Business Strategy Advisor-1

Provides leadership in the evaluation of strategic objectives, formulation of strategic direction, and influences/supports decision making based on assessment of business trends and data analytics.

The Business Strategy Advisor will reside within the Strategic Advisory team, within the Office of the CDIO. The Strategic Advisory team operates at the intersection of strategy, execution, and leadership enablement. The team and the successful candidate play a critical role in supporting development and enablement of long and short-term strategy and tactics in the service of the transformation of the Data & Technology function at FedEx. The successful candidate must have a demonstrated leadership in evaluation and formulation of strategic objectives while fostering strong relationships across critical stakeholder groups at all levels of the organization. Candidates must also be adept at serving as 'internal consultants' as priorities are executed. Lastly, Strategic Advisory team often operates in complex, often ambiguous environments - the prospect of delivering value in a constantly evolving scenario must excite the candidate.

Essential Functions

• Supports strategic assessments that are transformational in nature for FedEx Data & Technology.
• Provides leadership in the evaluation of strategic objectives, formulation of strategic direction, and influences decision making based on assessment of business trends, data analytics, and strategic frameworks.
• Plans, organizes, and develops analyses / assessments grounded in deep understanding of the business, technology, industry and market trends, and competitive strategy.
• Develops research methodologies to understand key strategic issues, identifies data sources (internal and external), and develops opportunity models using statistical and BI tools.
• Provides a point of view on key strategic issues across major dimensions of the business - commercial, operations, customer segments, technology, etc., by leveraging insights from available and third-party data.
• Manages ongoing discussions with peer partners in other internal work groups on identified priorities supported with clear fact-based recommendations.
• Engages with leadership teams / key stakeholders on identified priorities supported with clear fact-based recommendations and provides actionable insights to leadership teams.
• Works collaboratively to build and maintain relationships with internal and external stakeholders and cross-organizational teams.
• Participates in cross-functional meetings and provides insight/guidance to peers/managers/directors/leadership in partner teams. Interfaces with areas across the enterprise to discuss changes impacted by strategic recommendations.
• Manage external consulting engagements with industry experts and takes on coaching and mentoring roles.

Minimum Education

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

Minimum Experience

Six (6) 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:

Pay Transparency: This compensation range is provided as a reasonable estimate of the current starting salary range for this role across all potential locations. If this opportunity includes multiple job levels, the range is a reasonable estimate of the current starting salary for the lowest level to the current starting salary of the highest level. Actual starting pay would be determined by experience relative to the job, market level, pay at the location for this job and other job-related factors permitted by law. An employee may be eligible for additional pay, premiums, or bonus potential. The Company offers eligible employees health, vision and dental insurance, retirement, and tuition reimbursement.

Pay: U.S Pay Range: $7,094.23 - $12,533.14

Additional Details: Application Criteria: Upload a current copy of Resume (Microsoft Word or PDF format only) and answer job screening questionnaire by 5 PM CT on April 18th, 2025

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran. Reasonable accommodations are available for qualified individuals with disabilities throughout the application process. Applicants who require reasonable accommodations in the application or hiring process should contact recruitmentsupport@fedex.com.

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• Equal Employment Opportunity is the Law
• EEO is the Law Supplement
• Pay Transparency Policy
• Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
• Employee Polygraph Protection Act

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