Senior Director, Strategic Insights

Senior Director, Strategic Insights

The Global Business Alliance (GBA) seeks a highly strategic, analytically rigorous and action-oriented leader to serve as Senior Director, Strategic Insights.

Location: Washington, DC

Reports to: President & CEO

The Global Business Alliance (GBA) seeks a highly strategic, analytically rigorous and action-oriented leader to serve as Senior Director, Strategic Insights.

Reporting to the President and CEO, this role will help GBA strengthen a critical next-generation capability: identifying the geopolitical, economic policy, and business developments most likely to affect international companies operating in the United States, and translating those developments into timely, decision-useful insight for GBA members.

This is not a lobbying role, a communications role, or a think tank role. It is a cross-cutting leadership position designed to help GBA absorb outside inputs, connect them to what members are telling us, identify where alignment exists and turn that into targeted action and member value. The successful candidate will be a strong policy strategist and synthesizer with excellent judgment, exceptional writing skills, and the ability to convert complex developments into practical insight for decisionmakers.

Key Responsibilities

Lead Strategic Insight Development

  • Identify and track the policy, geopolitical, economic and business environment developments most likely to affect international companies operating in the United States.
  • Develop a disciplined issue architecture that helps GBA organize emerging risks, opportunities and strategic questions across issue areas.
  • Produce timely, high-quality strategic analysis that helps GBA members understand what is changing, why it matters and what to watch next.
  • Translate cross-cutting developments into practical implications for member companies, GBA strategy and institutional positioning.

Provide Executive-Ready, Real-Time Analysis

  • Produce concise executive briefs, rapid-response analyses and decision-oriented materials for the organization.
  • Support the President and CEO with high-quality strategic framing, background analysis and briefing materials.
  • Provide timely interpretation of major developments as they unfold, often in hours or days rather than weeks.
  • Ensure that the function is judged by usefulness, clarity, and strategic value, not by output volume.

Build and Manage Member Intelligence Systems

  • Create disciplined, low-friction mechanisms to gather and organize insight from member companies on emerging issues, risks and practices.
  • Design and manage systems for structured signal capture, including targeted member outreach, pulse checks, workshop follow-up and issue-specific information gathering.
  • Identify patterns across member input and translate those insights into useful institutional knowledge.
  • Support GBA’s efforts to understand where member priorities align by sector, issue, geography and company profile.

Support Strategic Coordination and Cross-Functional Value

  • Work closely with the government affairs team to identify where GBA should go deeper, maintain baseline engagement or pursue more targeted coordination.
  • Help map relevant external stakeholders, peer organizations, and ecosystem relationships around key issue areas.
  • Partner with communications, membership and events teams to ensure insights are translated into stronger programming, clearer member value and more effective external positioning.
  • Help connect policy substance to executive narrative, member engagement and strategic convening.

Lead Strategic Outreach

  • Oversee GBA’s strategic outreach and external engagement capability, including management of the outreach role reporting into this function.
  • Help translate strategic analysis, stakeholder mapping and issue priorities into targeted outreach plans and external engagement opportunities.
  • Support the development of validator relationships, convenings and follow-through that broaden GBA’s influence beyond traditional lanes.

Qualifications

  • At least 10-15 years of relevant experience in public policy, strategic analysis, government, associations, think tanks, intelligence, corporate strategy or a related field.
  • Strong understanding of the policy, economic and geopolitical issues affecting international companies operating in the United States.
  • Exceptional analytical and synthesis skills, with the ability to convert complex, cross-cutting developments into clear and practical insight.
  • Excellent writing and communication skills, with demonstrated ability to produce concise, polished executive-level materials.
  • Demonstrated ability to brief senior leaders and distill ambiguity into actionable judgment.
  • Sound judgment, maturity, and discretion; ability to operate effectively in a high-trust, high-expectation environment.
  • Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work collaboratively across teams and with senior internal and external stakeholders.
  • Experience designing structured information-gathering, stakeholder mapping or strategic planning processes preferred.
  • Familiarity with trade associations, member-based organizations, corporate government affairs or the needs of multinational companies preferred.

