Government Segment Commercial Strategy - Strategic Planning

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Government Segment Commercial Strategy, Strategic Planning

Position Overview:

The Strategic Planning, Programs, and Operations role reports to the Head of Governments Commercial Strategy. The Governments Commercial Strategy team focuses on serving government entities as end-customers within Moody’s Corporate & Government (C&G) Business Unit. This team develops capability strategies, identifies data and product requirements to unlock commercial opportunities, and leads innovation and market feedback to enhance existing use cases, forge partnerships, and identify M&A opportunities. By fostering innovation, the team helps Moody’s stay ahead of market trends and adapt to evolving customer demands through product, business model, and process innovation.

This role supports the Head of Commercial Strategy and is crucial for driving strategic initiatives, ensuring operational excellence, and facilitating effective communication across the organization. Global collaboration is essential, as regional and subsegment strategies may vary. Effective alignment and communication are critical to this global function. The Strategic Planning, Programs, and Operations function acts as a thought partner and strategic executor, overseeing cross-team projects and ensuring they align with Moody’s goals.

Responsibilities include various reporting and analytics tasks to support decision-making, track performance, and demonstrate value to stakeholders, including:

• Market Analysis
• Performance Reporting
• Operational Analysis
• Strategic Insights
• Custom Reports and Dashboards

This function supports the alignment of Moody’s resources—such as personnel, budgets, and technologies—to maximize operational efficiency and ensure cohesive contributions to commercial success and KPIs. The Strategic Planning function focuses on long-term business performance and strategic initiatives.

Key Responsibilities:

• Market Research & Analysis: Conduct comprehensive research on market trends, customer needs, and competitive landscapes. Identify and evaluate new customer use cases and technologies, incorporating them into strategic plans.

• Government Segment Strategy: Develop the Government Segment strategic plan with input from C&G teams and stakeholders across various units.

• Strategic Programs: Support the execution of key strategic programs and initiatives that align with the company's commercial strategy, ensuring common standards across segments.

• Operational Support: Establish the Government Segment Board and manage strategic planning processes, ensuring consistency and collaboration.

• Program Management & Leadership: Manage cross-functional projects, ensuring timely delivery and alignment with strategic goals.

• Stakeholder Engagement: Build and maintain strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders, facilitating effective communication and collaboration.

• Performance Monitoring: Develop and monitor KPIs to track progress and impact of strategic initiatives, ensuring deadlines are met.

• Resource Allocation and Processes: Ensure optimal allocation of resources for strategic programs and improve internal processes.

• Risk Management: Identify and mitigate risks associated with strategic programs.

• Executive Support: Act as a trusted advisor to the Head of Governments Commercial Strategy, providing insights and recommendations.

• Communication: Facilitate clear communication within the commercial strategy team and across the organization.

• Continuous Improvement: Foster a culture of continuous improvement, identifying opportunities to enhance processes and efficiency.

• Reporting & Analytics: Create and maintain standard templates and tools, ensuring accurate reporting and analytics.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Management, Marketing, Economics, or related field.
• 8+ years of experience in strategy planning, market intelligence, or related roles within data, analytics, and software solutions.
• Proven experience in gathering and analyzing market data for strategic decision-making.
• Track record of leading high-impact projects or teams.
• Proficiency in project management methodologies and tools.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to think strategically and translate strategies into actionable plans.
• Flexibility to adapt to changing priorities and manage multiple tasks.
• Proficiency in market research and data visualization tools (e.g., PPT, Tableau, Power BI, advanced Excel); familiarity with statistical analysis software is a plus.
• Ability to travel up to 25%.

Moody’s is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender expression, gender identity or any other characteristic protected by law.

Candidates for Moody's Corporation may be asked to disclose securities holdings pursuant to Moody’s Policy for Securities Trading and the requirements of the position. Employment is contingent upon compliance with the Policy, including remediation of positions in those holdings as necessary.