Western Union · 1 month ago
Director, Strategic Planning
USA - CO - Denver
Full-time
Hybrid
Mid, Senior Level
$185K/yr - $200K/yr
6+ years expWestern Union is a globally diverse organization aiming to make financial services accessible to everyone. They are seeking a Director of Strategic Planning to drive enterprise strategy and execute strategic initiatives, focusing on corporate strategy, market analysis, and cross-functional collaboration.
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Responsibilities
Take a leadership role in building and expanding Western Union’s corporate strategy and driving our strategic planning processes
Identify opportunities in existing businesses and/or assess new business opportunities, with a focus on top and bottom-line improvements
Assess market, consumer, and competitive research and analyses (working with research teams) to create a foundation of insights to inform strategies
Build strategic rationale to justify and socialize new opportunities
Create clear, structured strategic recommendations, communicated through concise storytelling that can be presented to C-level company executives
Project manage key strategic initiatives through the development of work plans that define cross-functional team roles and responsibilities and timelines to execute. Additionally, this role will need to own the strategic assessment, project initiation, design, planning, and monitoring of workstreams / efforts across teams
Develop metric-driven business cases to quantify the investment and potential opportunity of new strategic initiatives and service offerings
Manage relationships and collaborate with cross-functional teams to execute strategic initiatives and service offerings
Be a thought leader and engage, influence, and become a partner to our senior executives across business lines and regions
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's in business administration or related field is required
6+ years of experience in strategic planning or related field – must have demonstrated a pattern of success in accelerating existing business strategies and driving new business strategies
Advanced level Excel and PowerPoint
Curious and creative individual able to understand the complexities of the company's products and markets quickly
The ability to observe and make relevant inferences from customer and market data
Experienced in reading customer research output and effectively using the information to be translating into a clear understanding of customers' needs to drive company strategy
Assess the reliability of findings, maintaining high standards for accuracy, relevance, and quality in deliverables at all times
Highly effective in synthesizing disparate data sources and pieces of information to build strategic plans
Experience with analytical and financial modeling skills
Demonstrate experience in managing interactions and collaborating with senior business partners
Recognized for results-oriented and a proven track record of managing projects from conception to rollout
Preferred
MBA or other advanced degree preferred
Financial Services industry experience preferred
Strategy consulting experience a strong plus
Benefits
Short-term incentives
Multiple health insurance options
Accident and life insurance
Access to best-in-class development platforms
Family First Program
Flexible Time off
Medical, Dental and Life Insurance
Tuition Assistance Program
Parental Leave
Company
Western Union
Western Union provides consumers and businesses with fast, reliable and convenient ways to send and receive money around the world.
5001-10000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$800M2026-01-09Post Ipo Debt· $800M
2006-10-02IPO
Leadership Team
Nicolas Levi
Regional Vice President Middle East Afghanistan Pakistan
Ashutosh Shinde
Head - Technology Engineering Center (India)
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