Manager, Strategic Initiatives (Retail/Fashion)

Location: New York, NY, United States

Compensation: $130,000–$150,000 per year

Company

American luxury lifestyle brand offering ready-to-wear, handbags, footwear, accessories, jewelry, home, and beauty collections, with a mission focused on empowering women.

What you will do

• Structure ambiguous business problems and develop frameworks that support organizational alignment.
• Conduct analyses using data from multiple sources to test strategic hypotheses and size potential impact.
• Synthesize complex qualitative and quantitative information into clear recommendations.
• Lead selected enterprise projects end-to-end with sponsors and stakeholders across IT, merchandising, supply chain, buying, planning, retail operations, ecommerce, marketing, and talent.
• Define project workplans, manage governance forums, and maintain project documentation and communications.
• Support business case development, prioritization decisions, risk escalation, and value realization tracking.

Requirements

• 3–5 years of experience in strategy and project management; retail, fashion, global organization, or consulting experience is preferred.
• Bachelor’s degree required; MBA preferred.
• Experience managing projects end-to-end and collaborating with multiple functional stakeholders, including supply chain, planning, buying, and merchandising.
• Ability to perform ad hoc analyses and synthesize qualitative and quantitative insights.
• Strong communication, relationship-building, organizational, and project delivery skills, including executive-level problem framing.
• Ability to identify, anticipate, and escalate risks and roadblocks.

Nice to have

• Prior consulting experience.
• Experience in the retail or fashion industry.
• MBA.

Culture & Benefits

• Welcoming, inclusive, collaborative, entrepreneurial, and adaptable work culture.
• Competitive compensation and rewards for high performance.
• Benefits supporting physical and mental health, financial security, and wellness.
• Employee discount, access to sample sales, and free executive coaching on demand.
• Paid volunteer days and opportunities to support the hirify.global Foundation.