The ideal Senior Manager, Enterprise Strategy & Growth leads high-impact projects that support the Executive Team and operational leaders across the enterprise, while also managing and developing a team of high-performing strategists. This role is both strategic and people-focused—balancing enterprise-wide influence with responsibility for building talent, driving engagement, and delivering results. Across the team, the common thread is helping Nordstrom achieve its long-term growth ambition.
Team Focus Areas:
- Enterprise Strategy: “core” strategy that includes long-term planning, identifying major growth vectors, and translating strategy into a multi-year delivery roadmap in partnership with business owners
- Business Development: identify external opportunities to contribute to long-term ambition, such as partnerships and investments
- Market & Competitive Intelligence: measure, understand, and educate the enterprise on market trends, market share capture opportunities, and changes in the competitive landscape
- Enterprise Activation: also known as “office of the CEO,” provide support to the CEO and delegates on special projects
A day in the life...
- Build trust, rapport, and a strong collaborative relationship with senior leaders and stakeholders to understand the deliverables, actions, and decisions for which they are accountable
- Frame hard, ambiguous problems by bringing a rigorous, hypothesis-led, and data-informed approach
- Leverage strong analytical acumen to uncover insights and opportunities for unlocking business value
- Synthesize complex inputs into clear, compelling stories that facilitate commercial decision-making and action-taking - in both verbal and written form
- Identify and pursue sources of enterprise value creation in partnership with Strategy directors & SVP of Strategy, Executive Team and operational leaders
- Manage and mentor a team of Associate and Sr. Associate strategists, providing coaching, feedback, and growth opportunities
- Role model enterprise thinking—connecting functional priorities to the broader company strategy
- Translate strategic direction into clear execution plans and operating rhythms, ensuring accountability and momentum across teams
- Influence cross-functional stakeholders without formal authority, driving alignment and impact
- Live Nordstrom values, showing up consistently with large measures of reliability, effectiveness and a commitment to outcomes
You own this if you have...
- MBA or equivalent experience with 8+ years of relevant work, including in strategy, management, consulting, investment banking and/or the retail industry
- A passion for people leadership, including a track record of developing talent through coaching and creating growth opportunities
- A strong sense of ownership and impact that is measured not in effort, but by enterprise adoption of solutions and strong results that follow
- High intellectual curiosity with the humility to learn and the courage to challenge assumptions
- A strategic mindset that can “hold the tension” between getting the details right and keeping the big ideas big
Pay Range Details
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Pay offers are dependent on the location, as well as job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.
We’ve got you covered…
Our employees are our most important asset and that’s reflected in our benefits. Nordstrom is proud to offer a variety of benefits to support employees and their families, including:
- Medical/Vision, Dental, Retirement and Paid Time Away
- Life Insurance and Disability
- Merchandise Discount and EAP Resources
This position may be eligible for performance-based incentives/bonuses. Benefits include 401k, medical/vision/dental/life/disability insurance options, PTO accruals, Holidays, and more. Eligibility requirements may apply based on location, job level, classification, and length of employment. Learn more in the Nordstrom Benefits Overview by copying and pasting the following URL into your browser: https://careers.nordstrom.com/pdfs/Ben_Overview_17-19.pdf
A few more important points...
The job posting highlights the most critical responsibilities and requirements of the job. It’s not all-inclusive. There may be additional duties, responsibilities and qualifications for this job.
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Skills Required
- MBA or equivalent experience with 8+ years of relevant work in strategy, management, consulting, investment banking, and/or retail
- Proven people leadership with track record of developing talent through coaching and creating growth opportunities
- Experience leading enterprise strategy, long-term planning, and translating strategy into multi-year delivery roadmaps
- Strong analytical acumen and experience using data to frame problems, uncover insights, and inform decisions
- Ability to synthesize complex inputs into clear, compelling stories for senior leaders (verbal and written communication)
- Experience influencing cross-functional senior stakeholders and driving alignment without formal authority
Nordstrom Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Nordstrom and has not been reviewed or approved by Nordstrom.
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare options are described as broad, including medical, dental, and vision coverage alongside virtual care and mental health support. Additional protections like disability coverage, life/AD&D, and accounts such as HSA/FSA further strengthen the overall health-and-protection offering.
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Retirement Support — Retirement benefits include a 401(k) plan with a defined employer match structure and access to additional financial programs like an employee stock purchase plan. Commuter accounts, transit subsidies, and adoption assistance add to the overall financial support beyond base pay.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time-away benefits include PTO accrual, paid holidays, bereavement leave, parental and bonding leave, and a sabbatical program after tenure. PTO sharing and donation options expand flexibility in how time off can be used and supported across colleagues.
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