Compensation Details: $175-190K
The compensation range listed for this position is provided as a good-faith estimate of what the organization intends to offer for this role at the time this posting was issued. Actual compensation may vary based on factors such as job responsibilities, education, experience, skills and market data.

Benefits Overview: Our health and welfare benefits are designed to support you and your priorities. Offerings include:

  • Health, dental, and vision insurance
  • Disability, life and accident insurance
  • Generous paid time off and holidays
  • Retirement benefits (including 401(k) matching)
  • Remote work and Commuter subsidy
  • Parental and family flex leave

To Apply

Please email your cover letter and resume to opportunities@globalbusiness.org. In the subject line, please state: “Senior Director, Strategic Insights”

About Global Business Alliance

The Global Business Alliance is the premier voice of international companies in the United States. Our members are international companies with major operations in the United States and are an indispensable part of our nation’s economic success. GBA’s mission is to actively promote and defend an open economy that welcomes international companies to invest in America.

 

The Global Business Alliance (GBA) is seeking a dynamic, self-motivated professional to lead its membership retention, engagement, and recruitment efforts. The Director of Membership is responsible for creating a seamless and impactful membership experience, ensuring strong retention rates, and attracting new members to the organization.

Reporting to the President & CEO, the Director of Membership will oversee GBA’s membership retention, recruitment, onboarding, outreach, and engagement strategies. The Director will also work closely with the Advocacy and Events teams to ensure a best-in-class membership experience, with a focus on leveraging data-driven insights and digital communication tools.

A successful candidate will be a strategic thinker with strong technical expertise in database management and email marketing platforms, combined with excellent analytical and writing skills. This role requires the ability to anticipate project needs, deliver flawless work in a fast-paced environment, and maximize the organization’s impact through technology-enabled solutions.

  • Drive and maintain an annual membership retention rate of 95% or higher. Implement a top-quality prospecting strategy for new members and execute a seamless onboarding process.
  • Collaborate with the Advocacy Team to develop compelling membership benefit collateral and messaging.
  • Design and manage email marketing campaigns, webinars, and other digital strategies to engage current members and attract prospective members.
  • Leverage CRM and database management systems to track member engagement, analyze trends, and refine outreach strategies.
  • Create timely, relevant programming opportunities to expand GBA’s reach with potential members.
  • Represent GBA at member events, stakeholder receptions, conference calls, and regional gatherings.
  • Educate members on GBA’s value proposition and promote opportunities for members to maximize their membership value.
  • Develop and lead benefit awareness campaigns through various mediums, including email, webinars, in-person meetings, and other formats.
  • Monitor membership data and trends to drive strategic decision-making and continuously improve the membership experience.
  • Other duties as required.
    • Bachelor’s or advanced degree in business, marketing, communications, public policy, or a related field preferred; or commensurate experience.
    • Minimum of five years of experience in a member- or client-facing role, preferably within an association or consulting environment.
    • Expertise in managing email marketing campaigns and platforms (e.g., Mailchimp, HubSpot, or similar).
    • Demonstrated proficiency with database management systems (e.g., Salesforce, AMS, or equivalent).
    • Proven ability to set and achieve fiscal goals and objectives.
    • Strong organizational, negotiation, writing, and listening skills.
    • Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to influence decision-making.
  • Analytical mindset with the ability to interpret data and translate insights into actionable strategies.
  • A self-starter with a high degree of initiative and a proactive approach to problem-solving.
  • Ability to work independently, collaboratively within a team, and lead a team when necessary.
  • Willingness to travel domestically and internationally (up to 20%).

    • This position is ideal for a results-oriented professional with a passion for delivering exceptional membership experiences and a proven ability to leverage technology to drive engagement and growth.

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