122 Strategic Leadership jobs in the United States

Job Description

Who is Foodbuy?

We are the industry leader in procurement and supply chain solutions. We are the subsidiary to the 6th largest company in the world (Compass Group PLC), yet Foodbuy has the feel of a small entrepreneurial Company. We pride ourselves on our ability to source and provide a variety of products and services that help our customers more easily, and cost effectively, run their businesses. We work with clients in the Hospitality, Restaurant, Healthcare, Education, Entertainment, and Gaming industries, and of course we support Compass Group-- which is the world’s largest contract food and support services provider.

Why Foodbuy?

We care about our associates, our clients, and our community. We think big, encourage innovation and debate, and seek out game changers. Our benefits and PTO offerings are strong. Our compensation packages are competitive. And we are constantly growing, and we want our associates’ careers to grow along with us. We have an open and modern work environment, believe in flexibility, and promote a collaborative open door environment.

Additionally, we follow a value system called People FIRST , which stands for F lexibility, I nclusion, R esults, S ustainability and T ransparency.  People FIRST is the foundation for everything we do at Foodbuy. It is how we connect and interact with our clients, business partners and fellow associates.

Job Summary

This position, reporting into Value Pricing & Analytics at Foodbuy, offers a unique opportunity to gain exposure leading impactful enterprise-wide business/pricing initiatives in a Fortune 500 company.  Each initiative is carefully selected to achieve a significant return for the company and adds value to the growth of the Compass Group.  A successful candidate will be a strategic, big-picture thinker and be able to effectively analyze complex problems, apply data-driven decision making, communicate solutions to a wide range of audiences, and drive change throughout the organization.

Responsibilities:

• Understand corporate pricing strategies in order to identify opportunities for improvement and maximize financial impacts
• Plan and organize a portfolio of key client pricing analyses across multiple stakeholders, including defining scope and timeline
• Create tailored, client-specific pricing analyses using relevant data and tools
• Present analyses and recommendations in a clear and concise manner to the various personnel levels of the organization and clients
• Develop reports and dashboards to track and report progress
• Analyze complex business problems and data sets to draw conclusions and recommendations
• Challenge business norms through analysis and creative, critical thinking

Qualifications:

• B.S. in Business and/or Finance-related degree.
• At least 3-5 years’ experience in an analyst, consultant, or management role
• MBA and/or external consulting experience preferred
• Strong quantitative skills required
• Experience with data mining and analysis (primarily Excel)
• Excellent communication skills (both oral and written) with all levels of an organization
• Microsoft Office applications. Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
• Travel as needed (less than 25%)

Traits/Skills:

• Critical thinker – ability to challenge the norm and offer healthy skepticism, imagination, and thinking outside the box
• Problem-Solving skills – demonstrates fluidity to shift between the big picture and details.  
• Effective and engaging communicator and listener – ability to frame out complex scenarios in an easy to understand manner
• Multi-discipline – experience across functions and industries
• Entrepreneurial spirit – proactive; self-motivated; inquisitive; persistent

Apply to Foodbuy today!

Foodbuy is a member of Compass Group USA

Click here to Learn More about the Compass Story

Compass Group is an equal opportunity employer.  At Compass, we are committed to treating all Applicants and Associates fairly based on their abilities, achievements, and experience without regard to race, national origin, sex, age, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other classification protected by law.

Qualified candidates must be able to perform the essential functions of this position satisfactorily with or without a reasonable accommodation. Disclaimer: this job post is not necessarily an exhaustive list of all essential responsibilities, skills, tasks, or requirements associated with this position. While this is intended to be an accurate reflection of the position posted, the Company reserves the right to modify or change the essential functions of the job based on business necessity. We will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with a criminal history (including relevant driving history), in a manner consistent with all applicable federal, state, and local laws, including the City of Los Angeles’ Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, and the New York Fair Chance Act. 

Applications are accepted on an ongoing basis. 

Foodbuy maintains a drug-free workplace.

Associates at Foodbuy are offered many fantastic benefits.

