Position Title: Director, Strategy and Planning

Department: Corporate – 1000

Division: Corporate

Classification: Exempt

Direct Report: Chief Marketing & Experience Officer

Position Summary

The Director of Strategy & Planning at Georgia Aquarium will be responsible for providing focused oversight to GAI’s strategic priorities. The Director will have a range of responsibilities to progress the organization’s strategic plan, including, but not limited to, partnering with senior leaders to analyze progress against the plan, leading the planning process, and communicating findings to key stakeholders.

Responsibilities:

1. Partner with senior leaders to analyze progress against the strategic plan.
2. Communicate findings, present options, and make recommendations to senior leaders.
3. Advise senior leaders on actions to maintain alignment with strategic goals.
4. Lead annual review process to refresh prioritized goals / initiatives.
5. Lead organization-wide initiatives.
6. Drive cross-functional collaboration for key initiatives.
7. Communicate findings clearly and effectively in both oral and written form.
8. Deliver messages with confidence to senior leaders and the Board, as needed.
9. Oversee and manage staff, as assigned.
10. Possess a great personality and willingness to work with others.
11. Be a catalyst for change management, influence peers and leadership.
12. Build strong working relationships with other departments.
13. Perform other duties as required.

Qualifications:

• 5+ years of work experience preferred in professional consulting, business analytics, finance, and/or related fields, experience with strategic planning preferred.
• Bachelor’s degree required; MBA or similar degree preferred.
• Ability to lead complex problem-solving in an unstructured environment.
• Experience working with non-profit management or with C-suite executives.
• Excellent presentation and communication skills
• Previous experience leading teams.

Physical Demands & Work Environment:

The physical demands and work environment described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb stairs; balance; stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl; talk or hear; taste or smell. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color and peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is exposed to weather conditions prevalent at the time. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Commitment:

I commit to the Georgia Aquarium, Inc. the following:

Mission: Georgia Aquarium is a nonprofit committed to inspiring awareness and preservation of our ocean and aquatic animals worldwide.

Vision: To be the Premier Aquarium in the World for Science, Entertainment, Education and Conservation.

Values: Respect, Teamwork, Integrity, Innovation, Leadership, Excellence, Appreciation & Inclusion