Sr. Manager, Strategic Planning

Leading the future in luxury electric and mobility At Lucid, we set out to introduce the most captivating, luxury electric vehicles that elevate the human experience and transcend the perceived limitations of space, performance, and intelligence. Vehicles that are intuitive, liberating, and designed for the future of mobility.   We plan to lead in this new era of luxury electric by returning to the fundamentals of great design – where every decision we make is in service of the individual and environment. Because when you are no longer bound by convention, you are free to define your own experience.   Come work alongside some of the most accomplished minds in the industry. Beyond providing competitive salaries, we’re providing a community for innovators who want to make an immediate and significant impact. If you are driven to create a better, more sustainable future, then this is the right place for you.

As part of the Strategy and Business Development team, Sr. Manager, Strategic Planning is responsible for strategy execution, strategic planning and creative problem solving as an internal consultant to various functions. You will deliver strategic projects for our leadership that provide key business insights for high-priority initiative. You will help identify, diagnose and resolve process/performance issues, define actionable and innovative improvement levers and drive implementation of recommendation, including change management. You will also be responsible to develop strategic planning governance, including business reviews, goal setting, decision framework and progress tracking. 

 

You Will:

• Leads annual goal setting (Objective & Key Results) with executives and rest of the company 

• Facilitate accurate goal setting, in line with resource planning and budgeting 

• Project manage Lucid strategic planning process, coordinating across Strategy, Program Management, Finance, R&D, Commercial and other relevant G&A functions 

• Develop the strategic plan by reviewing and establishing strategic priorities and convert them to quantitative and actionable plans 

• Leads execution on various strategic priorities as aligned with VP, Strategy & Business Development 

• Solve critical business problems and enable business growth, change and creativity 

• Present to, gather input from, and cater to executives across the various functions 

 

You Bring:

• Bachelor’s degree in business, economics, finance or related field 

• Experience working in consulting, focused on automotive and mobility sector 

• Proven record of project management in highly ambiguous, highly flexible environments 

• Ability to be highly objective, structured and process-oriented; stays objective and utilizes data points to identify root cause of the issue at hand 

• Ability to think clearly and creatively to solve problems; able to implement both immediate stop-gap solutions as well as long-term, sustainable solutions 

• Ability to work across the entire company; from executives to individual contributors to drive rapid, cross-functional projects and deliverables 

• Experience with a wide variety of business levers to drive business growth 

• Excellent analytical skills 

• Excellent business acumen and ability to ask the right questions 
• Excellent verbal/written communication skills to present complex sets of information to varying levels of audience 

Preferred Qualifications 

• MBA or relevant graduate degree in business, economics, engineering or equivalent field 

• Advanced excel and powerpoint skills 

• Excellent influential skills without authority 

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