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Life Insurance/ AD
• Disability Insurance
• Retirement Plan
• Paid Time Off
• Paid Parental Leave
• Holiday Time Off (varies by site/state)
• Personal Leave
• Associate Shopping Program
• Health and Wellness Programs
• Discount Marketplace
• Identity Theft Protection
• Pet Insurance
• Commuter Benefits
• Employee Assistance Program
• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)

Associates may also be eligible for paid and/or unpaid time off benefits in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws. For positions in Washington State, Maryland, or to be performed Remotely, click here for paid time off benefits information.

Req ID: 

Foodbuy 

Julia Vogel 

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Position Summary.As the Senior Director, Business Strategy, you will lead a highly talented team-building technology and tools for store associates to empower them and elevate their experience. This is a highly visible, influential role where you will champion innovation, drive transformational change, and foster a culture of creativity and collaboration. You'll lead a team, develop high-impact business strategies, and work cross-functionally to deliver the tools that enable best-in-class associate experiences for everything from the Backroom to the salesfloor.

About The Team
This team designs, develops, and delivers the technology that powers our stores—enabling associates and vendors to serve customers seamlessly, whether in the aisle or online. Our work is fast paced, highly collaborative, and always focused on outcomes. We thrive on tackling big challenges, working in ambiguity, and using technology to deliver results.

What you'll do.

• Lead and inspire a team, building a strong, innovative, and outcome-driven culture.
• Develop decision-making frameworks and metrics to track progress and communicate success to senior leadership and key stakeholders.
• Partner closely with product and engineering teams—driving alignment, translating business needs into action, and championing the use of AI and emerging technologies.
• Identify and define transformational change initiatives, manage change adoption across a matrixed organization, and ensure effective execution from pilot to rollout.
• Attract, develop, and retain top talent, supporting mentorship, workforce development, and succession planning.
• Foster a customer-focused environment and promote continuous learning and adaptability.
• Cultivate partnerships across Walmart to maximize impact, support operational excellence, and drive strategic initiatives.

What you'll bring.

• Proven leadership experience, with a track record of building and leading high-performing teams and developing strong team culture.
• Strategic mindset with the ability to develop and execute business strategies in complex, matrixed environments.
• Strong change management skills and comfort with ambiguity—able to innovate, create, and drive outcomes without a set playbook.
• Experience working with technology, product, or engineering teams; able to collaborate and communicate effectively across functions.
• Demonstrated ability to leverage AI and emerging technologies to drive business value and empower teams (deep technical expertise not required).
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and cross-functional partnership skills.
• Operational knowledge of retail or store operations is a plus.
• Commitment to integrity, ethics, and building an inclusive and supportive culture.

At Walmart, we offer competitive pay as well as performance-based bonus awards and other great benefits for a happier mind, body, and wallet. Health benefits include medical, vision and dental coverage. Financial benefits include 401(k), stock purchase and company-paid life insurance. Paid time off benefits include PTO (including sick leave), parental leave, family care leave, bereavement, jury duty, and voting. Other benefits include short-term and long-term disability, company discounts, Military Leave Pay, adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, and more.

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Live Better U is a Walmart-paid education benefit program for full-time and part-time associates in Walmart and Sam's Club facilities. Programs range from high school completion to bachelor's degrees, including English Language Learning and short-form certificates. Tuition, books, and fees are completely paid for by Walmart.

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For Information About Benefits And Eligibility, See One.Walmart.
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The annual salary range for this position is $130,000.00-$260,000.00

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Minimum Qualifications.
Outlined below are the required minimum qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no minimum qualifications.
Minimum Qualifications: Bachelor's degree in Business, Statistics, Social Science, Communications, or related field and 7 years' experience in retail merchandising, operations management, or related area OR 9 years' experience in retail merchandising, operations management, or related area. 3 years' supervisory experience.

Preferred Qualifications.
Outlined below are the optional preferred qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no preferred qualifications.
Working on cross-functional teams or projects

Masters, Masters: Computer Science, Masters: Supply Chain, Masters: Transportation

Primary Location.

