VP - Strategic Planning (AI)

Location: Based at the Executive Office in Memphis, Tennessee. Relocation assistance is available for qualified candidates who are not currently located in the Memphis area.

Company

hirify.global is a nonprofit organization supporting St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital’s mission to find cures and save children.

What you will do

• Advise the CEO and Executive Leadership Team on enterprise strategy, market conditions, competitive dynamics, strategic pivots, and emerging disruptions.
• Develop and oversee strategic goals across divisions, aligning growth, operational excellence, mission impact, and changing business conditions.
• Identify, evaluate, and incubate new products, programs, partnerships, ventures, and other opportunities that support sustainable growth.
• Build business cases covering market opportunity, investment requirements, risks, success metrics, and expected return.
• Lead the enterprise innovation agenda, including responsible adoption of AI and pilots of emerging technologies and new ideas.
• Prioritize resources, track strategic initiatives, establish performance metrics, and communicate progress, risks, and course corrections to leadership and stakeholders.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree and 8+ years of progressive leadership experience in strategic planning, business development, or related executive roles.
• Visionary, strategic leadership with the ability to anticipate and adapt to evolving markets and organizational landscapes.
• Proven ability to connect data, insights, and mission to actionable strategies with measurable impact.
• Track record of leading enterprise-wide strategic initiatives and cross-functional teams through influence to transformational outcomes.
• Extensive knowledge of industry trends, market dynamics, and strategic planning methodologies.
• Demonstrated practical use of AI tools for research, analysis, scenario modeling, and synthesis of insights, with sound judgment regarding AI outputs.
• Working knowledge of AI trends, product updates, and emerging capabilities, including the ability to assess privacy, security, bias, accuracy, regulatory, and ethical risks and translate them into strategy and governance.

Nice to have

• Consulting or corporate strategy background.
• Advanced degree, MBA, or equivalent.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time employment with medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• 401(k) retirement plan with a 7% employer contribution.
• Paid time off, maternity and paternity leave, infertility treatment support, and adoption assistance.
• Education assistance and enterprise learning and development opportunities.
• Inclusive, collaborative, and mission-driven environment focused on innovation and measurable impact.