The ideal Enterprise Strategy & Growth Manager leads high-impact projects supporting the Executive Team and operational leaders across the enterprise. Across the team, the common theme is driving the achievement of Nordstrom, 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 project teams (Assoc & Sr Assoc level talent), showing up as an emerging leader for the entire team
- Demonstrate enterprise thinking by balancing function-specific goals with broader company strategy, influence change beyond formal authority
- Translate strategic direction into clear execution plans and operating rhythms, ensuring accountability and momentum across teams
- 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 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
- A passion for managing and developing top-tier talent through coaching, feedback, and proactive opportunity creation
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
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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 (strategy, management, consulting, investment banking, and/or retail)
- Proven experience managing project teams and coaching/developing talent
- Strong analytical acumen and hypothesis-led, data-informed problem solving
- Exceptional written and verbal communication; synthesize complex inputs into clear, compelling stories
- Demonstrated ability to build trust and collaborate with senior leaders and stakeholders
- Strategic mindset able to balance detail orientation with big-picture thinking and translate strategy into execution
- High intellectual curiosity, humility, and willingness to challenge assumptions
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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