Manager, Corporate Strategy

Location: Lincolnshire, Illinois

Overview

At Zebra, we are a community of innovators who come together to create new ways of working. United by curiosity and a culture of caring, we develop smart solutions that anticipate our customer’s and partner’s needs and solve their challenges.

Being part of Zebra Nation means you are seen, heard, valued, and respected. Drawing from our unique perspectives, we collaborate to deliver on our purpose. Here you are part of a team pushing boundaries today to redefine the work of tomorrow for organizations, their employees, and those they serve.

You’ll have opportunities to learn and lead in a forward-thinking environment, defining your path to a fulfilling career while channeling your skills toward causes you care about—locally and globally.

Come make an impact every day at Zebra.

What We're Looking For

The Manager, Corporate Strategy will be responsible for leading key strategic initiatives within Zebra as a part of our internal consulting team. This role is pivotal in driving major, high-impact strategic projects throughout the year. You will own each project end to end, from framing the problem and shaping the approach to landing the recommendation with senior leadership and seeing it through to implementation.

This is a highly collaborative, hands-on, fast-paced role with great learning opportunities. In addition, this role has high exposure to Zebra’s senior leaders and Executive Leadership Team, and it requires acting as a “thought partner” to those senior leaders as well as the ability to “go do.”

Drive strategic initiatives

• Drives day-to-day project planning, preparation, and execution on strategic initiatives, breaking down complex business problems into manageable action plans, conducting analyses, and determining necessary next steps independently
• Leads project teams comprised of stakeholders from different parts of our organization, including junior members of the corporate strategy team
• Routinely interfaces with and act as a thought partner to executives and partners throughout Zebra
• Coaches/mentors junior team members assigned to your projects
• Ensures all cross-functional team members and business stakeholders meet deadlines for assigned activities through clear communication and proactive coordination
• Tracks success metrics for active projects and provide regular updates to executive leadership to ensure ongoing alignment
• Supports planning, preparation, and execution for corporate strategy workshops and events as requested
• Examples of what you might work on: determine entry point for a new market, accelerate growth in a priority market, redesign internal processes to drive growth