702 Sw 8Th St, Bentonville, AR 72716, United States of America

Who You'll Work With
Slalom is seeking a Business Strategy Senior Consultant and Principal to join our Strategy team. Our Strategy team helps organizations of all kinds redefine what's possible, give shape to the future—and get there. We focus on high-impact projects, meeting our clients where they are to uncover business needs and deliver results. Our teams go beyond the expected to help clients move confidently through ambiguity and risk and drive more transformative outcomes.

What You'll Do

• Lead, develop and deliver the creation of enterprise wide and/or business-unit-level strategies to demonstrate the what, why and how to deliver business outcomes
• Direct the development of complex situation assessments for organizations in highly dynamic, ambiguous and innovative industries
• Coach and lead team members through research and assessment activities, including data-gathering, analysis, and data synthetization, to provide a digestible and compelling narrative to our customers
• Provide key perspectives and thought leadership on emerging trends and their impact on industry and client opportunities and challenges
• Build capabilities of the client team to think and work together as Strategist through the strategy development process
• Mentor and lead other Strategists to grow in their expertise, taking an active leadership role in Slalom's strategy communities
• Build project and program-level roadmaps that enable long-term client success and align to Slalom-enabled work
• Provide process mapping guidance for the team and support complex process mapping portfolios
• Understand and lead client outcome and deal strategies to drive solution details
• Build and create strategy opportunities and solutions, including Slalom's cost estimates, staffing plans, team structure and project timeline
• Develop capabilities and solutions that align to our client's "Why"

What You'll Bring
Experience and demonstrated leadership in key areas of Business Strategy and Process Optimization including:

• Business and Growth Strategy Development
• Financial, Business and Process Analysis
• Competitive Research & Analysis
• Value Stream Mapping
• Strategic Roadmap & Execution Plans
• Executive Management & Communications
• Continuous Process Improvement

Experience in key areas of Business and Customer Strategy including:

• Maturity Model Assessments
• Qualitative and Quantitative Customer Research
• Journey Mapping
• Strategic Planning & Roadmap Development

MBA Highly Preferred
About Us
Slalom is a fiercely human business and technology consulting company that leads with outcomes to bring more value, in all ways, always. From strategy through delivery, our agile teams across 52 offices in 12 countries collaborate with clients to bring powerful customer experiences, innovative ways of working, and new products and services to life. We are trusted by leaders across the Global 1000, many successful enterprise and mid-market companies, and 500+ public sector organizations to improve operations, drive growth, and create value. At Slalom, we believe that together, we can move faster, dream bigger, and build better tomorrows for all.

Compensation And Benefits
Slalom prides itself on helping team members thrive in their work and life. As a result, Slalom is proud to invest in benefits that include meaningful time off and paid holidays, parental leave, 401(k) with a match, a range of choices for highly subsidized health, dental, & vision coverage, adoption and fertility assistance, and short/long-term disability. We also offer yearly $350 reimbursement

Position Summary.

What you'll do.

What you'll do:

