Manager, Corporate Strategy
Full time @Intuit in Internet and Software Shortlist Email JobJob Detail
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Job ID 3431
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Career Level Manager
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Experience 5 Years
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Qualifications Master’s Degree
Job Description
Overview
Intuit is a leading provider of business and financial management solutions for small and mid-sized businesses, consumers, financial institutions and accounting professionals. You probably know us by our flagship products, QuickBooks, TurboTax and Mint, but that’s just the start. We’re taking on exciting challenges, such as SaaS and mobile apps. Over 50 million users and seven million small businesses depend on Intuit because we innovate at the crossroads of real customer problems and breakthrough technology. Join us and let your ingenious ideas be heard.
Come join Intuit as part of the Corporate Strategy and Development team as a Manager focused on strategy. We are looking for creative problem solvers with a passion for innovation to join our team and revolutionize the way the world does business.
About Corporate Strategy and Development:
Intuit’s Corporate Strategy and Development team works on highly visible, direction-setting strategy and acquisition initiatives at the corporate level and across all of Intuit’s businesses. The team is focused on identifying, evaluating and executing on opportunities to drive growth and/or operational excellence. The work often mirrors the work found at top strategy consulting firms and investment banks, but with an emphasis on getting to impact in close collaboration with product and business leaders. The role job offers significant exposure to senior leaders across the company as well as greater responsibility and career progression than often found in professional services.
What you’ll bring
To be successful in this role, the candidate must have the following:
- 2+ years of work experience with a top-tier strategy consulting firm, or experience in a respected operating company’s strategy function.
- MBA, or equivalent work experience, required with 5+ years of total work experience
- Excellent quantitative analytical skills, creativity in problem solving, and a keen business sense
- Strong academic record required
- Ability to both lead and support is important. Individual should be willing to “go the extra mile” for the internal client and his/her team
- Have strong communications (written/verbal), presentation and facilitation skills
- Well-rounded inter-personal skill set with the capacity to build strong senior relationships
- Passion for excellence and the desire to have a significant impact on the business
- Highly self-motivated and willing to proactively take on leadership roles within project teams and the company at large
How you will lead
Intuit is currently seeking an experienced Manager for the Corporate Strategy group. Managers who join Intuit traditionally are in good standing with a leading strategy consulting firm or have related background and experience. Managers work as members of project teams, developing high-impact strategies and implementation plans for Intuit overall or specific businesses. Managers typically develop independent work plans, perform data-driven analysis and take ownership for significant portions of strategy development. Managers are expected to quickly take on team and relationship leadership responsibilitiesAs a manager, you will seek to identify and realize new growth opportunities for Intuit. Your skill set as a strategist will be fully employed to define the highest-priority opportunities from an array of attractive options, as you work closely with business unit partners to execute rigorous analysis and synthesize the insights in a way that facilitates CEO and/or Board decisions. It is essential that the individual selected for this position be able to establish rapport, credibility, trust, and respect throughout the organization, and be viewed as a team player. As the CS&D team is viewed as a source of future business leaders within Intuit, the individual must have exceptional leadership skills and potential.
Specific Responsibilities Include:
- Engaging with key stakeholders across multiple projects and work streams
- Developing an understanding of and staying current with the competitive landscape
- Gathering data in through research and interviews
- Performing quantitative and qualitative analysis on core strategic issues
- Generating creative, action-oriented insights and recommendations
- Designing and conducting in-product tests to assess alternative approaches for solving a business challenge and validating impact
- Facilitating joint problem-solving with mid-level and senior-level business partners
- Authoring and delivering high-impact presentations and plans
- Working closely with business units to implement recommendations
