As a Strategist on Stand Together’s Strategic Analysis team, you will help our issue teams turn hard questions into clear plans. Our team builds the research, insights, and standards behind our Priority Initiatives. These are the teams that lead our work on issues like Transforming Education and Building Strong and Safe Communities. You will work side by side with one of them, from early strategy to finished materials.
You will use research, our internal knowledge, and experts across the organization to build points of view and strategies. Then you will write them up so our staff and stakeholders can act on them. You will bring rigor to the issue leader’s hardest questions. The issue leader stays accountable for the strategy.
This role fits someone who thinks like an advisor. You stay calm in ambiguity. You can turn a lot of data and information into one clear point of view. And you like helping other teams turn strategy into impact.
How You Will Contribute
- Support strategy development: Work with a Priority Initiative lead from start to finish: point of view, strategy, resource planning, performance checks, and materials for partners and stakeholders.
- Conduct and synthesize research: Gather internal knowledge, outside data, and expert input so strategy rests on facts.
- Apply proven frameworks: Use proven models, such as audience engagement strategy, point-of-view development, and marginal analysis, to turn knowledge into clear recommendations.
- Write to a shared standard: Draft clear analytic writing that meets our shared standard and uses lessons from other teams.
- Build trust: Earn the trust of issue leaders and colleagues outside your reporting line, and grow into a thought partner they rely on.
- Strengthen shared tools: Help improve the standards, tools, and frameworks our teams use to plan and assess their work.
What You Will Bring
- 4–6 years of experience in strategy, consulting, policy analysis, research, or a similar advisory role
- Skill at turning large amounts of qualitative and quantitative information into strategic recommendations
- Strong writing and speaking skills, including the ability to explain complex ideas simply to senior leaders
- Curiosity, sound judgment, and the ability to see complex social and organizational challenges as a system
- Working knowledge of the social change, policy, and political landscape, and the ability to learn a new issue fast
- A collaborative mindset: you support the team that owns the strategy and know when to respectfully challenge it
- High standards of professionalism, integrity, and discretion
- Preferred: consulting experience, ideally embedded with a client team, or a background in policy analysis, research, or philanthropy
- Ability to build professional, polished products — decks, documents, and materials that meet a high bar for clarity and visual quality, not just analytical rigor.
- Proven ability to drive a project independently — setting clear goals and milestones, staying organized across multiple threads, and communicating progress clearly to stakeholders along the way.
- Enthusiasm to contribute to Stand Together’s vision and principled approach to solving problems, and a commitment to stewarding our culture, which champions values including transformation and innovation, entrepreneurialism, humility, and respect.
What We Offer
- Competitive benefits: Enjoy a 6% 401(k) match with immediate vesting, flexible time off, comprehensive health and dental plans, plus wellness and mental health support through Peloton and Talkspace.
- A meaningful career: Join a passionate community of over 1,300 employees dedicated to improving lives and driving innovative solutions to complex social challenges.
- Commitment to growth: Thrive in a non-hierarchical environment that empowers employees to discover, develop and apply their unique talents.
For this role, the anticipated base salary range is $110,000 – $140,000 per year. In addition to base salary, additional bonus earnings may represent a meaningful portion of total compensation. Total compensation will align with an employee’s overall contribution and the value created for the organization.
Our Principles-Based Management™ (PBM) compensation philosophy is grounded in an individualized approach that rewards the long-term value each person creates for the organization. Compensation decisions are informed by a variety of factors, including relevant experience, capabilities, demonstrated skills, role responsibilities, and expected contribution. Consistent with this approach, base salary may vary within or outside of the anticipated range based on these considerations.
Skills Required
- 4-6 years of experience in strategy, consulting, policy analysis, research, or a similar advisory role
- Ability to synthesize large amounts of qualitative and quantitative information into strategic recommendations
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, including explaining complex ideas to senior leaders
- Curiosity, sound judgment, and ability to understand complex social and organizational challenges as systems
- Working knowledge of the social change, policy, and political landscape, with ability to learn new issues quickly
- Collaborative mindset and ability to support, respectfully challenge, and partner with strategy owners
- High standards of professionalism, integrity, and discretion
- Ability to create polished decks, documents, and stakeholder materials with strong clarity and visual quality
- Proven ability to independently drive projects, set milestones, stay organized, and communicate progress
- Consulting experience, preferably embedded with a client team, or experience in policy analysis, research, or philanthropy
- Enthusiasm for Stand Together’s vision and commitment to its principles-based culture and values
What We Do
Stand Together is a philanthropic community that partners with America's boldest changemakers to tackle the root causes of the country's biggest problems. By providing funding, a unique network, and a proven management playbook, they empower nonprofit leaders, educators, and activists to drive lasting solutions in areas like education, economic opportunity, and community development, ultimately helping people realize their full potential and live lives of meaning.
