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Our client is seeking a dynamic and experienced Director of Strategic Planning to lead their forward-thinking organizational initiatives. This is a hybrid role, based in Baltimore, Maryland, US , offering a blend of in-office collaboration and remote flexibility. You will be instrumental in developing, communicating, and executing the company's long-term strategic vision. This involves extensive market analysis, identifying growth opportunities, and ensuring alignment across all departments to achieve sustainable success. You will work closely with senior leadership to shape the future direction of the organization and drive critical business transformations.
Responsibilities:

• Lead the development and implementation of the company's strategic planning process, including long-range planning and annual operating plans.
• Conduct comprehensive market research, competitive analysis, and industry trend assessments to identify strategic opportunities and threats.
• Facilitate strategic planning sessions with senior management and cross-functional teams.
• Develop financial models and business cases to support strategic initiatives and investment decisions.
• Translate strategic plans into actionable initiatives, setting clear objectives and key performance indicators (KPIs).
• Monitor the execution of strategic plans, tracking progress against goals and identifying potential roadblocks.
• Provide strategic guidance and recommendations to senior leadership and departmental heads.
• Manage the allocation of resources and capital for strategic projects.
• Communicate the company's strategic direction effectively to all stakeholders, both internal and external.
• Identify and evaluate potential mergers, acquisitions, and strategic partnerships.

Qualifications:

• Master's degree in Business Administration (MBA), Finance, Economics, or a related field.
• Minimum of 10 years of experience in strategic planning, corporate development, management consulting, or a related field.
• Proven track record of developing and executing successful corporate strategies.
• Strong analytical, financial modeling, and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent leadership, communication, and presentation skills, with the ability to influence senior executives.
• Demonstrated experience in market analysis, competitive intelligence, and strategic foresight.
• Proficiency in strategic planning frameworks and tools.
• Experience managing complex projects and cross-functional teams.
• Ability to work effectively in both collaborative office environments and independently remotely.
• Deep understanding of business operations and various industry sectors is a plus.

This leadership position offers a significant opportunity to shape the trajectory of a growing organization. If you are a visionary strategist with a passion for driving impactful change, we encourage you to apply.

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available
CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret
TRAVEL: Yes, 50% of the Time
**Description**
At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact people's lives around the world today, and for generations to come. Our pioneering and inventive spirit has enabled us to be at the forefront of many technological advancements in our nation's history - from the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean, to stealth bombers, to landing on the moon. We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future, and have fun along the way. Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity and bringing your whole self to work - and we have an insatiable drive to do what others think is impossible. Our employees are not only part of history, they're making history.
The Strategy & Engineering Excellence (S&EE) organization is a trusted partner in Engineering Performance, Technology Leadership and Technical Talent and helps drive innovation and strategy for Engineering & Sciences. The Director, Engineering Strategic Planning, is responsible for leading strategy development in line with the Engineering & Sciences and Mission Systems sector's strategic objectives. This critical role requires extensive collaboration across a diverse group of sectors, division, internal stakeholders and external industry partners and is responsible for identifying and driving innovation to prepare E&S for the future. The preferred candidate will have a solid technical background, strategic mindset and ability to influence multiple levels of leadership and customers to drive cost, performance, schedule and improvement to innovate and execute engineering activities.
_Specific Responsibilities include (but not limited to):_
**Strategic Partnerships & Initiatives**
+ Leads collaborative partnership endeavors with stakeholders across the Sector and company to understand key drivers to business success and enhance the probability of meeting E&S longer-term goals. Focus on teamwork and collaboration across the Strategic Growth community.
+ Develops coordinated efforts for new and emerging markets and collaborates with strategic investment to ensure the strategic plan has appropriate funding in place to support E&S and Mission System's goals.
+ Fostering collaboration through groups such as reusable asset authorities, advisory boards, communities of practice, and centers of excellence.