• Drives the execution of multiple business plans and projects by identifying customer and operational needs developing and communicating business plans and priorities removing barriers and obstacles that impact performance providing resources identifying performance standards measuring progress and adjusting performance accordingly developing contingency plans and demonstrating adaptability and supporting continuous learning
• Provides supervision and development opportunities for associates by selecting and training mentoring assigning duties building a team based work environment establishing performance expectations and conducting regular performance evaluations providing recognition and rewards coaching for success and improvement and promoting a belonging mindset in the workplace
• Promotes and supports company policies procedures mission values and standards of ethics and integrity by training and providing direction to others in their use and application ensuring compliance with them and utilizing and supporting the Open Door Policy
• Ensures business needs are being met by evaluating the ongoing effectiveness of current plans programs and initiatives consulting with business partners managers coworkers or other key stakeholders soliciting evaluating and applying suggestions for improving efficiency and cost effectiveness and participating in and supporting community outreach events
• Manages the resolution of business issues by reviewing data determining needed solutions that fit local needs and can be leveraged across the region following up with stakeholders to obtain information on unresolved issues and collaborating with cross-functional teams regarding support for solutions
• Drives change initiatives by identifying and defining desired change and processes validating value and priority driving project plans to implement processes assessing readiness for change managing expectations adjusting approaches to have change adopted by the entire organization and ensuring timely project management from pilot to the execution stage
• Manages the development and implementation of process improvements to improve business results by overseeing evaluation and execution of multiple projects directing in consultation with leadership regarding solutions reviewing reports leveraging customer and operational needs across the division to identify barriers and obstacles that impact performance across the division and benchmarking competitor's programs
• Provides recommendations to senior management by reviewing feedback assessing risks collaborating with cross-functional partners to develop program enhancements managing the reporting and communication of key performance metrics ensuring alignment across functional units and communicating strategic direction to key stakeholders
• Directs the development prioritization and execution of key business strategies and communication by leading cross-functional initiatives that impact store and corporate processes overseeing the development of business programs and initiatives customer and company communications and associate training content
• Respect the Individual: Demonstrates and encourages respect for all builds a high performing team seeks and embraces differences in people cultures ideas and experiences creates a workplace where all associates feel seen supported and connected through culture of belonging so associates thrive and perform drives a positive associate and customer/member experience for all identifies attracts and retains the best team members
• Respect the Individual: Creates a discipline and focus around developing talent through feedback coaching mentoring and developmental opportunities promotes an environment allowing everyone to bring their best selves to work empowers associates and partners to act in the best interest of the customermember and company and regularly recognizes others contributions and accomplishments
• Respect the Individual: Builds strong and trusting relationships with team members and business partners works collaboratively and crossfunctionally to achieve objectives and communicates and listens attentively with energy and positivity to motivate influence and inspire commitment and action
• Act with Integrity: Maintains and promotes the highest standards of integrity ethics and compliance models the Walmart values and leads by example to foster our culture supports Walmarts goal of becoming a regenerative company by making a positive impact for associates customers and the world around us eg creating a sense of belonging eliminating waste participating in local giving
• Act with Integrity: Follows the law our code of conduct and company policies and sets expectations for others to do the same promotes an environment where associates feel comfortable sharing concerns and reinforces our culture of nonretaliation listens to concerns raised by associates takes action and encourages others to do the same holds self and others accountable for achieving results in a way that is consistent with our values
• Act with Integrity: Acts as an altruistic servant leader and is consistently humble, self-aware, hones,t and transparent
• Serve our Customers and Members Delivers expected business results while putting the customer/member first and consistently applying an omni merchant mindset and acts with an Every Day LowCost mindset to drive value and Every Day Low Prices for customers/members
• Serve our Customers and Members Adopts a holistic perspective that considers data analytics customer/member insights and different parts of the business when making plans and shaping the teams strategy
• Strive for Excellence: Consistently raises the bar and seeks to improve demonstrates curiosity and a growth mindset seeks feedback asks thoughtful questions fosters an environment that supports learning innovation and learning from mistakes and intelligent risk taking and exhibits resilience in the face of setbacks
• Strive for Excellence: Seeks and implements continuous improvements and encourages the team to leverage new digital tools and ways of working

What you'll bring:

• Salesforce Admin Certification (must-have)

You'll wow us:

• Additional Salesforce Developer credentials

Key Activities for the Role:

• Customizing, updating, and maintaining Salesforce.
• Ensuring data completeness and accuracy within Salesforce.
• Assisting leadership with reports and dashboards for executive meetings.
• Creating daily reports for sales reps on lead funnel and prospect database.
• Implementing scalable lead management processes.
• Coordinating efforts between sales and support teams.
• Managing and upgrading sales tools, researching new tools, and resolving user support issues.

