communicating with stakeholders at all levels including CSuite.
• Experience collaborating with multiple functions/organizations.
• Attention to detail and organizational skills.
• Knowledge of and experience working within an OKR framework.
• Familiarity with project management tools lifecycles etc.
• Experience managing complex projects.
• Great teammate willing to passionately roll up their sleeves and work crossfunctionally to get things done.
• Selfstarter who thrives in fastpaced highgrowth environments with minimal direction.
• Proficiency using MS Office tools.

Our Culture:

Our clothes are casual and relaxed and our work ethic is highly professional. It is our culture for each team member to challenge the status quo express their opinions and to stand up ask for the ball and run with it to meet our aggressive goals. We also have a lot of fun together! Were always looking for the best brightest high energy resultsdriven Rock Stars to join our team. We reward innovation creativity and the ability to just GET STUFF DONE.

LendingTree is the kind of company that not only promotes diversity and inclusion we thrive because of these values. We do not discriminate based on race color religion (or creed) gender gender expression age national origin disability marital status sexual orientation or military status.

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