Director, Growth Strategy

Job Description:

DIRECTOR, GROWTH STRATEGY

Fidelity's Emerging Business unit leverages Fidelity's deep expertise in workplace benefits to design innovative solutions for some of America's most pressing personal finance issues. Student debt is one of the most significant financial challenges facing millions of Americans today. Our Student Debt team has designed a suite of innovative benefits for employers that help their employees to better understand, avoid, and pay down student debt. Today, many of Fidelity's workplace clients use student debt benefit to support employee retention and financial wellness.

We are looking for a dynamic, motivated Director, Growth Strategy to join the Student Debt Product Area. This role will work alongside product area leadership to define near and long term strategic objectives and roadmap aligned with market opportunity, impact potential and business objectives. You'll take a leading role in understanding and mapping market dynamics, identifying and vetting growth opportunities, and driving implementation. You'll also help to define and clarify compelling value propositions; develop clear and compelling narratives around Student Debt strategy, performance and impact; and align cross-functional stakeholders around a shared vision. If you thrive in a fast-paced, start-up environment, like to think broadly, yet still go deep and contribute to market leading innovations, then this opportunity is for you!

The Expertise You Have

• 10+ years of experience in consulting, growth strategy, or product strategy

• Experience working in a matrixed, cross-enterprise / business unit environment

• Experience launching and scaling products across B2B and B2C environments

• Financial services and/or management consulting experience preferred

• MBA or equivalent strategic training is a plus

• Experience leading strategic planning, defining success metrics, and translating vision into actionable roadmaps and measurable outcomes

• Experience leading cross-functional teams; and aligning and influencing stakeholders around a common vision

• Excellent project leadership and organization skills; proven ability to drive projects forward and demonstrate results

• Proven ability to distill complex topics into key insights and digestible, powerful narratives. Experience creating and delivering clear concise presentations for senior leadership.

• Data-driven, analytically thoughtful, detail-oriented, research-focused, and intellectually curious

• Creative problem solver, comfortable with ambiguity, complexity, innovation and change

• Desire to join an accountable, multifaceted, and collaborative team of growth strategists, marketers, salespeople, and product leaders. You'll put your stamp on our business while also learning from your skilled teammates.

• Support development and implementation of near and long term product area strategy, objectives and roadmap

• Identify and evaluate new growth opportunities for Student Debt aligned with long term vision; build business cases to support investment decisions

• Work across cross-functional stakeholders to support progress towards annual growth KPIs, including target market analysis, value proposition development and strategy/roadmap alignment

• Develop clear, compelling data driven narratives around product area priorities, progress and impact

• Conduct benchmarking, research and landscape analysis to inform strategic direction (competitive, regulatory, market, customer)

• Lead key governance routines and executive communications; evangelize mission and work to promote awareness, buy in and collaboration.