Senior Strategist, Commercial Strategy

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in New York.

📋 Description

• Transform loosely framed client inquiries into well-defined analytical challenges.

• Develop models and business cases to assess market opportunities, value, and delivery requirements.

• Construct defensible perspectives on markets, offerings, and business models using limited or imperfect data.

• Create financial and operational models from the ground up.

• Identify, categorize, and prioritize assumptions and key business drivers.

• Extract, clean, merge, and segment client data using Python, including unstructured CRM notes.

• Translate analyses into parameterized models, dashboards, or scripted pipelines.

• Summarize findings into clear strategic deliverables and present recommendations to executive stakeholders.

• Collaborate with teams across branding, innovation, experience, engagement, design, and client management.

• Supervise and review the work of Strategists and Associate Strategists.

• Convert engagement insights into reusable methods and assets for the team.

⛳️ Requirements

• 4-7 years of experience in client-side roles or consulting within corporate strategy, growth strategy, or new venture development.

• Proven experience in leading analyses that inform growth, business model, or investment decisions and presenting findings to executive audiences.

• Bachelor's and/or master's degree in economics, finance, engineering, business administration, accounting, or related fields is preferred.

• Experience in working with large and complex data sets to uncover insights and commercial opportunities.

• Advanced proficiency in Excel and financial modeling, with a history of creating auditable models from scratch.

• Proficient in Python.

• Comfortable using AI-assisted tools like Claude Cowork or Claude Code.

• Familiarity with collaboration tools and communication platforms such as Slack, Google Suite, AI, and Figma.

• Ability to navigate ambiguity and work effectively with imperfect data sets.

• Capacity to quickly become functionally knowledgeable in a new industry.

• Located in the New York metro area.

• Willingness to travel up to 25% for client meetings.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive compensation packages.

• Work-from-anywhere policy available to all staff within a 3-hour time zone of Eastern Standard Time.

• Flexible workplace arrangements.

• Staff are encouraged to work from the office on days that suit their personal preferences, collaboration moments, client meetings, and company-wide gatherings.