Director, Strategy Chief of Staff

🕒 September 3

🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $140k - $180k / year

⏰ Full Time

🔴 Lead

👩🏽‍✈️ Chief of Staff

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Circana

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5001 - 10000 employees

🤝 B2B

💼 Consulting

B2B • Consulting

Circana is a market research company that specializes in measuring and accelerating demand for brands. They utilize big data and an AI data-visualization platform to tackle complex business challenges, guiding clients through innovation and meeting consumer demand. With over a century of combined experience from their legacy as IRI and NPD, Circana serves more than 7,000 global brands and retailers, providing insights into both online and in-store purchasing behavior. Their expertise is recognized by prominent media outlets including Bloomberg, CNBC, and The New York Times.

📋 Description

• Own and run Circana’s annual strategic planning and deployment cycle, partnering with the CSO and pillar pod leads to turn strategic priorities into an executable annual plan • Lead a small Strategy Enablement team that centralizes planning, coordination, governance, and execution support for high-priority strategic initiatives • Drive the day-to-day operating rhythm of the Executive Leadership Team, including agendas, materials, attendee coordination, and follow-through • Lead strategic projects and initiatives sponsored by the CEO, CCO, CSO, and Commercial leaders • Act as a trusted sounding board and extension of the CSO, representing their priorities and voice across the organization • Maintain visibility into strategic initiative progress and keep reporting and tracking tools current • Coordinate and develop Board decks and Board letters with the CSO and senior management • Use AI tools such as Claude for daily synthesis, planning, and content creation • Help build repeatable AI-enabled playbooks for the broader strategy team • Interact daily with the CEO, CCO, and other executive team members • Work closely with the ELT, Commercial leadership, and the CEO’s office to support strategic planning, executive operating rhythm, and key leadership moments

🎯 Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in a Chief of Staff, executive operations, corporate strategy, transformation, program leadership, or consulting role, ideally supporting a C-suite or senior executive leader • Candidates with different levels of experience may be considered based on the depth, pace, and relevance of their background • Bachelor’s degree required • Experience in consumer products, consumer services, retail, software, analytics, or business intelligence is a plus; candidates from other complex, strategy-intensive industries will also be considered • Strong program/project management skills • Ability to scope, sequence, and drive complex, cross-functional initiatives to a deadline with minimal oversight • Excellent people and leadership skills • Ability to earn trust and credibility with senior executives quickly and lead and develop a small, high-performing team • Prior direct people management or comparable experience leading teams and complex work through influence is preferred • Hands-on fluency with AI tools such as Claude and ChatGPT for synthesis, drafting, and planning • Comfort building and reusing AI-enabled workflows • Experience managing multiple concurrent programs across a large, cross-functional, global organization • Unquestionable discretion and judgment in handling sensitive, confidential, or politically-charged information • Strong financial and business acumen • Ability to use Excel, PowerPoint, AI, and other tools to analyze information and develop executive-level reporting and presentations • Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, including executive storytelling • Ability to distill complex or ambiguous topics into clear, ELT- and Board-ready narratives • Entrepreneurial, creative, action-oriented approach characterized by speed and productivity • Ability to operate at the highest ethical levels and project integrity to customers and employees • Calm, steady presence under pressure and tight, shifting timelines • Successful completion of a background check may be required

🏖️ Benefits

• Bonus pay eligibility • Paid time off • Medical insurance • Dental insurance • Vision insurance • 401(k)