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About the Opportunity The Strategy Specialist is a role within Dayforce’s Strategy function and part of a small, high-performing team within the broader Strategy, Product, and Technology organization. Reporting to the VP, Strategy and Operations, this role helps develop grounded, evidence-based perspectives on the strategic questions most critical to the business. The Strategy Specialist contributes by maintaining the team’s fact base, building models, and synthesizing market and competitive insights across corporate and product strategy initiatives. This role is ideal for an early-career strategy professional who brings precision, urgency, and strong analytical thinking to complex business challenges. Work is focused on structured problem-solving and analysis, with AI tools used extensively to accelerate research, synthesis, and insight generation. What You’ll Get to Do • Maintain and evolve the team’s market and competitive fact base, including TAM analysis, competitive positioning, and industry trends. • Build and update financial models and scenario analyses to support corporate and product strategy decisions. • Conduct primary and secondary research to inform strategic opportunities and competitive dynamics. • Synthesize research, data, and market signals into clear, actionable insights. • Support stakeholder interactions by preparing materials, synthesizing feedback, and refining deliverables. • Contribute to strategic frameworks, KPI models, and fact books that support consistent decision-making. • Develop executive- and board-level presentations and narratives based on data-driven insights. • Collaborate with senior team members to support strategic initiatives and recommendation development. Skills and Experience We Value • 3–5 years of experience in strategy, management consulting, investment banking, corporate finance, or a related field. • Ability to break down complex problems and contribute to structured strategic analysis. • Strong quantitative and analytical capabilities including financial modeling and scenario analysis. • Demonstrated ability to synthesize large volumes of information into concise executive-ready outputs. • Strong proficiency using AI tools to accelerate research, analysis, and insight generation. • Excellent written communication and presentation development skills. • Ability to work effectively in fast-paced, high-output environments. • Bachelor’s degree in Business, Economics, Finance, or a related field. What Would Make You Stand Out • Experience in HR technology, HCM, payroll, workforce management, or enterprise SaaS markets. • Exposure to corporate strategy, long-range planning, or market intelligence functions. • Experience supporting executive-level communication and strategic decision-making. • Familiarity with private equity-backed company environments and analytical rigor expectations. • Experience contributing to complex strategic workstreams in partnership with senior leaders.
What’s in it for you Dayforce is fueled by the diversity of our talented employees. We are an equal opportunity employer and consider and embrace ALL individuals and what makes them unique. We believe our employees should be happy and healthy, with peace of mind and a sense of fulfillment. We encourage individuals to apply based on their passions. Dayforce encourages personal and professional growth. We offer excellent time away from work programs, comprehensive wellness initiatives and recognition through competitive pay and benefits. With a commitment to community impact, including volunteer days and our charity, Dayforce Cares we provide opportunities for you to thrive both in your career and personal life. Our focus is not just on your job but on supporting you to be the best version of yourself. This job posting is for an existing vacancy
Artificial intelligence may be used in the screening, assessment, or selection of applicants for this position.
About the Salary Ranges
Please note that the salary range mentioned in this job description should serve simply as a guide. The final compensation offered may vary based on a variety of factors, including bonuses and/or incentives, or a candidate’s experience, skills, budget and location. Our company is committed to providing a fair, equitable, and competitive package that reflects the value an individual brings to the organization. Proficiency in English is required for this position as this role will regularly interact with English-speaking stakeholders, co-workers, managers and/or clients across the world. Further, our back office support teams, including but not limited to Human Resources, are primarily English speaking. Employees need to be able to communicate with these departments in English to appropriately administer their business relationship. Due to the significant high volume of interactions with these English-speaking co-workers, managers, stakeholders and/or clients, which is inherent to this position, it is not possible to reorganize the company's activities to avoid this requirement. Fraudulent Recruiting Beware of fraudulent recruiting. Legitimate Dayforce contacts will use an @dayforce.com email address. We do not request money, checks, equipment orders, or sensitive personal data during the recruitment process. If you have been asked for any of the above, or believe you have been contacted by someone posing as a Dayforce employee, please refer to our fraudulent recruiting statement found here: https://www.dayforce.com/be-aware-of-recruiting-fraud Dayforce actively monitors all job applications to ensure authenticity. Submissions determined to be fraudulent or misleading will be declined from the recruitment process Pour consulter cette offre d'emploi en français, veuillez utiliser le lien: https://jobs.dayforcehcm.com/fr-CA/mydayforce/alljobs
