Senior Advisor, Strategy & Performance

International Rescue Committee - IRC | Staff |
Closing: 26 Feb 2026 1 days remaining
Location: New York

Overview

This role serves as a trusted partner to the President/CEO and executive leadership, shaping organizational priorities, driving performance, and surfacing risks and opportunities that require executive attention.

Tasks Summary
  • Partner directly with the President/CEO and executive team to set organizational priorities, assess performance, and navigate critical decisions.
  • Synthesize complex data into clear insights that drive strategic choices.
  • Staff the CEO on high-priority strategy and performance topics.
  • Facilitate executive dialogue on cross-functional priorities and organizational challenges.
  • Drive the annual strategic planning cycle.
  • Produce quarterly executive assessments of organizational performance.
  • Identify performance gaps and emerging risks, and develop and implement corrective actions.
  • Lead high-impact projects that strengthen the organization’s strategic focus, delivery systems, and performance ecosystem.
  • Build and improve tools, processes, and routines that enable better decision-making.
  • Drive initiatives requested by the CEO or executive leadership.
Experience Requirements
  • 6-8 years of relevant work experience in strategy, organizational performance, or management consulting, with progressively increasing responsibilities and a track record of high performance.
  • Strategy experience in a strategy consulting firm or in-house at a global organization.
  • Demonstrated success managing complex, cross-functional projects in fast-paced environments.
  • Experience advising and influencing senior executives.
Qualification Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Other Details

Languages Required:

Languages Preferred:

Contract Duration:

Work Modality: Hybrid work with a minimum of 3 days per week in our NYC headquarters.

Remuneration: Pay Range: $120,000 - $128,000

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