Description

Blue Nile is the largest online retailer of certified diamonds, engagement rings and fine jewelry. Our standards are among the highest of all jewelers.  We provide a superior customer experience, extraordinary value and industry leading product quality and style.  We obsess about our customers and are passionate about providing each customer with an amazing experience. 

We embrace a culture of adaptability.  Our team is nimble, innovative and resourceful and makes an impact on both the business and each individual customer’s personal experience.  We value hard-work, flexibility and curiosity and collaborate to creatively solve problems, constantly improve and implement meaningful changes.  Our team celebrates achievements and is inspired by success.

Blue Nile’s Strategy group is the internal strategy team for the overall business.  The Strategy group is a key intake point for key talent within the organization, providing team members with an opportunity to shape the overall direction of the business and impact all of the commercial and support functions.  You will work across the organization in developing strategic recommendations, conducting in depth analysis and supporting the business in delivering impact and their business objectives.  In addition, you will gain visibility among the executive and leadership team as well as across all aspects of the organization.

Reporting directly to the Senior Vice President of Strategy and Analytics, the Director role is charged with delivering thoughtful, insightful and high impact contributions across a range of key strategic issues.  You will work with the Executive team to develop the long-term strategic direction of the business and be directly involved in leading business development efforts for inorganic growth opportunities.  In addition, you will be working with the Product, Marketing, Merchandising and Retail Store teams on their key priorities and supporting them in developing key insights, plans and actions that will deliver business results.  The Director will work across the organization and establish relationships and influence with a wide range of stakeholders at all levels of the organization.

Key capabilities

• Insights: Deliver world class strategic insights and recommendations with the ability to think big picture and also dive deep on key details
• Analytics: Conduct clear, fact-based and data driven analysis to inform key decisions
• Prioritization: Define robust action plans that prioritize key activities to deliver the maximum value for the business
• Communication: Develop high impact presentations for key audiences and senior executives that clearly and concisely communicate key ideas, insights and actions
• Relationships: Develop strong relationships with cross-functional business partners across the company to inform and develop strategic plans and actively support the execution of those plans
• Leadership: Exhibit leadership and influencing skills including the ability to collaborate across multiple stakeholders, drive teams for outcomes and results, manage ambiguity and influence others to enable buy-in and action

Key responsibilities

• Assist in developing and executing Blue Nile’s long-term strategic plans and goals including strategic pillars, goals, actions plans and roadmaps and measurement systems
• Work collaboratively with senior management to identify the key strategic opportunities based on thought leadership, best-in-class analysis, deep insights and pragmatism to ensure implementation
• Partner with commercial functions including Product, Marketing and Merchandising to develop growth strategies, key value levers and opportunities to maximize results
• Identify and distill key strategic themes, business issues, ideas and opportunities into actionable execution plans and next steps
• Conduct hands on analytics and modeling retrieving, compiling and analyzing data from various sources into logical structures and frameworks that deliver actionable insight
• Demonstrate strong leadership and influence management skills to gain credibility with senior leadership and commercial functions to drive change while challenging the status quo
• Drive business development efforts including identifying inorganic growth opportunities, developing partnership opportunities and lead the M&A due diligence and integration process
• Help track and monitor key initiatives and results of implemented strategies and communicate outcomes to executive leadership and the board
• Coordinate and manage supporting resources to effectively drive projects and outcomes
• Assist with company-wide reporting and communication to senior executives including the senior leadership team and Board
• Manage multiple initiatives at once and prioritize based upon business needs, value creation and urgency

Qualifications

• 5+ years of full time work experience, including 3+ years of work experience in strategy, preferably with a top-tier consulting firm or strategy group
• Bachelor’s degree required, MBA preferred
• Highly analytical, data driven, motivated and decisive thought leader with appropriate perspective on the big picture and attention to detail
• Strategic mindset with the ability to think broadly, refine questions and develop analytical frameworks that drive to key insights and business recommendations
• Self-starter mindset with the ability to work independently, be proactive, drive to outcomes and deliver results
• Strong sense of pragmatism and business judgment to ensure insights and recommendations lead to execution, action and impact
• Outstanding communication skills, both written and verbal, with demonstrated ability to develop written materials and present to executive audiences
• Comfort in dealing with ambiguity in a dynamic and fast-moving environment and the ability to manage and prioritize across multiple teams, initiatives and projects

 What we offer:

• Medical, Dental, and Vision Healthcare Coverage
• 401(k) with Company Match
• Paid Vacation
• Competitive Salaries
• Transportation Allowance
• Employee Discount
• Employee Referral Bonus
• Fitness Center Discount