Sr. Analyst, Corporate Strategy
About the position Are you a highly engaged individual looking for your next challenging assignment? Do you enjoy working in a dynamic environment that will propel GM forward, provide you with significant cross-functional exposure, and development opportunities? The Corporate Strategy Team is charged with challenging the status quo and developing strategies that drive GM's transformation to be the most admired automotive company and achieve the vision of Zero Crashes, Zero Emissions and Zero Congestion. We partner with senior leadership across all functions and lines of business to develop a coherent corporate strategy and execute strategic initiatives that drive value through the core business and propel GM into future market opportunities. The Role: Reporting to the Manager, Corporate Strategy, the Sr. Analyst will be responsible for supporting the strategic initiatives of the team and shaping enterprise-wide strategies that allow our stakeholders to drive complex transformational change. The ideal candidate will be an analytical, yet agile, thinker with strong communication skills and a proven track record of applying strategic decision-making. Responsibilities • Support the identification and execution of strategic projects and serve as resource and thought partner to key stakeholders • Conduct qualitative and quantitative analyses that yield compelling business insights and actionable recommendations • Collaborate with various GM teams and leverage external resources as needed to obtain data and/or generate insights that provide a deeper understanding of the market and our customers to inform strategy development • Apply data and analytics methodologies to set direction and prove/disprove hypotheses in our strategies • Communicate complex business concepts in a structured and succinct manner that conveys an actionable point of view Requirements • 3 + years of experience in, Finance, Planning, Product / Program Management, SSM, and/or strategy-related fields • Ability to aggregate, synthesize and communicate business information in formats that are clear and effective for the desired audiences • Skilled in translating “data” to a “business story” and effectively deriving and communicating any actionable recommendations • Adept in priority setting and alignment of project priorities with business strategy • Effectiveness in building trust, respect, and cooperation among cross-functional teams • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills • Consistent demonstration and modeling of GM's winning behaviors Nice-to-haves • Strong foundational business and financial acumen, coupled with a keen ambition to develop a robust strategic toolkit tailored to the automotive industry • Proven and successful track record of developing and driving strategic and purpose-driven initiatives, including strategy formulation and execution • Skilled in leveraging GM research resources, including internal databases and subject matter experts • Experience analyzing market, customer, and/or product research data, leveraging data visualization platforms (e.g. PowerBI, Tableau) for related modelling and analysis • Bachelor's degree in Business, Engineering or a related field Benefits • GM offers a variety of health and wellbeing benefit programs. • Benefit options include medical, dental, vision, Health Savings Account, Flexible Spending Accounts, retirement savings plan, sickness and accident benefits, life insurance, paid vacation & holidays, tuition assistance programs, employee assistance program, GM vehicle discounts and more. Apply tot his job