Director of Strategy

Location: Bethesda, MD (fully onsite role)

About the Role

We are seeking a highly analytical and forward-thinking Director of Strategy to join our leadership team. This is a high-impact leadership role responsible for identifying and realizing value-creation opportunities in areas such as financial strategy, AI adoption, enterprise-wide analytics, M&A integration, and performance improvement. You’ll bring a consulting toolkit, a strategic mindset, and an operator’s mentality to transform how our business makes decisions and creates long-term value.

Key Responsibilities

• Enterprise Strategy & Transformation
  • Lead cross-functional initiatives to improve profitability, streamline operations, and modernize business processes across multiple businesses in our portfolio.
  • Drive strategic planning efforts in partnership with senior leadership and department heads.
• AI & Analytics Roadmap
  • Collaborate with technology leadership to define and drive the company-wide AI strategy.
  • Introduce advanced analytics frameworks that unlock new sources of revenue and margin.
• Value Creation & Performance Improvement
  • Identify, prioritize, and execute strategic cost reduction and profit improvement initiatives across the business, including stores, ecommerce, logistics, technology, merchandising, marketing and other operating expenses.
  • Develop rigorous financial models and business cases to support decisions around growth, efficiency, and transformation.
• M&A & Integration Support
  • Support diligence, value assessment, and integration planning for acquisitions and investments.
  • Drive synergy realization efforts for newly acquired businesses.
• Executive Partnership
  • Operate as a thought partner to the CEO, CFO, and senior leadership.
  • Prepare board-level materials and executive presentations with crisp, data-driven insights.

Qualifications Desired:

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Economics, or related field required (MBA or other relevant graduate degree is preferred but not required)
• 3+ years of experience at a top-tier strategy consultancy firm is preferred (less experience may also be considered)
• Experience leading or supporting client engagements in retail, consumer goods, or similar industry is preferred but not required
• Demonstrated success driving complex transformations
• Executive-level communication and presentation abilities.
• Strong financial modeling and data analysis skills.

What We Offer:

• This is a key leadership hire that will work closely with company executives on a variety of projects
• With over 90 stores in 25+ states and a growing family of ecommerce sites, we are one of the largest golf retailers in the nation. We have been in business over 50 years and we are growing!
• There is no better time to work in the golf industry! (Perks include strong employee discount on merchandise) 
• Medical/dental/vision benefits package, 401(k) matching, HSA matching, and paid time off with increasing tiers

Who We Are:

The Worldwide Golf family includes many well-renowned golf retail and e-commerce brands, including:

Roger Dunn Golf Shops | Edwin Watts Golf | The Golf Mart | Golfers' Warehouse | Van's Golf Shops | Uinta Golf | Las Vegas Golf Superstore | Golfdom | Mike's Golf Outlet | Golf and Ski Warehouse | Cool Clubs | Worldwidegolf.com | Globalgolf.com | Fairwaystyles.com | Getclubs.com