+ Partner with other functional organizations (manufacturing, supply chain, program management, etc.) to enable competitive engineering design and performance
+ Act as E&S primary interface to internal, cross-functional and external partnerships to include but not limited to:
+ EELT initiatives (Sector Operating Objectives: Improve Product delivery & Engineering Process Initiatives)
+ Cross Sector Engineering Initiatives (Technical Bi-Lats; Test Engineering; ECD (Product Lines),
+ Identify Industry Partnerships externally, both aerospace and commercial to solve problems (Design to Cost, SE Copilot.)
**Innovation and Execution**
+ Drive E&S long term strategy by completing market assessments, technology roadmaps, and identification of opportunities in support of market strategy to support growth and profitability. Maintain 10-year pipeline roadmap, including emerging market opportunities and upcoming tool/system integration
+ Support impact and growth in engineering for informed cost and performance decisions, ensuring seamless, data-driven optimization for scalable delivery across environments.
+ Provide leadership for the team's sector-wide strategic actions to improve engineering competitiveness and sustained growth through strong internal and external partners, aligned roadmaps and cross-functional partnerships, with reusable engineering assets and workflows enhancing efficiency and agility and cost.
+ Partner with CIDO to execute E&S Strategy, integrations and future technologies to build out engineering ecosystem
+ Implementing Mission Product Lifecycle Management (MPLM) infrastructure to enable digital thread
+ Prioritize Digital Transformation and AI Assistance to improve productivity and cycle times and for realized results
**Talent Strategy and Future Critical Skills**
+ Identify future skills needed that strengthen E&S ability to be competitive, evolve technical skills and establish role-based development tracks aligned to the mission needs
+ Create & deploy targeted training & development aligned to critical skills and technical leadership needs
+ Ensure workforce is developing to execute engineering strategy and prepared for innovation
**Location**
Preferred Location Baltimore, MD but will consider candidates located at or near any of the following major NGMS facilities: San Diego, CA, Rolling Meadows, IL, or Woodland Hills, CA
**Travel**
Position requires travel up to 30% of the time to support distributed team
**Reporting**
Solid-line report to the Director of Strategy & Engineering Excellence
**Basic Qualifications:**
+ Bachelor's degree with minimum of 10 years of experience, or a Master's degree with minimum 8 years of experience, or a PhD with minimum 6 years of experience in STEM related technical fields
+ A minimum of 5 years demonstrated success leading and managing diverse technical teams that work on large and/or complex systems
+ Prior experience in strategy and market development and driving engineering partnerships required
+ A broad skill set that is balanced between technical, interpersonal, and business capabilities
+ Experience working across multiple lines of business and functional disciplines (e.g. manufacturing, supply chain, business management, strategy & business development)
+ Ability to operate independently based on strategic objectives, work in a team environment, and collaborate across the corporation as required to accomplish team goals
+ Excellent verbal and written communication skills
+ Demonstrated ability to innovate and implement change while challenging traditional ways of doing business
+ Technical experience in any combination of Systems, Software, Hardware, or Cyber engineering within the defense or aerospace industries
+ Demonstrated knowledge of engineering processes, engineering metrics, hiring, staffing, tools and training resources
+ Solid understanding of engineering process with execution experience, including working familiarity with ISO 9001, AS9100, and CMMI
+ U.S. Citizenship is required.
+ A current/active DoD Secret Clearance is required
**Preferred** **Qualifications:**
+ Advanced degree(s) in STEM technical fields
+ Active Top-Secret Clearance or higher and the ability to obtain and maintain a TS/SCI and Special Access Clearance
+ Program management experience, with profit and loss accountability - preferably leading large or complex programs
+ Demonstrated ability to partner with other stakeholders to achieve an optimum balance between project-level execution and enterprise-level efficiencies that improve overall sector performance and competitiveness
+ Demonstrated success in championing change within the organization to achieve competitive advantage for the business
+ Experience leading geographically dispersed functional teams, including team members working remotely
+ Experience engaging with and briefing all levels of management - from CEO, to front-line leadership
+ Proven success in creating and executing affordability initiatives
Primary Level Salary Range: $171,400.00 - $257,200.00
The above salary range represents a general guideline; however, Northrop Grumman considers a number of factors when determining base salary offers such as the scope and responsibilities of the position and the candidate's experience, education, skills and current market conditions.
Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay. Annual bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results. Employees in Vice President or Director positions may be eligible for Long Term Incentives. In addition, Northrop Grumman provides a variety of benefits including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan, Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business.
The application period for the job is estimated to be 20 days from the job posting date. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates.
Northrop Grumman is an Equal Opportunity Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. For our complete EEO and pay transparency statement, please visit U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.

Our client, a dynamic and rapidly expanding enterprise, is searching for a visionary Senior Remote Director of Strategic Planning to spearhead our long-term vision and growth initiatives. This is a premier, fully remote position for a seasoned leader passionate about shaping the future of our organization. You will be responsible for developing, analyzing, and executing comprehensive strategic plans that align with our business objectives. Your key responsibilities will include market research, competitive analysis, identifying emerging trends, and assessing potential risks and opportunities. You will work closely with executive leadership, department heads, and cross-functional teams to foster strategic alignment and drive successful implementation of initiatives. The ideal candidate will possess a strong background in corporate strategy, business development, and financial analysis. Exceptional analytical, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills are paramount. You must be adept at synthesizing complex information, developing compelling narratives, and presenting strategic recommendations to diverse audiences. Proven experience in leading strategic planning processes, managing large-scale projects, and influencing decision-making at the executive level is required. Excellent written and verbal communication skills are essential for this remote role. We are looking for a highly motivated, self-starter with a proven ability to lead and inspire teams from a distance. This is an exceptional opportunity to make a significant impact on our company's trajectory. While our headquarters are in **Baltimore, Maryland, US**, this position operates entirely remotely.

We are seeking a **_Strategic Planning & Budget Officer_** who will support financial strategic planning for complex projects at the division-wide and/or university-wide level. This role supports and collaborates on initiatives related to capital finance as well as reporting and analysis. The role is responsible for partnering with key stakeholders across the university to advance and support the capital needs for the assigned area.
**Specific Duties & Responsibilities**
+ Participate in the development of the assigned area's multi-year capital project financial plan, ensuring alignment between vision and financial resources.
+ Become a trusted partner and advisor to senior leadership on topics related to financial analytics and modeling.
+ Provide decision support by delivering accurate and timely financial analyses for strategic initiatives, issues and projects of high priority for senior leadership.
+ Create financial models, long-range forecasts, operating and capital budgets to solve moderately complex problems and answer nuanced questions.
+ Improve and refine existing financial models to accurately forecast key financial and operational metrics against strategic goals.
+ Conduct comprehensive benchmark studies on strategic, financial and operational topics to drive improvement and enhance existing processes.
+ Assess objectively business and financial processes and establish clear project requirements, scope, and objectives.
+ Create high quality presentation materials and memoranda in order to communicate context, findings and recommendations to senior university leadership.
+ Work independently to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
+ Identify and mitigate risks associated with projects and project timelines; proactively manage for any potential roadblocks and work with teams/stakeholders to ensure projects stay on track.
+ Establishes strong partnerships with key staff in the academic divisions and University Administration.
+ Demonstrate respect for process and knowledge and exercise diplomacy in working with sponsors, subject matter experts, stakeholders, team members and leadership.
+ Perform other related duties as requested.
The Strategic Planning & Budget Officer manages the development, monitoring, and analysis of division-wide and/or university-wide budgets and long-term financial plans. This role is responsible for partnering with key stakeholders across the university to deliver actionable insights and optimize our financial performance.
_In addition to the duties described above_
_Strategic Budget Development_
+ Collaborate in crafting the University's operating and capital budget and five-year financial plan.
+ Formulate planning guidelines and conduct thorough analyses of budget documents to prepare for high-level discussions with University leadership.
