FedEx

Strategy Planning Principal

FedEx$96K — $217K *
Business Services
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree in a quantitative business field or closely related technical field.
  • 7+ years of experience in strategy development and market analysis.
  • Experience with transformative strategic assessments.
  • Dir-level role experience preferred at previous employer.
  • Master's degree may substitute for 2 years of experience.

Responsibilities

  • Lead overall business performance of the Same Day Local Product.
  • Design and execute revenue growth opportunities while collaborating with cross-functional teams.
  • Conduct deep analyses of market trends, consumer behavior, and competitive strategies.
  • Develop and implement complex business analyses and opportunity models.
  • Engage with leadership on strategic priorities with fact-based recommendations.
  • Provide thought leadership and consultancy to cross-functional teams.
  • Manage external consulting engagements and mentor junior staff.

Benefits

  • Collaborative work environment with cross-functional teams.
  • Opportunities for coaching and mentoring roles.
  • Access to advanced data analytics tools and methodologies.
  • Flexibility of work location within the U.S. (excluding Alaska and Hawaii).
  • Possibility of transformational projects impacting overall business strategy.
Full Job Description
Business Strategy Principal - Same Day Local General Manager
  • Responsible for the overall business performance of the Same Day Local Product. Will grow and scale this newly launch offering, designing, and executing revenue growth opportunities. Partner with Product, Engineering, Marketing, Pricing, Legal and Sales teams to continue to evolve and scale the offering. Manage external relationships and 3rd party partnerships.

Job Description Summary:
  • Provides leadership in the evaluation of strategic objectives, formulation of strategic direction, and influences decision making based on assessment of business trends and data analytics.

Essential Functions:
  • Plans, organizes, and develops recommendations grounded in deep understanding of the business, industry and market trends, consumer behavior, customer segments, and competitive strategy.
  • Predicts changes in the current market and summarizes insights from proprietary and third-party data and information to create distinctive insights.
  • Develops and implements complex business analyses, manages business case development, and business-at-risk assessments. Develops research methodologies to understand key strategic issues, identifies data sources (internal and external) and develops complex opportunity models using statistical and business intelligence (BI) tools.
  • Develops strategic frameworks and manages processes to build business scenarios using strategic thinking and decision science analysis.
  • Provides a point of view on key strategic issues across major dimensions of the business - commercial, operations, customer segments, technology, etc.
  • Engages with leadership teams/key stakeholders on identified priorities supported with clear fact-based recommendations and provides actionable insights to leadership teams to recommend course of action.
  • Provides thought leadership to cross-functional teams working on strategic initiatives and acts as an internal consultant to senior management.
  • Takes responsibilities to manage external consulting engagements with industry experts and takes on coaching and mentoring roles.
  • Perform other duties as assigned.

Minimum Education:
  • Bachelor's Degree in a quantitative business field or closely related technical specialized field of study.

Minimum Experience:
  • Seven (7) years related work experience.
  • Work experience in functions focused on strategy development, competitive, customer, and industry analysis, market research, analysis of product performance, and support of corporate development/strategic value assessment activities.
  • Experience of supporting strategic assessments that are transformational in nature.
  • More advanced degrees may offset experience requirements.
  • A related master's degree equals two (2) years' experience.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
  • Demonstrated business acumen including understanding the impact of technology trends on business.
  • Strong communication and presentation skills, problem structuring, and problem-solving skills.
  • Strong quantitative and analytical skills, including experience in databases, business intelligence (BI) tools, MS Office products and data modeling.
  • Strong human relations skills.

Preferred Qualifications:
  • Experience working cross functionally in highly complex environments.
  • Director equivalent role at previous employer.
  • Proven operator and "scaler" at high growth company / environment.

Pay Transparency: CO: $8,007.29/mo - $17,393.61/mo, CA: $8,452.14/mo - $14,413.11/mo, NJ: $8,452.14/mo - $13,523.42/mo, OH & VT: $8,452.14/mo - $14,368.63/mo, MN: $8,452.14/mo - $16,637.36/mo, IL & NV: $8,452.14/mo - $17,393.61/mo, MD, NY & WA: $8,452.14/mo - $18,149.85/mo, MA: $8,896.99/mo - $18,149.85/mo, RI: $9,786.68/mo - $16,637.36/mo, CT: $9,786.68/mo - $17,393.61/mo, DC & HI: $10,231.53/mo - $17,393.61/mo, NYC: $10,231.53/mo - $18,149.85/mo

Pay: USA: $8,007.29/mo - $18,149.85/mo,

Additional Details: This position may be located anywhere within the United States excluding Alaska, Hawaii and US territories. Depending on your location, you may be required to work at a FedEx Campus location several times per week. Posting closes on 5/20/26 at 4:00pm CST

About FedEx

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Join the FedEx team today and be part of a company known globally not just for its reliable shipping and logistics solutions, but for its commitment to innovation, diversity, and professional growth. At FedEx, we believe in nurturing a culture that values every team member's contribution, fostering an environment where everyone can thrive.

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FedEx is dedicated to supporting our team members with comprehensive benefits designed to enhance your life both inside and outside of work. We promote a culture of health, happiness, and engagement, ensuring that every team member has access to career development, diversity training, and leadership programs that pave the way for advancement and personal fulfillment.

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Size
228,000 employees
Market Cap
$44.6 billion
Industry
Net Income
$2.4 billion
Founded
1973
5 Year Trend
+9.2%
Revenue
$74.7 billion
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