Senior Strategic Planning and Development Specialist
The expected salary range for this position is $106,400.00 - $125,010.60. Employees in specific high cost of labor locations in the United States (such as San Francisco, CA and Seattle, WA) may qualify for a geographic differential. Compassion International is not responsible for third parties who omit this information when copying and re-posting job openings.
Overview
The Senior Strategic Planning and Development Specialist serves as a senior strategic partner to executives, supporting the shaping and integration of Compassionâs revenue portfolio over a twoâyear and longer horizon. This role enables leaders to make durable, forwardâlooking decisions about revenue growth, diversification, and sustainability by managing the planning and governance processes that guide longâterm investment, sequencing, and tradeoff choices.
The Specialist translates executive strategic direction into decisionâready portfolio views and facilitates executive discussions that clarify strategic options, risks, and implications across multiâyear timeframes. By establishing clear planning cadences, operating governance mechanisms, and performance insights, this role helps leaders align nearâterm actions with longâterm revenue strategy, steward resources wisely, and maintain focus on the strategic choices that will shape Compassionâs future impact in alignment with the ministryâs mission.
What will you do?
Maintain a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. Be a consistent witness for Jesus Christ, maintaining a courteous, Christâlike attitude in interactions within and outside Compassion, and faithfully uphold Compassionâs ministry in prayer.
Act as an advocate to raise awareness of the needs of children. Understand Christâs mandate to protect children. Commit to and prioritize child protection considerations in all decisionâmaking, tasks, and activities across the ministry. Abide by all behavioral expectations in Compassionâs Statement of Commitment to Child Protection and Code of Conduct. Report any concerns of abuse, neglect, or exploitation of children through Compassionâs internal reporting process and support appropriate responses.
Uphold and engage in Compassionâs core Cultural Behaviors.
Collaborate with senior leaders by preparing quarterly strategic workshops and enabling crossâfunctional strategic pointâofâview discussions that inform executive decisionâmaking, supporting revenue teams in advancing an agreed strategic intent or vision.
Identify, define, and sequence strategic work, managing a portfolio of initiatives as they enter the annual planning cycle in alignment with executive direction. Build, maintain, and refresh a rolling threeâyear strategy and roadmap that reflects executiveâapproved direction across core and growth initiatives, ensuring alignment between longâterm strategy and nearâterm priorities.
Lead the annual planning cycle, orchestrating planning processes and decision inputs in partnership with the Chief Marketing Officer, Vice President of Strategy Integration & Execution, the CMO Leadership Team, and other stakeholders to translate longâterm goals into executable priorities.
Cultivate mechanisms that drive transparency and healthy discussions, operating within an agreed decisionâmaking and governance framework. Partner with internal and external stakeholders to ensure followâthrough on sequencing, escalation, and course correction as needed.
Lead the development of strategic data, metrics, dashboards, tools, and artifacts to support executive performance monitoring and strategic decisionâmaking, proactively partnering with analytical and business intelligence teams across the ministry.
Leverage seniorâlevel expertise to accomplish objectives such as initiating learning, presenting research on industry best practices, driving informed innovative thinking to influence ministry improvements, managing budgets, monitoring activities, and providing leadership to other staff members.
What do you bring?
Bachelorâs degree in a related field; MBA preferred.
Ten years of relevant work experience.
Experience in revenue or growth strategy within a large global organization.
Project Management experience, required. PMI certification is preferred.
PMIS systems (Workfront, Smartsheet, etc.) proficiency, including experience with project management information systems for tracking, reporting, and execution.
Strategy & Planning Certification preferred.
Ability to travel up to 25% of a normal schedule.
Why work here?
The mission: Join a team committed to releasing children from poverty in Jesusâ name.
Our benefits: Enjoy generous paid time off, a 10% contribution to a 403(b) retirement fund on top of salary, excellent healthcare coverage, free shortâterm professional counseling, and more.
Spiritual growth: Participate in regular chapel services, prayer groups, and department devotionals.
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Overview
The Senior Strategic Planning and Development Specialist serves as a senior strategic partner to executives, supporting the shaping and integration of Compassionâs revenue portfolio over a twoâyear and longer horizon. This role enables leaders to make durable, forwardâlooking decisions about revenue growth, diversification, and sustainability by managing the planning and governance processes that guide longâterm investment, sequencing, and tradeoff choices.
The Specialist translates executive strategic direction into decisionâready portfolio views and facilitates executive discussions that clarify strategic options, risks, and implications across multiâyear timeframes. By establishing clear planning cadences, operating governance mechanisms, and performance insights, this role helps leaders align nearâterm actions with longâterm revenue strategy, steward resources wisely, and maintain focus on the strategic choices that will shape Compassionâs future impact in alignment with the ministryâs mission.
What will you do?
Maintain a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. Be a consistent witness for Jesus Christ, maintaining a courteous, Christâlike attitude in interactions within and outside Compassion, and faithfully uphold Compassionâs ministry in prayer.
Act as an advocate to raise awareness of the needs of children. Understand Christâs mandate to protect children. Commit to and prioritize child protection considerations in all decisionâmaking, tasks, and activities across the ministry. Abide by all behavioral expectations in Compassionâs Statement of Commitment to Child Protection and Code of Conduct. Report any concerns of abuse, neglect, or exploitation of children through Compassionâs internal reporting process and support appropriate responses.
Uphold and engage in Compassionâs core Cultural Behaviors.
Collaborate with senior leaders by preparing quarterly strategic workshops and enabling crossâfunctional strategic pointâofâview discussions that inform executive decisionâmaking, supporting revenue teams in advancing an agreed strategic intent or vision.
Identify, define, and sequence strategic work, managing a portfolio of initiatives as they enter the annual planning cycle in alignment with executive direction. Build, maintain, and refresh a rolling threeâyear strategy and roadmap that reflects executiveâapproved direction across core and growth initiatives, ensuring alignment between longâterm strategy and nearâterm priorities.
Lead the annual planning cycle, orchestrating planning processes and decision inputs in partnership with the Chief Marketing Officer, Vice President of Strategy Integration & Execution, the CMO Leadership Team, and other stakeholders to translate longâterm goals into executable priorities.
Cultivate mechanisms that drive transparency and healthy discussions, operating within an agreed decisionâmaking and governance framework. Partner with internal and external stakeholders to ensure followâthrough on sequencing, escalation, and course correction as needed.
Lead the development of strategic data, metrics, dashboards, tools, and artifacts to support executive performance monitoring and strategic decisionâmaking, proactively partnering with analytical and business intelligence teams across the ministry.
Leverage seniorâlevel expertise to accomplish objectives such as initiating learning, presenting research on industry best practices, driving informed innovative thinking to influence ministry improvements, managing budgets, monitoring activities, and providing leadership to other staff members.
What do you bring?
Bachelorâs degree in a related field; MBA preferred.
Ten years of relevant work experience.
Experience in revenue or growth strategy within a large global organization.
Project Management experience, required. PMI certification is preferred.
PMIS systems (Workfront, Smartsheet, etc.) proficiency, including experience with project management information systems for tracking, reporting, and execution.
Strategy & Planning Certification preferred.
Ability to travel up to 25% of a normal schedule.
Why work here?
The mission: Join a team committed to releasing children from poverty in Jesusâ name.
Our benefits: Enjoy generous paid time off, a 10% contribution to a 403(b) retirement fund on top of salary, excellent healthcare coverage, free shortâterm professional counseling, and more.
Spiritual growth: Participate in regular chapel services, prayer groups, and department devotionals.
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