Michael Baker International

Strategy Analyst

Michael Baker International$115K — $135K *
Real Estate & Construction
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree; MBA preferred
  • 3+ years in strategy, management consulting, corporate development, or strategic planning
  • Proven track record owning projects from research to delivery
  • Strong quantitative skills with hands-on modeling experience
  • Advanced proficiency in PowerPoint, Excel, and data analysis tools
  • Excellent written and verbal communication
  • Experience in the Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) industry preferred

Responsibilities

  • Prepare and maintain strategic plans and annual planning materials
  • Execute components of strategic initiatives, including market assessments and operational reviews
  • Track progress against strategic initiatives and prepare updates for executives
  • Build and maintain financial and operational models for strategic decisions
  • Analyze business performance, market size, and growth trends
  • Produce visual and written reports for senior leadership
  • Research and analyze industry trends and competitive dynamics

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • 401k Retirement Plan
  • Health Savings Account (HSA)
  • Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
  • Life, AD&D, short-term and long-term disability insurance
  • Opportunities for professional and personal development
  • Generous paid time off
  • Commuter and wellness benefits
Full Job Description
Job Description

Strategy Analyst

(Hybrid)

What We're Looking For:

Michael Baker International is seeking a Strategy Analyst to join our team in Alexandria, VA. This is a hands-on role, with the opportunity to execute core strategic work across enterprise and business group priorities. You will focus on building analyses, conducting research, developing models, and producing executive-ready materials that directly support C-suite decision-making.

What You'll Do:

Strategic Execution
  • Prepare and maintain enterprise and business group strategic plans, including annual planning
    materials, strategic initiatives, and performance tracking
  • Execute assigned components of strategic initiatives, including market assessments, growth analyses,
    and operational reviews
  • Track progress against strategic priorities and prepare status updates and summaries for executive
    review

Analytical Modeling & Insights
  • Build and maintain financial, operational, and scenario-based models to support strategic decisions
  • Analyze business performance data, market size, growth trends, and investment scenarios
  • Produce charts, tables, dashboards, and written summaries that clearly communicate findings to senior
    leaders

Market & Industry Research
  • Research, monitor, and analyze industry trends, competitive dynamics, regulatory changes, and
    macroeconomic factors impacting the AEC industry
  • Compile competitive intelligence, benchmarking analyses, and briefing materials
  • Maintain libraries of market research, data sources, and recurring reports

Executive & Marketing Support
  • Develop executive-ready presentations, memos, and briefing decks for C-suite and board-facing
    discussions
  • Partner with the Marketing Communications team to translate enterprise strategy into internal and
    external messaging, fact bases, and narratives
  • Support preparation of strategy-related content for town halls, leadership meetings, and external
    communications

Collaboration & Coordination
  • Work directly with C-suite leaders to gather inputs, respond to requests, and refine analyses
  • Coordinate with finance, operations, marketing, and business leaders to collect data and validate
    assumptions
  • Manage multiple workstreams simultaneously, meeting deadlines in a fast-paced, executive-facing
    environment

What You'll Need to Succeed:
  • Bachelors Degree, MBA preferred
  • 3+ years of experience in strategy, management consulting, corporate development, or strategic
    planning
  • Proven ability to own work products from research through final delivery
  • Strong quantitative and analytical skills with hands-on modeling experience
  • Advanced proficiency in PowerPoint, Excel, and data analysis tools
  • Clear, concise written and verbal communication skills
  • Experience within or serving the Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) industry strongly
    preferred

Compensation:

The salary range for this position is $115,000 - $135,000. This will be dependent on the experience and expertise of the incoming candidate.

Why Choose Us:
  • Medical, dental, vision insurance
  • 401k Retirement Plan
  • Health Savings Account (HSA)
  • Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
  • Life, AD&D, short-term, and long-term disability
  • Professional and personal development
  • Generous paid time off
  • Commuter and wellness benefits


About the Team

CORPORATE PRACTICE

Michael Baker International understands that people require choices in where they want to begin to build a sustainable future. For more than 80 years, Michael Baker International has maintained an entrepreneurial work environment that fosters great careers, which ultimately has brought great success to the organization. Michael Baker offers many opportunities to help you grow professionally to build your career. Whether it is in Finance, IT, Human Resources, Technology, Communications, Proposal Development, Legal or our National Practice and Market segments, take your next step with us and help make a difference in the lives of those you work with and those we serve.

About Michael Baker International

Michael Baker International is a leading provider of engineering and consulting services, including design, planning, architectural, environmental, construction and program management. The company provides its comprehensive range of services and solutions to a broad range of markets, including transportation, facilities, environmental, energy, water and government.
Learn more about Michael Baker International
Size
5,000 employees
Industry
Founded
1940

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