VP, Strategic Insights and Business Operations

Summary

Join Niche as the Vice President of Strategic Insights and Business Operations, a new leadership role reporting to the CFO. You will drive execution of the company's business plan, assess business opportunities (including acquisitions), lead the analytics team, and develop data strategies. This role requires a strong understanding of capital markets and business casing, and experience in strategic planning and leading high-impact initiatives. The position offers a competitive salary, comprehensive benefits, flexible work arrangements, and the opportunity to make a significant impact on a fast-growing company. Niche is committed to creating a workplace environment that attracts, motivates, and retains top talent. The role is fully remote or in-office flexible.

Requirements

• 10+ years of work experience acquired (ideally) at a top-tier consulting firm and/or in an internal strategy department for a high growth organization
• Bachelors degree
• A successful track record in evaluating business and/or major strategic initiatives that have had a high impact on a high growth company
• Direct responsibility within a prior acquisition, fundraise or major corporate transaction; understanding of P&L drivers
• Experienced in growing functions from the ground up and growing to teams of ~10+; exerts influence across broad array of senior stakeholders
• Fluent in negotiating trade offs between business domains and reconciling to solutions
• Has led strategic planning exercises for organizations of 300+; conversed in translating business objectives to line-level outcomes
• Expert ability to forecast the surrounding landscape and make strategic recommendations specific to Niche; 360 approach to business drivers

Responsibilities

• Manage the strategic roadmap, planning calendar and relevant business oversight
• Work with senior leaders to establish a comprehensive strategic roadmap and implement short and long-term objectives and initiatives to drive business results, and to provide fact-based thought leadership on key strategic and financial decisions
• Quarterback the corporate strategic planning process – providing thought leadership, plan templates, market & business analysis, recommendations, and surrounding materials preparation with the support of the Finance team
• Drive the company OKR process to set ambitious goals that will lead to continued growth and innovation
• Ensure execution against critical priorities
• Develop the Business Case methodology – establish a standardized way for leadership to test new business initiatives that are candidate projects or programs including but not limited to: scorecard/benchmarking of initiatives, assessing project prioritization, and evaluating risk assessments
• Execute key strategic priorities and projects in partnership with the Executive Leadership Team, and working with other functions and stakeholders as required
• Lead an insight driven Analytics team with wide ranging influence across the organization
• Develop and execute data strategies that align with business objectives and drive actionable insights
• Translate data insights into clear, actionable recommendations for stakeholders
• Work closely with senior leadership, product, engineering, data science, marketing, sales and finance to optimize data solutions and foster cross-functional collaboration
• Maintain a market pulse and recommend significant events with both direct and indirect oversight of resulting transactions
• Corporate Development - work with our investors and advisors to identify and pursue potential opportunities, while representing the organization during any part of the proposal process and lead the post-transaction integration process
• Work closely with the Finance team on the business case process, investment analysis, analytics, scorecard/benchmarking of initiatives, cash flow modeling, and evaluating return. This analysis is used to prioritize initiatives, evaluate resource needs based upon a strategic business assessment

Preferred Qualifications

MBA

Benefits

• Our national target base salary range is $200,000-$250,000, plus participation in our Annual Bonus and Stock Option Program. Base compensation will be commensurate with experience and skills
• We are a fully flexible workforce empowering our employees to choose to work remotely, in our Pittsburgh office or whatever combination suits you
• Full time, salaried position with competitive compensation in a fast-growing company
• Best-in-class 100% paid employee health plan, including vision and dental and supplemental coverage
• Flexible Paid Time Off Policy
• Stipend that allows you to build your work from home office in a style and function that suits your personal preferences
• Parental leave for all employees (12 weeks fully paid) in addition to short term disability for birthing parents
• Meaningful 401(k) with employer match