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Job Title
Director, Strategy Execution
Job Category
Business Development and Strategy
Job ID
12887-KM
Location(s)
Chicago, IL
Schedule
M-F
Description
The Director, Strategy Execution is responsible for working with each of the functions, product teams, regions, and leadership team to develop business plans to execute the overall Corporate Strategies and business objectives and for tracking the progress of each of these groups against the plans to ensure that CME will be able to deliver on its business priorities.
Business Planning responsibilities include:
- Work with the corporate Management Team, as well as functional, product and region leadership teams to identify and prioritize strategic initiatives, define measurable goals and accountabilities, and to develop dashboards for tracking and management of execution of key initiatives
- Ensure that the key initiatives align to the CME corporate strategies, are integrated into the budgeting process and that the financial targets align to the CME financial objectives (working closely with the Director, Budgets and Results and the finance team)
- Identify gaps and ensure accountabilities to address gaps
- Work across the organization to ensure integration of initiatives, measurable targets and resource requirements
- Work closely with the Managing Director, Corporate Strategy and others in Corporate Development to understand key corporate initiatives and their linkage with functional plans
- Hire, manage and lead the Strategy Execution team
Business Performance Tracking responsibilities include:
- Measure and track overall corporate achievement of dashboard items against both corporate strategies and corporate financial objectives, on a monthly basis
- Work with leadership teams to review progress against strategies, initiatives and goals, and facilitate decision-making to maximize progress on a regular basis
- Measure and track functional performance of dashboard items, on a monthly basis
- Identify, communicate and escalate to functional leadership and management team, as appropriate, items requiring corporate attention and/or which will meaningfully impact CME’s ability to execute its strategic thrusts
- Refine dashboards based upon experience and identify gaps in CME’s planning activities, organizational needs, growth opportunities, productivity or performance improvements, risks, etc. based upon this experience
- Work closely with the Managing Director, Corporate Strategy and others in Business Development & Strategy to drive execution lessons into development of future corporate strategies
Requirements
- Minimum of 7-10 years business experience in a cross functional, multi-product business developing detailed implementation plans and tracking those plans
- Experience working with senior leadership teams to identify and address issues relating to strategy, frame key decisions and facilitate prioritization of initiatives
- Extensive process mapping experience across a wide array of business units
- Strong project management skills, with detailed understanding of finance, operations and corporate strategy, and an ability to work with cross functional teams
- Substantial experience working with senior executives across a variety of functions, and a willingness to work at a wide variety of levels within an organization
- Detailed experience working with functional organizations to craft specific measurable objectives, assigning clear accountability for delivery on those
- Ability to juggle multiple groups at once
- Interest in corporate strategy and organizational development
- Strong communications skills, both verbal and written
- MBA or similar advanced degree preferred but substantial relevant experience could substitute
- International work experience a positive
