Senior Director, Strategy

Company

Cox Automotive - USA

Job Family Group

Strategy & Corporate Development

Job Profile

Strategic Planning Sr Director

Management Level

Sr Director

Flexible Work Option

Hybrid - Ability to work remotely part of the week

Travel %

Yes, 15% of the time

Work Shift

Day

Compensation

Compensation includes a base salary of $175,300.00 - $292,100.00. The base salary may vary within the anticipated base pay range based on factors such as the ultimate location of the position and the selected candidate’s knowledge, skills, and abilities. Position may be eligible for additional compensation that may include an incentive program.

Job Description

The Senior Director,  Strategy will lead projects and initiatives to create and facilitate development of key strategic initiatives that enable our businesses to make better decisions regarding where to play, how to win and what to do.  This role is critical in helping Cox Automotive prioritize focus areas and help ensure the solution groups achieve their financial and strategic objectives. 

The Senior Director works closely with the strategy team, operational VP’s and general managers of Cox Automotive’s various business groups to accomplish organizational goals and strategies. This individual will lead strategy projects and initiatives to ensure successful completion.  The successful candidate understands the Cox Automotive product portfolio which includes key solution areas.  This person will focus on opportunities across the United States.  They will partner, provide thought leadership, and execute strategic initiatives across all lines of business within Cox Automotive to help grow the Cox Automotive business portfolio and increase in value.  This individual possesses creative problem-solving abilities and is comfortable with uncertainty to help drive effective strategic planning in an industry experiencing disruption and rapid change. The Senior Director possesses core strategy and analysis skills, as well as project definition and execution skills.  This individual should have the ability to lead and influence others by acting as a strategic partner to business leaders.  Success in the role demands frequent interactions with all levels of the organization, both inside the business unit as well as Corporate leaders.   Specific responsibilities include the following:

Strategy

• Utilize core strategy skills and framework to conduct assessments for CAI and business groups.

• Market assessments and profit pool implications

• Customer and competitive assessments

• Leverage strategic planning methodology.

• Understand how internal and external assessments shape our opportunities, risks & ability to win.

• Recommend options and bring a point of view.

• Articulate our strategy for “where to play”, “how to win” & “what to do “ (for Cox Automotive & BUs)

• Proficiency with hypothesis-driven analysis

• Ability to quickly drive towards insights relevant for strategic decision-making in the absence of complete data.

Analysis

• Incorporate quantitative analyses through data, market studies and strategic frameworks and assessments.

• Identify root causes, drivers, or critical assumptions related to a specific topic of inquiry.

• Rapidly develop initial perspectives and assess the importance of potential areas for further analysis.

• Ability to build financial models with key drivers to align on sensitivities.

• Synthesize detailed analysis into highlights actionable insights and key implications.

Leadership & Influence

• Lead, partner and advise “clients” and teams.

• Define projects, scope and success measures.

• Be a thought leader/partner, bringing new insight and perspective to our “clients.”

• Utilize strategic thinking and analyses to guide recommendations.

• Develop and sustain effective relationships.

• Influence outcome with a Cox Automotive lens (and BU lens when applicable)

Work Deliverable Examples:

• Develop portfolio assessment for Cox Automotive and collective solution groups.

• Develop total addressable market and profit pool analyses for automotive marketplace.

• Lead solution group strategy leaders to define business unit strategic plans.

• Lead solution group strategy leaders to develop strategic and/or financial assessments and key analysis that will drive strategic decision making and execution.

• Lead the preparation of communic