The Voleon Group

Business Strategy Manager

The Voleon Group • $125K — $150K *
Business Services
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 6+ years in business strategy, strategic operations, or management consulting
  • Minimum 2 years in strategy-related roles
  • Entrepreneurial mindset
  • Experience with executive management communications
  • Proficient in using AI for enhancing research and implementation speed
  • Strong collaboration skills with diverse teams
  • Bachelor's degree required

Responsibilities

  • Lead transformational projects for the company
  • Collaborate with senior leadership to set goals and priorities
  • Plan projects effectively and design scalable solutions
  • Implement projects and measure results against goals
  • Create alignment through strategic communications with C-level leadership
  • Work cross-functionally to foster collaboration
  • Evaluate and develop new business opportunities and strategies

Benefits

  • Participation in the 'Friends of Voleon' referral program with potential financial incentives for successful candidate referrals
Full Job Description
As a Business Strategy Manager, you will be a part of our small, tight-knit Business Strategy Team. This role is a means to make a difference: you will engage in some of our highest-priority strategic and operational efforts, and you will convert ideas into tangible results. You will lead projects, many of which come from the CEO, COO, or the Business Strategy team itself. You will collaborate with a talented, accomplished, and experienced group of colleagues from a variety of functions to help shape the future of our organization. The focus of your work will be on investment management, technology, and organizational management.

Responsibilities

Lead projects that transform our company:
  • Work closely with senior leadership to define goals, and prioritize strategic and operational ideas
  • Proactively structure and plan projects, and design scalable solutions
  • Drive the end-to-end implementation in a thoughtful and timely manner and ultimately bring projects to life with an eye toward generating exceptional results
  • Measure results against intended goals

Create alignment and drive change across the organization:
  • Develop c-level communications to achieve alignment with leadership and stakeholders
  • Work extensively with colleagues throughout the organization, and foster clear communication and collaboration
  • Share findings with colleagues, building institutional knowledge and ensuring transparency

Explore new business opportunities:
  • Evaluate new business opportunities, including market entry strategies, partnerships, acquisitions, and product/service diversification
  • Assess the feasibility and potential return on investment for each opportunity
  • Develop and communicate strategic roadmaps that outlines key milestones, timelines, and resource requirements
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including investor relations, research, and finance, to build and execute on business plans

Identify opportunities and pioneer new processes to improve the effectiveness and agility of our teams:
  • Actively seek input and feedback from colleagues, and incorporate an array of perspectives
  • Identify and evaluate business opportunities, large and small
  • Conduct extensive research and develop expertise in a wide range of mission-critical areas
  • Provide thought leadership on complex problems, many without precedent


Requirements
  • 6+ years of experience in business strategy, strategic operations, management consulting, or a related role
  • At least two years of experience in strategy-related roles
  • An entrepreneurial mindset
  • Experience working closely with executive management and creating executive-level communications
  • Skilled at using AI to strengthen research quality and speed up implementation
  • Eagerness to work with diverse teams
  • Bachelor's degree
  • Authorization to work in the United States
"Friends of Voleon" Candidate Referral Program

If you have a great candidate in mind for this role and would like to have the potential to earn $7,500 if your referred candidate is successfully hired and employed by The Voleon Group, please use this form to submit your referral. For more details regarding eligibility, terms and conditions please make sure to review the Voleon Referral Bonus Program.

About The Voleon Group

The Voleon Group is a quantitative investment management firm that uses advanced mathematical and statistical techniques to identify and exploit market inefficiencies. The company was founded in 2007 by Michael Kharitonov and Jon McAuliffe and is based in San Francisco, California. Voleon's investment strategies are based on machine learning and artificial intelligence, and the company has a team of over 200 researchers and engineers working to develop and improve its algorithms. Voleon manages several funds, including a long/short equity fund and a futures fund, and has a strong track record of performance. The company is known for its rigorous approach to research and its commitment to transparency and ethical behavior.
Learn more about The Voleon Group
Size
200 employees
Industry
Founded
2007

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