Senior Director, Strategy & Business Development

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Venez faire votre différence dans les communautés à travers le Canada, où l'authenticité, la confiance et l'établissement de liens sont valorisés - alors que nous façonnons l'avenir du commerce de détail au Canada, ensemble. Notre position unique en tant que l'un des plus grands employeurs du pays, celle associée à notre engagement à avoir un impact positif sur la vie de tous les Canadiens, viens offrir à nos collègues une gamme d'opportunités et d'expériences pour aider les Canadiens à Vivre Bien, Vivre Pleinement.

Chez Les Compagnies Loblaw Limitée, nous réussissons grâce à la collaboration, à l'engagement et nous plaçons la barre haute pour nous-mêmes et ceux qui nous entourent. Que vous débutiez votre carrière, que vous réintégriez le marché du travail ou que vous recherchiez un nouvel emploi, votre place est avec nous.

Help shape the future of one of Canada's leading businesses.

At Loblaw, strategy is about more than defining where we want to go. It's about making the choices, building the partnerships, and driving the initiatives that shape our long-term success.

Our Strategy & Business Development team plays a central role in defining and advancing Loblaw's enterprise-wide strategic priorities. Working across our retail, pharmacy, healthcare, and other businesses, the team partners with senior leaders to identify growth opportunities, solve complex business challenges, and turn ambitious ideas into measurable results.

We are looking for a Senior Director, Strategy & Business Development to help shape and deliver some of the most important strategic initiatives across Loblaw.

Reporting directly to the SVP, Strategy & Business Development, this is a highly visible leadership role with the opportunity to influence enterprise-level decisions and work closely with senior executives, including C-Suite, across the organization.

The ideal candidate combines exceptional strategic thinking and analytical rigour with strong business judgment, leadership capabilities, and a proven ability to turn strategy into action. They are equally comfortable solving complex, ambiguous problems, challenging conventional thinking, building trusted relationships, and mobilizing teams to deliver results.

What you'll do

Shape and drive enterprise-wide strategy

• Lead high-impact strategic initiatives that advance Loblaw's long-term growth, competitive position, and business performance.
• Partner with senior leaders to frame critical strategic questions, evaluate opportunities, develop actionable recommendations, and translate strategic priorities into execution.
• Apply rigorous analytical thinking, commercial insight, and creative problem-solving to complex business challenges, balancing long-term ambition with practical business realities.

Partner with and influence senior leadership

• Build trusted relationships across Loblaw's divisions and functions, acting as a strategic advisor and thought partner to senior business leaders.
• Work collaboratively across the enterprise to align stakeholders, challenge thinking constructively, navigate competing priorities, and build momentum behind important initiatives.
• Support enterprise-wide strategic planning and business performance reviews, helping leadership make informed choices about priorities and resource allocation.

Turn strategic priorities into measurable impact

• Drive strategic initiatives from problem definition through recommendation, alignment, and implementation, working closely with business leaders who own execution.
• Bring structure and clarity to ambiguous challenges, translating complex problems into focused workstreams and actionable decisions.
• Establish clear objectives, accountability, and measures of success to ensure strategic initiatives deliver sustainable business value.

Build and develop a high-performing team

• Lead, coach, and develop a team of approximately 3–4 strategy professionals, fostering a culture of intellectual curiosity, collaboration, accountability, and continuous development.
• Provide direction and constructive challenge while empowering team members to take ownership and grow their capabilities.
• Build an environment where diverse perspectives are valued, ideas are challenged thoughtfully, and people are motivated to do their best work.

Serve as a trusted strategic advisor

• Act as a thought partner to the SVP, Strategy & Business Development, and Loblaw's senior leadership team on enterprise-level strategic priorities.
• Develop clear, compelling recommendations and executive-level presentations that inform decision-making at the Management Board, executive, and Board of Directors levels, as appropriate.

What you'll bring

Exceptional strategic and analytical capabilities

• 8+ years of relevant experience in management consulting, corporate strategy, business development, or a related strategic leadership role. Experience at a leading strategy consulting firm or within a complex, large-scale business is highly valued.
• Demonstrated ability to structure ambiguous problems, develop hypotheses, conduct sophisticated quantitative and qualitative analyses, and translate insights into practical, high-impact recommendations.
• Strong commercial and financial acumen, with the ability to assess strategic opportunities, business economics, competitive dynamics, and value creation.
• Experience in retail, grocery, pharmacy, healthcare, consumer-facing businesses, or other complex sectors is an asset.

