Posted Position Title Strategy Director

Job Number	1866336
Business	GE Capital
Business Segment	Capital - Retail Finance
About Us	GE Capital’s Retail Finance business is among the country’s most successful retail lenders, with more than 75 years of experience in consumer financing. The business, which originates loans as a unit of GE Capital Retail Bank, provides credit card programs to retailers and consumers in the United States and Canada. We build better businesses through customized private label and bankcard credit programs to national and regional retailers in the U.S., as well as private label credit card programs, promotional and installment lending, bankcards and financial services for consumers through dealers; national, regional and independent retailers; contractors; manufacturers; healthcare practices; and service providers across nearly 20 industries. At GE Capital Retail Finance, we are committed to being an employer of choice, offering competitive rewards, compensation and benefits. When you join our team, you become part of a stimulating work environment with vast opportunities to sharpen your skills and embrace new leadership challenges. GE provides tools to enable you to build your development and chart your own career path. As a member of the GE Capital Retail Finance team, you'll join over 8,000 colleagues who are passionate about their work! The United States has regulations that govern the hiring of current or former U.S. Government employees. If you currently work for (or have in the past) the U.S. Government (in any capacity), you may have certain responsibilities under these regulations and certain restrictions may apply to your potential employment with GE. Therefore, if GE regarding a position of employment contacts you, and you have worked for the U.S. Government at any time, please immediately inform the GE representative of this fact.
Career Level	Experienced
Function	Marketing
Function Segment	Commercial Marketing
Location(s) Where Opening Is Available	United States
Relocation Expenses	Yes
Role Summary/Purpose	GE is an equal opportunity employer, offering a great work environment, challenging career opportunities, professional training and competitive compensation. The Marketing Strategy Leader will play a critical role in setting the strategy to identify and realize new growth opportunities for the company. The Marketing Strategy Leader will provide consulting style support to help lead growth transformation initiatives. Working closely with executive business leaders and their senior teams, the Marketing Strategy Leader will develop and execute an operational and financial strategy to support our client’s goals.
Essential Responsibilities	Position can be located in either of the following GE Capital Retail Finance locations - Chicago, IL or Kettering (Cincinnati Metro), OH or St. Paul (Minneapolis Metro), MI Play a critical role on a team that works closely with the Payment Solutions VP & GM, Business Unit Leaders and CMO to drive the strategic agenda and vision Partner with business leaders to steer and execute the vision, strategy, and goals required to promote our client’s global business and continue growth and development of its capabilities. Play a key role as a member of the Strategy Team partnering with the PS VP/GM, CFO, and CMO on annual three year planning process. Analyze market opportunities and develop robust strategies and business plans to position the company beyond its current operational plans Help to define the highest priority opportunities from an array of options, while motivating and organizing teams to execute rigorous analysis and synthesize insights to enable SLT decisions. Create, execute, and sustain our client’s strategic initiatives by defining accountability for and tracking all high impact strategic projects. Additionally conceptualize, develop, and track the quality, performance, outcomes, and impact of the projects. Communicate our client’s strategy to key stakeholders and shareholders ensuring that they understand the strategic plan and how it will achieve our client’s overall goals. Leverage strong interpersonal skills to work with key teams and individuals at our client and outside partners, consultants, and suppliers amongst others. Continuously monitor direct competitors and other relevant companies, to provide accurate and timely competitive intelligence to Senior Leadership. Develop work plans to deliver key business impact on high priority issues, primarily focused on top line growth. To achieve, this work closely with all of our client’s business units to identify and address issues that slow down or prevent the successful and timely implementation of plans and/or strategies for improvement
Qualifications/Requirements	Bachelor’s degree 7+ years of experience developing and driving strategic initiatives, ideally achieved with a mix of consulting and corporate work 7+ years experience and ability to present data-driven insights to support decisions is a distinct advantage. 3+ years strategic engagement management experinece YOU MUST BE ABLE TO SATISFY THE REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 19 OF THE FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE ACT Eligibility Requirements : All applications for employment must be submitted through either http://www.gecareers.com or the Career Opportunity System (COS) to be considered You must be 18 years or older You must have a high school diploma or equivalent You must be willing to take a drug test, submit to a background investigation and submit fingerprints as part of the selection process If currently a GE employee, you must have been in your current position for at least 6 months (AP) or 24 months (PB or greater), have at least a "consistently meets expectations" performance rating and have the approval of your manager to post (or the approval of your manager and HR to apply if you don't meet the time-in-job or performance requirement) Legal authorization to work in the U.S. is required. We will not sponsor individuals for employment visas, now or in the future, for this job opening.
Additional Eligibility Qualifications	GE will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States for this opening. Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a background investigation and drug screen.
Desired Characteristics	Excellent communications skills, both written and verbal, and a comfort and skill at leading and facilitating presentations and meeting. Experience in company valuations, M&A, and integration Proven leader with a track record of leading changes and driving strategic thinking in growing and changing organization. Familiarity operating within a regulated and highly visible environment combined with a fundamental understanding of the challenges that presents. World class analytic abilities to evaluate opportunities and guide business unit prioritization.. Ability to quickly synthesize information and create a concise yet clear presentation of the conclusion and findings to an executive audience. Ability to partner with Associates at all levels of our client, including the Board, and the investors. Must always be viewed as a team player and have a collaborative approach to achieving business goals. Capable of quickly establishing strong interpersonal relationships across the organization that will withstand a period of significant change MBA or a similar relevant advanced degree, from a premier university, is highly preferred
Section 19 Job	YOU MUST BE ABLE TO SATISFY THE REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 19 OF THE FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE ACT.