At Walmart, we offer competitive pay as well as performance-based bonus awards and other great benefits for a happier mind, body, and wallet. Health benefits include medical, vision and dental coverage. Financial benefits include 401(k), stock purchase and company-paid life insurance. Paid time off benefits include PTO (including sick leave), parental leave, family care leave, bereavement, jury duty, and voting. Other benefits include short-term and long-term disability, company discounts, Military Leave Pay, adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, and more.

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You will also receive PTO and/or PPTO that can be used for vacation, sick leave, holidays, or other purposes. The amount you receive depends on your job classification and length of employment. It will meet or exceed the requirements of paid sick leave laws, where applicable.

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Live Better U is a Walmart-paid education benefit program for full-time and part-time associates in Walmart and Sam's Club facilities. Programs range from high school completion to bachelor's degrees, including English Language Learning and short-form certificates. Tuition, books, and fees are completely paid for by Walmart.

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Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to a specific plan or program terms.

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For Information About Benefits And Eligibility, See One.Walmart.
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The annual salary range for this position is $90,000.00-$180,000.00

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Additional Compensation Includes Annual Or Quarterly Performance Bonuses.
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Additional compensation for certain positions may also include:

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• Stock

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Minimum Qualifications.
Outlined below are the required minimum qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no minimum qualifications.
Bachelor's degree in Business, Statistics, Social Science, Communications, or related field and 4 years' experience in retail merchandising, operations management, or related area OR 6 years' experience in retail merchandising, operations management, or related area.

Preferred Qualifications.
Outlined below are the optional preferred qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no preferred qualifications.
Leading cross-functional teams, Supervisory experience

Primary Location.

2608 Se J St, Bentonville, AR 72712, United States of America

Walmart and its subsidiaries are committed to maintaining a drug-free workplace and has a no tolerance policy regarding the use of illegal drugs and alcohol on the job. This policy applies to all employees and aims to create a safe and productive work environment.

Overview
This is a remote role that may be hired in several markets across the United States.
This position provides direction and oversight of strategic and transformational improvements of the

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The Americas Sales Enablement & Operations (SE&O) team plays an essential role in translating Microsoft's Commercial Strategy into a local execution plan and driving operational excellence to achieve the greatest results possible. Our team drives insight and execution excellence, bringing strategy and priorities to life by accelerating the pace of transformation and enabling Microsoft to deliver business impact on a scale.

As a Manager, Business Strategy – Americas Market Insights & Compete within the SE&O Sales Strategy Enablement team, you will be at the forefront of identifying and leveraging key market trends to influence our Americas business strategy, priorities, and go-to-market execution for our Americas Business. Your role will involve highlighting strategies to capture market share from a compete perspective across various industries and operating units. As a trusted advisor, you will dynamically present market and competitive insights to senior leadership within Microsoft Americas, driving strategic discussions and decisions. Partnering with Commercial Solution Area (CSA), ATU, Finance, and Industry teams, you will conduct Industry focused custom research and analyses to uncover growth opportunities and inform our sales strategies. This high-impact role is perfect for a strategic thinker with a passion for market dynamics and a drive to influence high-level decision-making.

Microsoft is on a mission to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. Our culture is centered on embracing a growth mindset, a theme of inspiring excellence, and encouraging teams and leaders to bring their best each day. In doing so, we create life-changing innovations that impact billions of lives around the world. You can help us to achieve our mission.

• Market Research and Analysis
• As a Subject Matter Expert in Markets and Industries, directs the collection of market-based research (e.g., product and industry reports, previous sales revenue, geographic sales data, stakeholder feedback, expert calls) including researching existing business and identifying new spaces for Microsoft sales strategies and solution areas. Conducts analysis (e.g., financial modeling, product consumption forecasting, competitor trends) and leverages analyses of others to synthesize information. Researches and represents macroeconomic trends impacting North America markets. Creates initial framing for strategic sales questions with limited input and delivers and presents structured output from analyses.
• Cross Functional Joint Planning

• Acts as a key member of fiscal year and Go To Market planning teams, establishes and maintains key points of contact with internal teams (e.g., Finance, Marketing, Product, Industry Field Sales). Manages and cultivates relationships with leaders of internal teams. Builds relationships with senior leadership executives (e.g., General Manager, VP, CVP) and acts as an advisor on a particular area of expertise and market awareness to inform strategic sales planning decisions. Demonstrates influences through partners across multiple divisions. Drives alignment and influence towards common goal, Maintains awareness about business transformation and growth across Horizon 2 and Horizon 3 initiatives. Challenges status quo to drive business transformation.

