Manager, Strategic Planning

The Manager Strategic Planning plays a critical role in translating senior leadership vision into execution across AccuWeathers enterprise. This role requires strong business judgment comfort operating in ambiguity and a bias toward action. Working closely with the CEO and Founder this individual will help ensure that the companys highest-priority initiatives move from idea to outcome with clarity accountability and speed.

This is a business role for someone who thrives in complexity simplifies decisions and takes ownership for results. It is not a project management administrative or process-heavy operations role.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Capture structure and synthesize strategic priorities directly from the CEO and senior leadership
• Translate ideas into clear options recommendations and execution paths including tradeoffs and sequencing
• Drive clarity on decision-making and ensure strategic initiatives have clear outcomes and accountability
• Assign and maintain single-point ownership for high-impact initiatives to ensure follow-through
• Track progress surface risks early and close execution loops
• Prepare concise analyses (ROI scenarios tradeoffs) to support fast high-quality decisions
• Maintain a clear living view of enterprise priorities to ensure focus and momentum
• Partner closely with senior leaders across product technology forecasting and commercial teams
• Reduce friction ambiguity and rework by driving clarity on priorities and ownership
• Enable senior leaders to spend more time on high-value work by accelerating execution velocity
• Performs other duties as assigned

QUALIFICATIONS

• MBA strongly preferred particularly for candidates seeking long-term enterprise leadership development
• Exceptional operating experience may substitute for formal MBA training provided the bar is met
• 37 years of experience in strategy operations chief of staff or execution-focused business roles
• Demonstrated ability to drive initiatives from concept through execution in complex cross-functional environments
• Proven comfort working directly with senior executives and influencing without formal authority
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to evaluate tradeoffs and make sound recommendations
• Bias for action and ability to move forward without requiring consensus
• Structured thinker who can simplify complexity and communicate clearly
• Low ego high accountability and strong ownership mindset
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Organized self-motivated and able to manage multiple priorities in a fast-moving environment

Pay Transparency: AccuWeather offers a competitive salary commensurate to experience in the range of $130k to $160k.

ABOUT ACCUWEATHER

AccuWeather recognized and documented as the most accurate and most used source of weather forecasts and warnings in the worldhas saved over 12000 lives prevented injury to over 100000 people and saved companies tens of billions of dollars through better planning and decision-making.

Billions of people around the world rely on AccuWeathers proven Superior Accuracy across our consumer digital platforms. is the #1 weather destination and one of the top 100 most-visited websites in the world and our award-winning AccuWeather app delivers detailed real-time forecasts to millions of smartphones.

AccuWeather forecasts also appear on digital signage in 700 newspapers are heard on over 400 radio stations and viewed on 100 television stations. The AccuWeather Network and AccuWeather NOW reach an audience of over 125 million on cable and streaming platforms including DirecTV Charter Communications - Spectrum Verizon Philo Frndly TV Comcasts Xfinity X1 and Xfinity Stream Roku Xumo Rockbot LG and Amazon Freevee.

AccuWeather For Business serves more than half of the Fortune 500 companies and thousands of other businesses and government agencies globally.

Dr. Joel Myers Founder and Executive Chairman established AccuWeather in 1962 and is considered the father of modern commercial meteorology. Myers a leading creative thinker and visionary has been called the most accurate man in weather by The New York Times and has been recognized as one of the top entrepreneurs in American history by Entrepreneurs Encyclopedia of Entrepreneurs.

COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY & INCLUSION

AccuWeather is proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity to all applicants and existing employees and we evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race creed color national origin sex (including pregnancy and gender identity/expression) sexual orientation age ancestry physical or mental disability marital status political affiliation religion citizenship status genetic information veteran status or any other basis protected under applicable federal state or local law.

AccuWeather is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation because of a disability for any part of the employment process please send an e-mail to and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information.