Director, Corporate Strategy

About the role

The Strategy team is responsible for working with the Canada leadership team to define long-term goals for the business that enable resilient growth. In addition, the team works to identify how these goals can be achieved, partnering with key stakeholders, and to prioritize and assess new opportunities and partnerships. The team also maintains close relationships with Capital One US counterparts and business partners to ensure alignment with enterprise strategy. In this role, you will apply your strategic leadership to address major company challenges, defining long-term business goals that enable growth. The team is focused on advancing our most critical strategic priorities by identifying and evaluating new business opportunities, including products, marketing strategies, and partnerships. This role is ideal for a seasoned strategist experienced in shaping corporate strategy or top-tier consulting environments.

Responsibilities

• Strategic Leadership: Develop business strategies that drive growth, profitability, and customer success for Capital One in the face of shifting consumer and regulatory behavior. Act as a strategic thought leader across the business.
• People Leadership: Build and coach a high performing team of analytical strategists, including leading other people leaders.
• Business Ownership: Have a strong ownership mindset, and P&L accountability for business cases. Manage and build the Strategy team pipeline.
• Partnership: Work closely with colleagues across Capital One including: Tech, Marketing, Operations, Finance, Enterprise Strategy and others to drive improvement in quality, volume, service, and profitability
• Executive Leadership: Partner with Capital One Canada's senior leadership team on high priority strategic projects. Serve as a trusted advisor to senior leaders.

Requirements

• At least 7 years of experience in quantitative analysis/financial modeling
• At least 5 years of experience in managing high impact projects
• At least 5 years of experience in competitive/market analysis
• At least 5 years of experience in Corporate Strategy, Strategy Consulting, Strategy and Operations, and/or Business Development
• Experience working with a broad stakeholder group, including senior leaders and executives
• Bachelor's or Master's Degree or higher in a quantitative field (Business, Math, Economics, Finance, Statistics, Science, Engineering)
• At least 3 year of experience in people management
• Strategy experience in consumer finance
• Working at Capital One.
• Enjoy a hybrid work environment, with 3 days in the office. Build a comfortable workspace with our one-time, Work From Home allowance and enjoy our head office located conveniently across the street from Union Station.
• This posting is for an existing vacancy.
• This role is eligible to earn performance based incentive compensation, which may include cash bonus(es). Incentives could be discretionary or non discretionary depending on the plan.
• We may use your information for automated decision making. We may, for certain purposes, render a decision based exclusively on automated processing of your personal information as a part of the candidate screening process.
• Capital One Canada is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive work environment. We consider all qualified applicants and will meet the needs of those requiring reasonable accommodations.

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161 Bay Street (93021), Canada, Toronto,Toronto, Ontario, Director, Corporate Strategy About Capital One For 30 years, we've been on a mission to change banking for good and build relationships by making credit accessible, simple, intuitive and rewarding. We want to help Canadians succeed with credit, because we believe in people - in our customers, in our associates, and in talent like you!

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