Strategist
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Arlington, TX - USA
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Job Summary
As a Strategist on Stand Togethers Strategic Analysis team you will help our issue teams turn hard questions into clear plans. Our team builds the research insights and standards behind our Priority Initiatives. These are the teams that lead our work on issues like Transforming Education and Building Strong and Safe Communities. You will work side by side with one of them from early strategy to finished materials.
You will use research our internal knowledge and experts across the organization to build points of view and strategies. Then you will write them up so our staff and stakeholders can act on them. You will bring rigor to the issue leaders hardest questions. The issue leader stays accountable for the strategy.
This role fits someone who thinks like an advisor. You stay calm in ambiguity. You can turn a lot of data and information into one clear point of view. And you like helping other teams turn strategy into impact.
- Support strategy development: Work with a Priority Initiative lead from start to finish: point of view strategy resource planning performance checks and materials for partners and stakeholders.
- Conduct and synthesize research: Gather internal knowledge outside data and expert input so strategy rests on facts.
- Apply proven frameworks: Use proven models such as audience engagement strategy point-of-view development and marginal analysis to turn knowledge into clear recommendations.
- Write to a shared standard: Draft clear analytic writing that meets our shared standard and uses lessons from other teams.
- Build trust: Earn the trust of issue leaders and colleagues outside your reporting line and grow into a thought partner they rely on.
- Strengthen shared tools: Help improve the standards tools and frameworks our teams use to plan and assess their work.
- 46 years of experience in strategy consulting policy analysis research or a similar advisory role
- Skill at turning large amounts of qualitative and quantitative information into strategic recommendations
- Strong writing and speaking skills including the ability to explain complex ideas simply to senior leaders
- Curiosity sound judgment and the ability to see complex social and organizational challenges as a system
- Working knowledge of the social change policy and political landscape and the ability to learn a new issue fast
- A collaborative mindset: you support the team that owns the strategy and know when to respectfully challenge it
- High standards of professionalism integrity and discretion
- Preferred: consulting experience ideally embedded with a client team or a background in policy analysis research or philanthropy
- Ability to build professional polished products decks documents and materials that meet a high bar for clarity and visual quality not just analytical rigor.
- Proven ability to drive a project independently setting clear goals and milestones staying organized across multiple threads and communicating progress clearly to stakeholders along the way.
- Enthusiasm to contribute to Stand Togethers vision and principled approach to solving problems and a commitment to stewarding our culture which champions values including transformation and innovation entrepreneurialism humility and respect.
- Competitive benefits: Enjoy a 6% 401(k) match with immediate vesting flexible time off comprehensive health and dental plans plus wellness and mental health support through Peloton and Talkspace.
- A meaningful career: Join a passionate community of over 1300 employees dedicated to improving lives and driving innovative solutions to complex social challenges.
- Commitment to growth: Thrive in a non-hierarchical environment that empowers employees to discover develop and apply their unique talents.
For this role the anticipated base salary range is $110000 $140000 per addition to base salary additional bonus earnings may represent a meaningful portion of total compensation. Total compensation will align with an employees overall contribution and the value created for the organization.
Our Principles-Based Management (PBM) compensation philosophy is grounded in an individualized approach that rewards the long-term value each person creates for the organization. Compensation decisions are informed by a variety of factors including relevant experience capabilities demonstrated skills role responsibilities and expected contribution. Consistent with this approach base salary may vary within or outside of the anticipated range based on these considerations.
About Company
Stand Together is a philanthropic community that helps America’s boldest changemakers tackle the root causes of our country’s biggest problems.
