Overview
Intuit's Corporate Strategy & Development (CS&D) team is charted with defining and accelerating the company’s top growth priorities through strategy, M&A, and partnerships. We work on highly visible, direction-setting strategy and acquisition initiatives at the corporate level and across all of Intuit’s businesses. The team is focused on identifying, evaluating and executing on opportunities to drive growth. We collaborate closely with the senior executive team to define both the company’s overall strategy as well as strategies for specific business lines. Our projects often mirror the work at top strategy consulting firms and investment banks, but with an emphasis on driving impact in close
collaboration with product and business leaders. The role offers significant exposure to senior leaders across the company as well as greater responsibility and career progression than often found in
professional services.
This role is to join Intuit’s International Corporate Strategy team, with specific focus on the top strategic growth opportunities in Intuit’s international markets, including the UK, Canada, Australia and Europe.
It is essential that the individual selected for this position is able to quickly establish rapport, credibility, trust, and respect throughout the organization, and be viewed as a team player. The CS&D team is viewed as a source of leaders within Intuit and the individual will be expected to employ exceptional leadership skills and a learning mindset to be successful.
What you'll bring
- 5+ years of total work experience including 2+ years with a top-tier strategy consulting firm or experience in a respected operating company’s strategy function (MBA preferred)
- Proven team leader with experience leading teams on high-profile strategic efforts
- Experience owning and managing relationships with senior business stakeholders in the context of challenging cross-functional / cross-organizational projects
- Ability to both lead and support, willing to “go the extra mile” for project and his/her team
- Strong project management skills, including demonstrated ability to think end-to-end and manage long-term projects
- Superior communications (written/verbal), presentation and facilitation skills, and the ability to quickly synthesize information, structure a concise, clear presentation of findings to an executive audience, and prioritize issues as appropriate
- Desire for an environment of active developmental feedback
- Passion for excellence and the desire to have a significant impact
- Highly self-motivated and seeking to proactively take on leadership roles within projects
- Experience in international markets (e.g., UK, Canada, or Australia) required
How you will lead
You will lead cross-functional initiatives working with other strategy team members, and with business unit and functional team members, developing expertise across Intuit’s businesses (Consumer, B2B)
and functions. Engagements focus on a range of topics, including customer discovery and customer data analysis, economic and financial analysis, new market entry, and innovating new products and business models. You will drive company level strategy and the agendas of senior leaders, including the International business leader, the CEO, and Board of Directors. It is essential that you are able to quickly establish rapport, credibility, trust, and respect throughout the organization, and be viewed as a team player. The CS&D team is viewed as a source of leaders within Intuit and the individual will be
expected to employ exceptional leadership skills and a learning mindset to be successful.
Specific Responsibilities Include
- Develop and manage work plans to deliver high priority strategic projects, focused on growth
- Frame and structure problems and develop hypotheses that drive the appropriate research and analysis
- Perform quantitative and qualitative analysis on strategic issues, and lead cross-functional teams in problem solving and the execution of research and analysis
- Understand and stay current with the competitive landscape for Intuit’s products in international its markets, with a focus on emerging trends and business conditions
- Author and deliver presentations, plans, and communications, grounded in data and insights
- Communicate and present strategic analyses and findings to C-level executives
- Develop relationships with mid-level and senior BU leaders and stay up to date with current BU strategic plans
- Provide coaching and mentorship to help junior team members build out their craft skills