Strategic Advisor-Internal Strategy & Planning

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree required; master’s degree or equivalent industry experience preferred.

• 7–10 years of experience in strategic planning, portfolio management, business operations, management consulting, market strategy, or enterprise technology.
• Demonstrated success developing and executing strategic plans, portfolio roadmaps, operating plans, or multi-year growth plans.
• Experience coordinating complex, multi-stakeholder initiatives and supporting disciplined planning and execution.
• Experience facilitating leadership planning sessions, strategic workshops, and business reviews.
• Strong understanding of business planning, performance measurement, initiative prioritization, and resource planning.
• Experience working across business, engineering, marketing, finance, and partner organizations.
• Experience in data, cloud, cybersecurity, infrastructure, or another complex technology domain strongly preferred.

• Strategic planning and commercial problem-solving.
• Executive communication, clear written storytelling, facilitation, and relationship-building skills.
• Ability to connect market signals and organizational priorities to technology-enabled outcomes.
• Strong facilitation, influencing, and cross-functional leadership skills.
• Analytical mindset with the ability to turn data into decisions and actions.
• Ability to prioritize competing demands and operate effectively in a fast-paced environment.
• High degree of ownership, judgment, collaboration, and internal orientation.

• Stronger strategic-account and portfolio plans, with clear priorities and measurable outcomes.
• Improved initiative execution, planning quality, and cross-functional alignment.
• Clearer visibility into organizational priorities, risks, dependencies, and resource requirements.
• More consistent progress against high-priority technology and business initiatives.
• Consistent adoption of planning frameworks, operating cadences, and performance reporting.
• Documented market and portfolio insights, repeatable planning practices, and opportunities for organizational improvement.

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The well-being of WWT employees is essential. So, when it comes to our benefits package, WWT has one of the best. We offer the following benefits to all full-time employees:

• Health and Wellbeing: Health, Dental, and Vision Care, Onsite Health Centers, Employee Assistance Program, Wellness program
• Financial Benefits: Competitive pay, Profit Sharing, 401k Plan with Company Matching, Life and Disability Insurance, Tuition Reimbursement
• Paid Time Off: PTO & Holidays, Parental Leave, Sick Leave, Military Leave, Bereavement
• Additional Perks: Nursing Mothers Benefits, Voluntary Legal, Pet Insurance, Employee Discount Program

World Wide Technology, Inc. offers excellent benefits and competitive compensation. Visit our company web page at www.wwt.com for more information.

Equal Opportunity Employer

If you have any questions or concerns about this posting, please email taposting@wwt.com.

At World Wide Technology, we work together to make a new world happen. Our important work benefits our clients and partners as much as it does our people and communities across the globe. WWT is dedicated to achieving its mission of creating a profitable growth company that is also a Great Place to Work for All. We achieve this through our world-class culture, generous benefits and by delivering cutting-edge technology solutions for our clients.

Founded in 1990, WWT is a global technology solutions provider leading the AI and Digital Revolution. WWT combines the power of strategy, execution and partnership to accelerate digital transformational outcomes for organizations around the globe. Through its Advanced Technology Center, a collaborative ecosystem of the world's most advanced hardware and software solutions, WWT helps clients and partners conceptualize, test and validate innovative technology solutions for the best business outcomes and then deploys them at scale through its global warehousing, distribution and integration capabilities.

With over 14,000 employees across WWT and Softchoice and more than 60 locations around the world, WWT's culture, built on a set of core values and established leadership philosophies, has been recognized 15 years in a row by Fortune and Great Place to Work® for its unique blend of determination, innovation and creating a great place to work for all.

Want to work with highly motivated individuals on high-performance teams? Join WWT today!

What will you be doing?

WWT is seeking a Senior Strategic Advisor to lead internal strategy and planning across high-priority accounts and growth initiatives within the Hyperscale portfolio. This role partners with business leadership, account teams, technology practices, finance, marketing, and partner teams to translate market signals and organizational priorities into clear plans, investment choices, and measurable outcomes.

The ideal candidate profile is a strategically minded advisor who combines executive presence with strong planning, analytical, and operating discipline. The ideal candidate is effective in leadership working sessions, cross-functional reviews, and internal planning forums.

The ideal candidate has experience in data, cloud, infrastructure, security, or a related technology domain, and a demonstrated record of shaping strategy, improving planning, or coordinating complex organizational initiatives.

Responsibilities:

• Develop annual and multi-year internal strategic plans for organizational priorities, technology portfolios, and operational initiatives.
• Lead structured planning processes that assess internal business priorities, market trends, organizational capabilities, and strategic initiatives to support enterprise planning and resource allocation.
• Translate organizational objectives into clear planning frameworks, priorities, decision points, and recommended actions.
• Build a strong understanding of WWT’s portfolio, technical capabilities, partner ecosystem, and solution architecture so plans reflect organizational strengths and constraints.
• Assess technology initiatives against relevant capabilities, practices, and available expertise to inform internal priorities and resource alignment.
• Analyze internal performance, market trends, and prior outcomes to identify insights that strengthen internal portfolio planning, organizational effectiveness, and investment prioritization.
• Document repeatable planning patterns, examples, and lessons learned to improve consistency and scale effective approaches across accounts.
• Build and maintain strategic plans with clear objectives, milestones, owners, investment requirements, and expected business impact.

• Translate market intelligence, account insights, and technology trends into planning assumptions and strategic priorities.
• Coordinate internal planning workshops and cross-functional reviews to align priorities, roadmaps, and execution plans.
• Work with leaders and teams to assess portfolio positioning, strategic alignment, and planning options.
• Develop internal planning materials, frameworks, and decision support that help leaders evaluate priorities and trade-offs.
• Apply effective account and portfolio planning approaches across comparable markets, technology areas, and segments.

• Build trusted working relationships with WWT leaders and cross-functional teams to support shared planning and decision-making.
• Serve as a strategic advisor and thought partner to WWT leadership, helping clarify priorities and align organizational choices.
• Facilitate leadership planning reviews, strategy workshops, and cross-functional working sessions.

• Define and track internal strategic planning effectiveness, portfolio priorities, initiative milestones, and organizational alignment.
• Equip leaders and planning teams with frameworks, guidance, and practices that strengthen strategic planning and initiative coordination.
• Collect and analyze internal and market feedback to identify trends, barriers, risks, and areas for strategic focus.