SummarySenior Manager, Strategic Planning & Competitive Intelligence plays a key role in advancing the organization's enterprise strategy through strategic planning and reporting, competitive intelligence, and executive decision support.
This role serves as a strategic partner to the Senior Director, Global Strategy. The Manager / Senior Manager works closely with senior leadership, cross-functional teams, and volunteer leaders to translate market dynamics, organizational priorities, and data into clear recommendations and decision-ready materials.
The Manager / Senior Manager supports the enterprise strategic planning process, contributes to high-priority strategic initiatives, plays an important role in the competitive intelligence capability, and applies AI-enabled workflows to improve the speed, quality, and scalability of research, synthesis, and reporting.
Essential ResponsibilitiesStrategic Planning & Reporting- Support the design, execution, and ongoing evolution of the organization's strategic plan reporting process.
- Support management of the enterprise strategic planning calendar and coordination of cross-functional participation.
- Deeply understand the business rationale, measures of success, risks, and interdependencies across strategic initiatives.
- Partner with business unit leaders to assess progress, identify performance gaps, and develop mitigation or course-correction strategies.
- Lead the development of executive- and Board-ready reporting on strategy execution and enterprise-wide KPIs, including dashboards, presentations, and written briefings.
- Help drive alignment and effective communication of the strategic plan across the organization and global network.
- Manage timelines, deliverables, and follow-through associated with strategic planning and reporting activities.
- Facilitate planning meetings, working sessions, and follow-up actions to support execution and accountability.
Competitive Intelligence- Support the development and continuous improvement of the organization's competitive intelligence capability.
- Monitor and assess competitors, peer organizations, adjacent sectors, and emerging market entrants.
- Produce regular and ad hoc intelligence outputs (e.g., briefings, dashboards, alerts, newsletters) tailored to executive leadership and other internal stakeholders.
- Synthesize competitive insights across offerings, pricing, partnerships, digital capabilities, and operating models.
- Help integrate competitive intelligence into strategic planning, product strategy, partnerships, and enterprise decision support.
- Develop RFPs and manage external vendors, research providers, and intelligence partners supporting competitive and market insights.
- Maintain recurring intelligence cadences, deliverables, and follow-up to ensure insights are timely, relevant, and actionable.
Internal Strategy Consulting - Support initiatives requiring strategic framing, analysis, and insight generation.
- Frame complex strategic questions, develop hypotheses, and evaluate strategic options prior to broader implementation.
- Conduct advanced analyses including market sizing, scenario planning, benchmarking, and business case development.
- Translate complex findings into clear, actionable recommendations and decision-support materials for senior leadership.
- Lead workstreams and support cross-functional strategic initiatives with enterprise-wide impact.
- Coordinate stakeholders, manage project timelines, and drive follow-through on assigned strategic initiatives.
AI-Enabled Analysis & Workflow Innovation- Apply AI tools and agent-based workflows to accelerate research, insight generation, synthesis, and reporting.
- Design responsible, repeatable AI-enabled workflows across strategy and intelligence processes.
- Evaluate and recommend emerging AI tools and approaches that improve efficiency, quality, and scalability.
- Identify opportunities to automate and improve strategic planning and reporting workflows.
- Support testing, refinement, and adoption of AI-enabled processes across recurring strategy and intelligence work.
QualificationsExperience- 8+ years of experience in management consulting, corporate strategy, strategic planning, competitive intelligence, or related roles.
- Experience supporting executive level decision-making.
- Demonstrated ability to operate independently, manage multiple priorities, and deliver with limited ramp time.
- Experience in professional associations or similar multi-stakeholder environments strongly preferred.
- Experience managing projects or workstreams involving cross-functional stakeholders and tight timelines preferred.
Core Capabilities- Strong judgment and ability to connect external developments to enterprise decisions.
- Advanced problem structuring and hypothesis-driven analysis skills.
- Proven ability to develop executive- and Board-ready materials.
- Strong competitive intelligence and market synthesis capabilities.
- Strong ownership and ability to manage multiple high-visibility priorities with appropriate guidance.
- Strong project management, follow-through, and execution skills.
- Strong facilitation and collaboration skills across cross-functional teams.
AI & Technical Capabilities- Demonstrated ability to use AI tools in strategic workflows.
- Experience designing AI-enabled processes and orchestrating agents.
- Understanding of AI operating models and automation opportunities.
- Strong PowerPoint and Excel skills, with the ability to synthesize complex information into clear reporting and presentations.
- Experience with project tracking, dashboarding, and reporting tools to support planning and execution.
Critical Success Factors- Ability to operate independently and deliver value quickly within a collaborative team structure.
- Strong balance of strategic thinking and execution discipline
- Ability to simplify complexity for executive audiences
- Strong follow-through and attention to timelines, deliverables, and quality
- Practical application of AI to real workflows
- Sound judgment in navigating organizational dynamics
- Ability to build effective working relationships across functions and stakeholders
This position will require work in our Headquarters office in Lake Mary, FL 40% of the time. 
