Senior Director, Corporate Strategy
Are you ready to shape the strategic direction of a global data and analytics business?
Do you excel at translating complex market insights into clear choices, investment priorities, and sustainable growth?
About the Business:
LexisNexis Risk Solutions is the essential partner in the assessment of risk. Within our Business Services vertical, we offer a multitude of solutions focused on helping businesses of all sizes drive higher revenue growth, maximize operational efficiencies, and improve customer experience. Our solutions help our customers solve difficult problems in the areas of Anti-Money Laundering/Counter Terrorist Financing, Identity Authentication & Verification, Fraud and Credit Risk mitigation and Customer Data Management. You can learn more about LexisNexis Risk at the link below, risk.lexisnexis.com
About our Team:
The Corporate Strategy team partners with senior leadership and cross-functional stakeholders to shape the strategic agenda across our markets. The team brings together market intelligence, customer insight, financial analysis, and disciplined execution to identify growth opportunities and support long-term value creation.
About the Role:
As Senior Director, Corporate Strategy, you will partner with the leadership team to drive the strategic agenda across our markets. Acting as a trusted adviser, you will help define where to play and how to win, translate strategy into clear priorities, and support disciplined execution that delivers sustainable growth and long-term value.
You will develop business and operating strategies, evaluate organic and inorganic growth opportunities, deepen understanding of customers and markets, and frame complex decisions for senior leaders.
Responsibilities:
- Leading the development of business strategies and operating plans that drive innovation, scale, customer value, and sustainable growth.
- Serving as a trusted strategic adviser to senior leadership by framing critical questions, assessing trends and technologies, and clarifying evolving market needs.
- Translating strategy into clear choices, investment priorities, measurable outcomes, and actionable initiatives.
- Identifying and evaluating growth opportunities across core segments, adjacent markets, and emerging ecosystems.
- Building and managing an M&A pipeline in partnership with business leaders, RELX Corporate Finance, and Risk M&A teams.
- Leading strategic initiatives related to market entry, commercial strategy, portfolio prioritization, partnerships, acquisitions, and divestitures.
- Developing a data- and relationship-driven understanding of customer workflows, unmet needs, market size, competitive positioning, and business models.
- Leading competitive and ecosystem analysis to identify disruption risks, partnership opportunities, and sources of sustainable differentiation.
- Ensuring strategic plans are grounded in market intelligence, customer insights, and an understanding of segment drivers and barriers.
- Monitoring market, technology, and other relevant trends to assess business opportunities, risks, and potential impact.
- Performing all other duties as assigned.
Requirements:
- 10 or more years of experience in corporate strategy, investment banking, market research, M&A diligence, product planning, business planning, or corporate mergers and acquisitions.
- Experience with financial services clients, in the domain of fraud, identity and Financial Crime and Compliance (FCC) required.
- Undergraduate degree.
- Experience in a top-tier consulting or M&A advisory firm.
- MBA or equivalent advanced degree from a leading university preferred.
- Strong problem-solving and analytical skills, with the ability to quickly assess complex, unstructured situations and apply appropriate frameworks.
- Demonstrated ability to drive decisions strategically, analytically, and thoughtfully while balancing multiple initiatives.
- Proven success building cross-functional alignment despite competing opinions, demands, and priorities.
- Collaborative, pragmatic, and outcomes-driven approach with a strong bias toward action and execution.
- Strong communication skills, including the ability to adapt to different audiences and operate effectively across organizational levels and functions.
- Strong organizational and planning skills, with the ability to prioritize based on leadership direction.
- Experience in M&A, strategic alliances, and detailed commercial negotiations.
- Ability to synthesize complexity, frame decisions, and communicate clearly with senior audiences while building organizational support.
- Strong financial acumen and the ability to connect strategy with commercial performance and capital allocation.
Working for you:
We know that your wellbeing and happiness are key to a long and successful career. These are some of the benefits we are delighted to offer:
- Health Benefits: Comprehensive, multi-carrier program for medical, dental, and vision benefits.
- Retirement Benefits: 401(k) with match and an Employee Share Purchase Plan.
- Wellbeing: Wellness platform with incentives, Headspace app subscription, Employee Assistance, and time-off programs.
- Short- and Long-Term Disability, Life and Accidental Death Insurance, Critical Illness, and Hospital Indemnity.
- Family Benefits, including bonding and family care leaves, adoption, and surrogacy benefits.
- Health Savings, Health Care, Dependent Care, and Commuter Spending Accounts.
- In addition to annual Paid Time Off, up to two days of paid leave each to participate in Employee Resource Groups and to volunteer with your charity of choice.
U.S. National Base Pay Range: $156,700 - $290,900. Geographic differentials may apply in some locations to better reflect local market rates. This job is eligible for an annual incentive bonus.
We know your well-being and happiness are key to a long and successful career. We are delighted to offer country specific benefits. Click here to access benefits specific to your location.
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Skills Required
- 10 or more years of experience in corporate strategy, investment banking, market research, M&A diligence, product planning, business planning, or corporate mergers and acquisitions
- Undergraduate degree
- Strong problem-solving and analytical skills
- Ability to assess complex, unstructured situations and apply appropriate frameworks
- Ability to drive strategic decisions while balancing multiple initiatives
- Experience building cross-functional alignment
- Collaborative, pragmatic, outcomes-driven approach with a bias toward action and execution
- Strong communication skills across audiences, organizational levels, and functions
- Strong organizational and planning skills
- Experience in M&A, strategic alliances, and detailed commercial negotiations
- Ability to synthesize complexity, frame decisions, and communicate clearly with senior audiences
- Strong financial acumen and ability to connect strategy with commercial performance and capital allocation
- Experience in a top-tier consulting or M&A advisory firm
- MBA or equivalent advanced degree from a leading university
RELX Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about RELX and has not been reviewed or approved by RELX.
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Retirement Support — Retirement support is positioned as a meaningful part of total rewards through a 401(k) plan with matching contributions, alongside other financial protections such as life and disability coverage. Tuition reimbursement and share purchase access further broaden the financial value of the package beyond base salary.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Leave and time off breadth appears strong, with generous vacation allowances, mental health days, and options like sabbaticals and tiered PTO by tenure. Parental and caregiving leaves are described in detail, reinforcing time-away benefits as a standout component of the overall package.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Wellbeing and lifestyle benefits are supported by offerings such as mental health support (e.g., app access), EAP resources, gym-related perks, and wellness incentives. Flexible working hours and related work-life supports add to the perceived day-to-day value of benefits.
RELX Insights
What We Do
RELX is a global provider of information-based analytics for professional and business customers across industries. We help scientists make new discoveries, doctors and nurses improve the lives of patients and lawyers win cases. We prevent online fraud and money laundering, and help insurance companies evaluate and predict risk. Our events enable customers to learn about markets, source products and complete transactions. In short, we enable our customers to make better decisions, get better results and be more productive. We do this by leveraging a deep understanding of our customers to create innovative solutions which combine content and data with analytics and technology in global platforms. RELX serves customers in more than 180 countries and has offices in about 40 countries. It employs approximately 30,000 people of whom almost half are in North America. We operate in four major market segments: Scientific, Technical & Medical; Risk & Business Analytics; Legal; and Exhibitions.
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