At Justworks, you’ll enjoy a welcoming and casual environment, great benefits, wellness program offerings, company retreats, and the ability to interact with and learn from leaders in the startup community. We work hard and care about our most prized asset - our people.
We’re helping businesses get off the ground by enabling them to focus on running their business. We solve HR issues. We’re data-driven and never stop iterating. If you’d like to work in a supportive, entrepreneurial environment, are interested in building something meaningful and having fun while doing it, we’d love to hear from you.
We're united by shared goals and shared motivations at Justworks. These are best summed up in our company values, which are reflected in our product and in our team.
Our Values
If this sounds like you, you’ll fit right in.
You see the bigger picture, but aren’t afraid to roll your sleeves up and get things done. You have an inquisitive mindset, but are a generalist that is drawn to multiple aspects of a business, including go-to-market strategy, business operations, and our competitive position in the marketplace. You are a self starter who is comfortable working with limited oversight, and are eager to partner with cross-functional stakeholders to help drive our growth initiatives.
You are eager to build relationships and partner with our senior leadership team, and are comfortable with operating in multiple time horizons.
If this sounds like you, there is an opportunity for you to join Justworks as a Corporate Strategy Manager on the Strategy and Corporate Development team, and help drive our business into the next phase of growth.
Your Success ProfileWhat You Will Work On- Lead complex, cross-functional workstreams with multiple stakeholders: Directly support new growth initiatives that capitalize on the business’s competitive position, diversify our revenue stream, and align with our long-term vision
- Shape corporate priorities in collaboration with leadership: Support and drive the strategic planning process and act as a trusted advisor to the business’s executive leadership team and relevant stakeholders during strategy formulation, development, and execution
- Effectively communicate strategic principles & priorities: drive alignment throughout the organization inclusive of board members, senior leadership, key stakeholders and divisional management.
- Shape corporate priorities in collaboration with leadership: Own and drive strategic programs that directly support our CEO, CoS, and other members of our senior leadership team
- Macro & Economic Analysis: Continually evaluate new market trends and competitive opportunities/threats, with detailed analysis and recommendations to accelerate advantages or bolster gaps
- Commercial & GTM Strategy: Partner with go-to-market leaders and stakeholders to help define and improve our GTM strategy and directly work with Revenue leadership to to drive necessary organizational change
- Corporate Development Work: Directly support any inorganic growth initiatives, including mergers, acquisitions, and strategic partnerships
- Team & Culture Carrier: Establish team standards for insight communication and synthesis. Coach peers and contribute to the advancement of Strategy & Corporate development practice
As a Corporate Strategy Manager, how results are achieved is paramount for your success and ultimately result in our success as an organization. In this role, your foundational knowledge, skills, abilities and personal attributes are anchored in the following:
- Business Insight - applying knowledge of business and the marketplace to advance the organization’s goals.
- Strategic Mindset - anticipates future trends and implications accurately; articulates credible pictures and visions of possibilities that will create sustainable value.
- Plans and Aligns - breaks down objectives into appropriate initiatives and actions; stages activities with relevant milestones and schedules.
- Initiative and Motivation - identifying what needs to be done and doing it before being asked or before the situation requires it.
- Teamwork and Communication: Putting our collective best together through documentation, collaboration, relationship-building, listening, empathy, recruiting, and evangelism.
- You have 5-7 years experience working in management consulting, investment banking, strategic planning, and/or within an internal strategy & corporate development team
- You are worked alongside senior leadership, and are comfortable with having direct conversations and sharing your perspective
- You have experience with bringing strategy to life, and operationalizing it
- You have exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with an aptitude for data-driven storytelling
- You are analytical in nature, and like to use research and data to inform decisions
- You are highly collaborative and can pivot your approach to get to the best collective outcome
- You are a generalist who can quickly shift mindsets to support many aspects of the business
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The base wage range for this position based in our New York City Office is targeted at $137,500 to $151,250 per year.
Actual compensation is based on multiple factors that are unique to each candidate, including and not limited to skill set, level of relevant experience, and specific work location. Salary ranges for positions based in other locations may differ based on the cost of labor in that location.
For more information about Justworks’ Total Reward Philosophy, including all of the perks and benefits we are proud to offer our team members, please visit Total Rewards @ Justworks.
Diversity At JustworksJustworks is committed to maintaining a workplace where diversity of identity, culture, and life experience is the norm and is celebrated authentically and respected consistently. Diversity in our work, our people, and our product drives creativity and innovation, entrepreneurial leadership and integrity, competitiveness, and collaboration throughout our business and in the market. We depend on our differences to make our team stronger, our workplace more dynamic, and our product accessible to all of our customers.
We’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer open to all qualified applicants regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital or familial status, disability, pregnancy, gender identity or expression, veteran status, genetic information, or any other legally protected status. Justworks is fully dedicated to providing necessary support to candidates with disabilities who may require reasonable accommodations. We also provide reasonable accommodations to employees based on their sincerely held religious beliefs, as well as for other covered reasons consistent with applicable federal, state, and local laws. If you're in need of a reasonable accommodation, please reach out to us at [email protected]. Your comfort and success matter to us, and we're here to ensure an inclusive experience.
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