The roles and responsibilities of the Senior Strategist vary company to company more than for other executives. The Senior Strategist works cross-functionally and distills information from a wide range of sources.

His workflow falls into three distinct areas of responsibility:

• 1. Monitoring Trends - He is responsible for monitoring external developments relevant to the firm as well as internal firm performance. Included in this category are activities associated with competitor monitoring/analysis as well as market trends.
• 2. Planning Strategies - Included in this area of responsibility are the development of long-term strategies and firm vision, strategic planning activities, and rolling investigations of unanticipated strategic questions.
• 3. Managing Projects - Project management activities include formal strategy communications, facilitating strategy execution, and managing special projects/initiatives.

Corporate strategy teams are often divided into subgroups: strategy planning and execution, performance monitoring, corporate development, and business intelligence

Most of Senior Strategists report directly to the CEO or CFO


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