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As an Associate Director - Strategy & Planning for Verizon Global Services, your role will:Have broad expertise in Verizon, asset management and growth strategies, cost transformation, and consulting
Be responsible for the planning and development of strategic management programs with a focus on improving performance, growing service capabilities and capacity, and strengthening VGS sustainability.
Lead the team responsible for the development of long-term planning and design.
Lead cross-functional projects and ensure post-implementation reviews to ensure success.
Be responsible for challenging and re-engineering conventional business processes, policies, and ways of working that lead to large-scale transformational change.
Be responsible for interpreting the global operating environment/market landscape, recommending which businesses and technologies that VGS should compete in, and setting the tone for what capabilities, services, and global operations will benefit Verizon the most.
Drive strategic partnership planning related to integration and delivery, go-to-market, performance management, strategic partner quarterly business reviews, organizational KPIs and other ongoing partnership and portfolio optimization activities.
Working with stakeholders across the enterprise to design and execute key strategic initiatives that deliver efficiencies to reduce cost, drive revenue growth, and improve customer experience.
Maintaining high attention to detail while defining and prioritizing research projects to ensure that we are delivering insights against the right questions.
Managing the development of simulation and outcome models aligned to our market and against competitive analysis.
Managing and aligning VGS' Objectives and Key Results to our broader strategy, and socialize and escalate opportunities for improvement
Preparing and presenting proposed directions to management for review and buy-in on partnership strategy and key terms.
Making decisions regarding the hiring, firing, advancement, performance, promotion or any other change of status of team members.
Assessing employee performance, hold employees accountable, take appropriate corrective actions, and train and provide ongoing direction and feedback to team members.
The effective leadership of others, including properly leveraging Verizon's eight V-Team Principles (e.g., business leadership, people leadership, self-leadership).
Generally operating with a long-term scope and scale.
Bachelor's degree or eight or more years of relevant experience required, demonstrated through one or a combination of work and/or military experience, or specialized training.
Excellent presentation skills with solid communication capabilities both oral and written
Proven record of successfully managing executive relationships
Demonstrated competency in strategy formulation and translation
Ability to see the periphery and take proactive action to shape business outcomes
MBA or advanced degree
Proven track record of leading high-performing cross functional teams
Experience with a management consulting organization
Experience handling highly sensitive and confidential information
Experience with Change Management best practices
Lean Six Sigma, Design Thinking, and/or Agile certification
Project management experience and/or certification
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