_Mentorship and Guidance_
+ Provide mentorship to Planning and Budget Office staff, lending your expertise in financial analysis and strategic planning.
+ Become a trusted partner and advisor on topics related to financial analytics and modeling.
_Financial Reporting_
+ Possess advanced technical experience in the use of financial software to develop and maintain financial models and automated financial reports.
+ Create high quality presentation materials and memoranda to communicate context, findings, and recommendations.
+ Possess working knowledge of general accounting principles and practices with an emphasis on university financial accounting.
_Financial Insights and Analysis_
+ Provide insightful financial reporting in collaboration with the University Controller's Office. Analyze operational results, assess budgetary performance, and share data-driven recommendations.
+ Demonstrate outstanding analytical skills that allow for interpretation of budgetary, financial and related organizational performance or management information.
_Policy Implementation_
+ Lead the development and implementation of financial policies and standards, ensuring accountability and compliance with policies and procedures.
**Minimum Qualifications**
+ Bachelor's Degree.
+ Five years of related work experience with experience in financial analysis, project management, and/or consulting.
+ Additional education may substitute for required experience, and additional related experience may substitute for required education beyond a high school diploma/graduation equivalent, to the extent permitted by the JHU equivalency formula.
**Preferred Qualifications**
**Technical Skills and Expected Level of Proficiency**
+ Analytical Skills - Intermediate
+ Capital Planning - Intermediate
+ Finance Data Benchmarking - Intermediate
+ Financial Analysis - Intermediate
+ Financial Modeling - Intermediate
+ Financial Planning: Intermediate
+ Oral and Written Communication - Intermediate
+ Project Management - Intermediate
+ Presentations - Intermediate
+ Stakeholder Engagement - Intermediate
_The core technical skills listed are most essential; additional technical skills may be required based on specific division or department needs._
Classified Title: Associate Strategic Initiatives
Job Posting Title (Working Title): Strategic Planning & Budget Officer (Planning and Budget)
Role/Level/Range: ATP/04/PE
Starting Salary Range: $73,300 - $128,300 (Commensurate w/exp.)
Employee group: Full Time
Schedule: Monday-Friday, 8:30 am - 5:00 pm
FLSA Status: Exempt
Location: Hybrid/JH at Keswick
Department name: University Budget Office
Personnel area: University Administration
The listed salary range represents the minimum and maximum Johns Hopkins University offers for this position, based on a good faith estimate at the time of posting. Actual compensation will vary depending on factors such as location, skills, experience, market conditions, education, and internal equity. Not all candidates will qualify for the highest salary in the range.
Johns Hopkins provides a comprehensive benefits package supporting health, career, and retirement. Learn more: Opportunity Employer
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.
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**Director, Strategic Partnerships & Planning**
This role reports into an executive leader at Anywhere Integrated Services. Our team is focused on designing and building out Anywhere's new business line under a new brand, Upward Title & Closing. This business line will consist of joint ventures between Anywhere Integrated Services' wholly owned title and closing companies and participating Anywhere Brands real estate affiliates.
This role will be responsible for supporting Upward's go to market roadmap; and leading the collaboration with partners and leadership to build a high-impact business plan for each new company. We are looking for a passionate and experienced strategist who will help to own both external partnerships and financial modeling for our suite of companies.
Successful individuals in this role can plan on earning a competitive base salary and variable compensation.
**Key Responsibilities:**
- Partner Management - Support ownerships of broker-owner relationships, input, and questions from Anywhere franchisees during the 3-6 month implementation phase. Own relationships with partners post-launch and develop a programmatic approach for ongoing partner success.
- Company Financial Planning: Support the build of high-impact roadmap and viable joint venture entities, including: identifying viable geographies for additional affiliate outreach, working with finance to build pro-formas, and collaborating with internal stakeholders and external partners on office footprint, staffing, and implementation decisions
- Leadership & Communications - Serve a key communicator and program owner during the 3-5 month implementation phase. Set a precedent for thoughtful listening and iteration. Ensure launch progress and key decisions are clearly and enthusiastically communicated to internal stakeholders, including leaders in operations, legal, finance, marketing, and Anywhere brand partners.
