At NSF International, our mission is to protect and improve human health. We're a global leader in standards development, testing, auditing, certification and training. We provide these services for a diverse set of industries including food, water, healOur nearly 3,000 employees provide services in over 170 countries through our many global offices, at our client sites, from home offices and in state-of-the-art laboratories. We're growing fast, and that's where you come in. Come join our team.Position Summary:
Director of Strategy will be a member of NSF's Strategy Team, which is responsible for development of regional and market-specific strategy efforts. As a strategist, the individual will work with and support key areas of the business - both across functions and geographies - in conducting analysis to support development of strategies in alignment with the regional and global priorities. This role will also support regional business planning needs, monitoring of competitive developments across the region / globally, and development of timely response to emerging trends and opportunities.
This role in the Strategy Team supports the Chief Strategy & Innovation Officer in the formulation, analytical review, preparation and communication of the strategy and associated Sub Regional and Market Strategy plans. This individual will work closely with senior stakeholders to understand and logically structure the problem, develop hypothesis, work with cross-functional teams to validate the hypothesis, develop strategy to address the problem, and develop recommendations and execution plan to present to the leadership team. The leader is expected to lead end-to-end strategy efforts independently or with a small team of analysts depending on the scope and complexity of the effort. The strategy efforts can range from developing country strategies to developing multi-year plans for the region, addressing emerging competitive and economic model issues, managing commercial response to regulatory changes, developing go-to-market plans for new solutions, and supporting strategic investment assessments. In addition, the Director of Strategy is responsible to support NSF's mission, vision and goals.

Key Job Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Definition of the global strategy across selected functional areas, including mid- and long-term targets
• Ensure translation of strategy into tangible initiatives including the adequate financial ambitions
• Define and be accountable for cross-functional strategic initiatives (projects derived from global strategy) by setting up a project team and working jointly on project definition, concept development, board sign-off and implementation across HQ and markets including adequate strategy communication and support of divisional leaders in deployment and leadership
• Jointly with the entire Strategy team define and deploy a yearly Strategy process and align with the yearly financial planning process
• Be a sounding board for the Chief Strategy and Innovation Officer and Senior Leadership Team

• 10 years of experience
• Significant experience in leading strategy projects at a top Management Consulting firm or in a Corporate Strategy group in a multinational environment
• Innovation and incubation experience desired
• Pro-active and effective communicator, experienced in presenting information to all levels and with ability to facilitate group discussions and debate
• Ability to lead and build cross-functional teams and proven experience of project management
• Strong interpersonal, collaboration and execution skills
• Strong analytical and strategic acumen
• Excellent presentation and verbal and written communication skills
• Able to manage work in different time zones effectively
• Ability to be recognized as thought leader
• Ability to influence the organization in order to make strategy happen
• Professional, confident and outgoing with the ability to maintain good communication with wide internal and external audiences.
• Team player possessing a strong drive to add value to the business direction
• Analytical and strategic acumen
• Highly numerate with attention to detail and ability to structure and analyze databases and strong knowledge of financial modelling, scenario-building and analysis
• Demonstrated ability to build and lead teams, including selecting and developing talent, building trust, coaching team members and managing performance resulting in high performing teams

• Demonstrated business acumen, including ability to build relationships, interpret financial indicators, adopt innovative ideas and apply knowledge of the business to advance organization's goals
• Demonstrated ability to develop and deliver organizational messages using various communication modes for transparency and clarity of messages with teams in a consistent and timely manner
• Must actively model all NSF core values: We demand the highest ethics and integrity. We operate using sound scientific principles. We respect and care for one another. We promote personal and professional growth. We foster innovation and creativity. We demonstrate social and environmental responsibility. We are committed to winning and being the best.
• Collaborative with a global mindset, engages with internal and external stakeholders across regions, divisions and functions to achieve business results
• Demonstrated experience leading and developing other leaders
• High proficiency in spoken and written English

• Bachelor degree preferably with in Economics, Statistics, Business or similar; MBA or other advanced degree is preferred