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Strategic Business Consultant
Location
United States + 1 moreAll locations: United States | Puerto Rico
Posted
97 days ago
Salary
$86K - $120K / year
Seniority
Mid Level
No structured requirement data.
Job Description
Strategic Business Consultant
Careers Mutual Of Omaha
Role Description In this role, you will collaborate with senior leaders, business owners, and cross-functional teams to evaluate complex opportunities, facilitate strategic discussions, and translate ideas into clear, actionable plans. You will help leaders frame problems, evaluate tradeoffs, develop business cases, and guide initiatives from early concept through readiness for execution. What You'll Do - Partner with senior leaders to shape strategic initiatives. - Serve as a trusted advisor to Senior Leaders, Business Owners, and Agile Release Train (ART) leadership to evaluate complex opportunities and define strategic initiatives. - Facilitate executive-level discussions that frame problems, evaluate options, and align leaders on priorities and direction. - Translate leadership priorities into clearly defined initiatives, business cases, and actionable execution plans. - Lead cross-functional initiatives from concept to execution readiness. - Guide initiatives from concept through planning and successful hand-off to execution teams. - Coordinate across business, technology, and operational teams to ensure alignment on scope, goals, and deliverables. - Identify and communicate key risks, dependencies, and impacts across systems, processes, and teams. - Facilitate discussions that drive clarity and outcomes. - Design and lead strategic discussions, leadership reviews, and cross-functional workshops. - Guide teams through ambiguity and competing priorities to move from discussion to clear decisions and actionable next steps. - Analyze complex problems and develop recommendations. - Assess current state processes, systems, and operations to identify gaps and opportunities. - Leverage customer, market, and industry insights to inform strategic recommendations and ensure initiatives align with evolving customer needs and competitive dynamics. - Synthesize complex information into clear insights, recommendations, and executive-ready presentations. - Drive alignment across stakeholders. - Build strong relationships across business and technology teams in a highly collaborative environment. - Engage subject matter experts to gather insights and ensure solutions reflect the broader business and technology landscape. - Evaluate external solutions when appropriate. - Partner with Procurement and internal stakeholders to assess potential external partners and solutions through established governance processes. Qualifications - 5+ years of experience in strategy, consulting, project management, or similar roles. - Experience working with senior leaders and influencing decisions across multiple levels of an organization. - Strong strategic and critical thinking skills with the ability to connect near-term actions to long-term business outcomes. - Experience leading complex, cross-organizational initiatives involving multiple stakeholders and competing priorities. - Excellent facilitation skills with the ability to guide structured discussions that lead to clear decisions and outcomes. - Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to synthesize complex information into clear insights and effectively present recommendations to executive audiences. - Ability to engage stakeholders across the organization to develop thoughtful, well-informed recommendations while building strong relationships and establishing yourself as a trusted advisor through the work you lead and influence. - You promote a culture of diversity and inclusion, value different ideas and opinions, and listen courageously, remaining curious in all that you do. - Able to work remotely with access to a high-speed internet connection and located in the United States or Puerto Rico. Benefits - Estimated Salary: $86,000 - $120,000, plus annual bonus opportunity. - 401(k) plan with a 2% company contribution and 6% company match. - Work-life balance with vacation, personal time and paid holidays.
Job Requirements
- 5+ years of experience in strategy, consulting, project management, or similar roles.
- Experience working with senior leaders and influencing decisions across multiple levels of an organization.
- Strong strategic and critical thinking skills with the ability to connect near-term actions to long-term business outcomes.
- Experience leading complex, cross-organizational initiatives involving multiple stakeholders and competing priorities.
- Excellent facilitation skills with the ability to guide structured discussions that lead to clear decisions and outcomes.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to synthesize complex information into clear insights and effectively present recommendations to executive audiences.
- Ability to engage stakeholders across the organization to develop thoughtful, well-informed recommendations while building strong relationships and establishing yourself as a trusted advisor through the work you lead and influence.
- You promote a culture of diversity and inclusion, value different ideas and opinions, and listen courageously, remaining curious in all that you do.
- Able to work remotely with access to a high-speed internet connection and located in the United States or Puerto Rico.
Benefits
- Estimated Salary: $86,000 - $120,000, plus annual bonus opportunity.
- 401(k) plan with a 2% company contribution and 6% company match.
- Work-life balance with vacation, personal time and paid holidays.
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