- Thoughtful Implementation - Collaborate with internal teams to own and iterate on the workplan and ensure all launch processes are efficient and impact-oriented. Think outside the box on how things should (or could) be done.
**Minimum Requirements:**
- 5+ years of experience in strategic or partnership management functions; no real estate or industry experience required.
- Experience in working closely with external partners (clients, partners, etc) to build and communicate business strategies and plans. Expertise in pitching a plus.
- High degree of confidence working with financial models and partnering with finance stakeholders
- Expert in program management and ownership, including data-driven iteration on the value proposition, processes, and communications of a complex program/offering.
- Proven experience in leadership level communications and presentations; experience in managing external partners a plus.
- Stellar communication and presentation skills
- Superb time management skills and a strong sense of ownership for outcomes
- Ability to work independently, including analyzing and proposing changes in strategy, tools, and structure
- Diverse candidates, thinking, and backgrounds encouraged!
**Anywhere is proud to offer a comprehensive benefits package to our employees including:**
+ Medical, Dental, Vision, Short-term and Long-term disability benefits, AD&D
+ 401(k) savings plan with company match
+ Paid Time Off to Include Holidays, Vacation Time, and Sick Time
+ Paid Family & Paternity Leave
+ Life Insurance
+ Business Travel Accident Insurance
+ All employees receive access to LinkedIn Learning
+ Tuition reimbursement for approved programs
+ Employee Referral Program
+ Adoption Assistance Program
+ Employee Assistance Program
+ Health and Wellness Program and Incentives
+ Employee Discounts
+ Employee Resource Groups
Anywhere Integrated Services is a driving force in the title and settlement services industry. Anywhere Integrated Services is national in scope, but each of its companies are locally staffed, with a wealth of experience in settlement services. We operate in 49 states as well as the District of Columbia, and provide closing services in all 50. Anywhere Integrated Services is a subsidiary of Anywhere Real Estate. Anywhere Real Estate is a publicly traded company and a global provider of real estate services. It franchises and owns several of the industry's leading real estate brands and brokerages.
Anywhere Integrated Services' Family of Companies operate more than 40 distinct company and brand names throughout the United States such as Title One (ID), Sunbelt Title (FL), Equity Title (CA), Texas American Title Company (TX), Market Street Settlement Group (NH/ME), Mid-Atlantic Settlement (MD), Burnet Title (MN / IL / WI) and U.S. Title (MO).
Anywhere Real Estate Inc. (   **(NYSE: HOUS) is moving real estate to what's next.** Home to some of the most recognized brands in real estate Better Homes and Gardens® Real Estate ( , Century 21® ( , Coldwell Banker® ( , Coldwell Banker Commercial® ( , Corcoran® ( , ERA® ( , and Sotheby's International Realty® ( , we fulfill our purpose to empower everyone's next move through our leading integrated services, which include franchise, brokerage, relocation, and title and settlement businesses, as well as mortgage and title insurance underwriter minority owned joint ventures. Anywhere supports nearly 1 million home sale transactions annually and our portfolio of industry-leading brands turns houses into homes in more than 118 countries and territories across the world.
**At Anywhere, we are empowering everyone's next move - your career included.** What differentiates us is our scale, expertise, network, and unique business model that positions us as a trusted advisor throughout every stage of the real estate transaction. **We pursue talent** - strategic thinkers who are eager to always find a better way, relentlessly focus on talent, obsess about growth, and achieve exceptional results. **We value our people-first culture,** which thrives on empowerment, innovation, and cross-company collaboration as we keep moving the world forward, together. Read more about our company culture and values in our annual Impact Report ( .
We are proud of our award-winning culture and are consistently recognized as an employer of choice by various organizations including:
+ Great Place to Work
+ Forbes World's Best Employers
+ Newsweek World's Most Trustworthy Companies
+ Ethisphere World's Most Ethical Companies
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