A track record of leading and delivering impact

• Proven success leading complex, high-stakes initiatives with meaningful business outcomes.
• Experience leading cross-functional teams, influencing stakeholders, and translating strategic recommendations into execution.
• Strong project leadership skills, with the judgment to prioritize, manage trade-offs, and maintain momentum in a fast-paced environment.
• 3+ years of people leadership experience, with a demonstrated commitment to coaching, mentoring, and developing high-performing teams.

Executive presence and the ability to influence

• Strong communication and storytelling skills, including the ability to distill complex analyses into compelling narratives, clear recommendations, and decision-ready materials for senior executives and Boards.
• Confidence and credibility to engage with senior leaders, constructively challenge perspectives, and influence important decisions.
• Exceptional interpersonal skills and a proven ability to build trust, establish partnerships, and navigate complex, matrixed organizations.

The mindset to thrive

• Intellectual curiosity, sound judgment, and a willingness to challenge conventional thinking.
• A proactive, entrepreneurial, and ownership-oriented mindset, with the ability to create structure and move initiatives forward in ambiguous situations.
• A collaborative, authentic leadership style that combines high standards with humility and a genuine commitment to developing others.
• A bachelor's degree in a relevant discipline; an MBA or other advanced degree is an asset.

Why join our team?

Enterprise-wide impact. Work on the strategic questions and initiatives that matter most to Loblaw's future, with the opportunity to create value across multiple businesses.

Access to senior decision-makers. Partner closely with leaders across the enterprise and contribute to discussions that shape long-term direction and investment priorities.

Strategy that drives action. Go beyond analysis and recommendations to help translate big ideas into meaningful, sustainable business results.

An exceptional team. Join a collaborative, ambitious group that values intellectual rigour, creative problem-solving, strong relationships, and developing talented people.

A platform for growth. Build broad enterprise perspective, deepen your leadership capabilities, and develop relationships that create opportunities for long-term career growth.

Notre engagement envers la durabilité et l'impact social est un élément essentiel de notre façon de faire des affaires. Nous concentrons notre attention sur les domaines où nous pouvons avoir le plus grand impact. Notre approche de la durabilité et de l'impact social repose sur trois piliers - l'environnement, l'approvisionnement et la communauté. Nous recherchons constamment des moyens de faire preuve de leadership dans ces domaines importants. Nos valeurs ÊTRE – Engagement, Tient à coeur, Respect et Excellence – guident toutes nos prises de décision et prennent vie à travers notre culture bleue. Nous offrons à nos collègues des carrières progressives, une formation complète, de la flexibilité ainsi que les nombreux avantages compétitifs - voici quelques-unes des nombreuses raisons pour lesquelles nous sommes classés au palmarès des meilleurs employeurs du Canada, au palmarès des meilleurs employeurs pour la diversité au Canada, au palmarès des employeurs les plus verts au Canada et au palmarès des meilleurs employeurs pour les jeunes au Canada.

Si vous ne savez pas si votre expérience correspond à toutes les exigences ci-dessus, nous vous encourageons à postuler quand même. Nous recherchons des perspectives de candidatures variées, qui incluent des expériences diverses que nous pouvons ajouter à notre équipe.

Nous nous concentrons depuis longtemps sur la diversité, l'équité et l'inclusion, car nous savons que cela fera de notre entreprise un meilleur lieu de travail et de magasinage. Nous nous engageons à créer des environnements accessibles pour nos collègues, candidats et clients. Les demandes d'aménagement en raison d'un handicap (qui peut être visible ou pas, temporaire ou permanent) peuvent être faites à n'importe quel stade de la demande et de l'emploi. Nous encourageons les candidats à faire connaître leurs besoins en matière d'accommodation afin que nous puissions offrir des opportunités équitables.

Veuillez noter:
Les candidats âgés de 18 ans ou plus doivent effectuer une vérification des antécédents criminels. Les détails seront fournis lors du processus d’embauche.

Hiring Range / Échelle salariale à l’embauche :$185,000.00 - $235,000.00 / 185.000,00$ - 235.000,00$ (per year / par an)A candidate’s experience and knowledge as well as the geographical region in which the position is located may be factored into the pay a candidate receives for this position. This posting is for an existing vacancy. The Company uses artificial intelligence for the purpose of screening, assessing and/or selecting applicants for this position. / L’expérience et les connaissances d’un candidat ainsi que la région géographique dans laquelle le poste est situé peuvent être prises en compte dans la rémunération qu’un candidat reçoit pour ce poste. Cette offre d’emploi concerne un poste vacant existant. L’entreprise utilise l’intelligence artificielle dans le but de filtrer, d’évaluer et/ou de sélectionner les candidats à ce poste.

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