At Braviant, we believe in hiring great talent and offering them the flexibility to achieve great results unbounded by geography. Braviant is offering a fully remote option for anyone out of state who wants to join our team and help us grow or a hybrid option for those who want to join our Chicago office.

Who we are:

Braviant is a leading provider of tech-enabled credit products that combines breakthrough technology and cutting-edge machine learning to transform how people access credit online. Our next-generation approach to lending reduces credit barriers and creates a Path to Prime to help millions of underbanked consumers build credit history, reduce their cost of borrowing, and take control of their personal finances.

The Role:

The Director of Strategy is a key hire in driving our transformational growth. This is a project-oriented role that will connect with all aspects of the company. This individual will focus on our multi-year strategy, partnership opportunities and new product development. This individual will learn and understand the business, its strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats to help develop strategies in support of creating step-function growth.

What you'll be doing:

• Understand and track the competitive landscape and notable activities of relevant players in financial services, banking or FinTech.
• Analyze financial, operating, or other data sets in order to run scenario and sensitivity analyses, and while preparing written memos and presentations for an executive-level audience.
• Market research on an area of strategic interest for the purpose of evaluating potential partnerships, business development and or M&A.
• Business case development (strategic and financial) and ROI analysis on potential new business or outside investment opportunities.
• Project management of cross-functional teams in support of strategic initiative development, evaluation, and execution.
• Development of new products, customer insight and journeys.
• Annual and periodic strategic planning support for existing business.

What you'll need:

• 3-5 years’ relevant professional experience in strategy consulting, investment banking, private equity and/or corporate strategy/development.
• Experience working on and driving highly visible, highly impactful cross-functional projects.
• Previous full-cycle people management experience: hiring through performance reviews.
• Strong organizational skills and ability to multi-task several complex projects with the flexibility to be proactive in a fast pace, ever changing environment.
• Data driven – experience building and manipulating financial models to evaluate cash flows, return on investment and P&L impact of different investment and financing decisions. 

What sets you apart:

• Prior experience in consumer-facing FinTech, financial services or consumer lending.
• Critical thinking skills with an ability to creatively develop varied solution sets to multi-dimensional problems.
• Strong interpersonal skills with an ability to lead through influence as well as collaborate across functional areas.

What it's like to work here:

We're more than just great snacks, unique outings, a cool office, or swag. We're about achieving results while having fun along the way. We believe in solving problems together and building on each other’s ideas. Our teams are comprised of smart, curious individuals and we encourage everyone to think like an owner, take initiative and drive their careers. Our broad roles provide tremendous opportunities for individuals to acquire new skills, gain exposure to all areas of the business, and quickly see their impact at Braviant.