• Sales Insights, Readiness, and Activation

• Collaborates with business, platform, and tools experts to provide updates and report key metrics needed to assist sales and partner teams to drive the sales business forward. Provides insights into the Sales market, acts as a business conduit to broader internal and external stakeholders and adjusts plans when required to exceed business outcomes. Provides support with success measurements based on data from tools and platforms. Communicates with field sales on business updates and plans within multiple regions. Shares best practices with peers.
• Problem Solving and Insights
• Synthesizes findings into insights across sales projects, including implications that inform sales go-to-market objectives, leveraging executive presence to influence decisions and proactively identifying expansive ideas for field sales strategy. Leverages insights to develop recommendations and seeks to provide thought leadership (e.g., sales trend identification, implications of competitor moves, solution area gaps) around potential future growth opportunities and strategic issues for Microsoft sales processes. Creates frameworks and methodologies to drive problem solving and insights. Shares best practices with peers.
• Sales Strategy Project/Program Leadership
• Develops, drives, and executes Market & Compete Sales Strategy projects/programs and teams across organizational boundaries as a project lead through defining plans, goals, deliverables, feedback, resource balancing, and timing expectations. Proactively identifies complex roadblocks and addresses them. Initiates and drives multiple projects and topic areas including project plans, recommendations, impact, and syndication across groups. Identifies, evaluates, and proposes new project work/deals based on unmet needs.

• Other

• Embody our culture and values

Required/Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, Marketing, Finance, Economics, or related field AND 5+ years experience in business consulting, sales, sales operations, information technology (IT), business development, marketing, IT field sales, or a related field
• OR equivalent experience.
• 6+ years experience in Near Term Strategy Development (2 years out), Management Consulting, Sales, or Finance.
• 5+ years of enterprise experience with any of the following: create and orchestrate strategic go-to-market plans; build, develop, and execute sales enablement strategy; drive marketing and partner programs; product marketing; market and competitive analysis and positioning; develop insights from market research; or related.
• 3+ years of enterprise experience working within or on Industry teams.

Additional or Preferred Qualifications

• Ability to work collaboratively and interface with internal stakeholders, build productive working relationships and accommodate work styles and perspectives of diverse individuals, take feedback and adapt to constantly changing environments, in addition to proactively sharing ideas that advance the business.
• Concise communication, presentation, and storytelling experience, with the ability to tailor the content and the delivery to different audiences and formats.
• Proven experience with influencing senior executive leaders and being a trusted advisor on strategy development and stakeholder management.

Sales Strategy Enablement IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $106,400 - $03,600 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD 137,600 - 222,600 per year.

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here:

Microsoft will accept applications for the role until September 21, 2025.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. Consistent with applicable law, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.

Title:
Business Strategy Consultant (Contract)

About Medara:
We're a credential-first network connecting proven experts to MedTech, Biotech, Pharma, Life Sciences, and Healthcare companies across the product lifecycle.

About the Role (Function):
We're building a bench of specialists in Business Strategy & Funding for project-based work—from quick-turn deliverables to longer engagements.

What You'll Do

• Build market/competitor landscapes, TAM/SAM/SOM, and go/no-go analyses.
• Create investor-ready financial models, milestones, and use-of-funds plans.
• Pressure-test business cases (pricing, channel, unit economics, ROI).
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Ideal Profile

• 5+ years relevant experience in regulated sectors (MedTech/Biotech/Pharma/Life Sciences/Healthcare).
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