Business Planning Manager

Description

Position Title: Business Planning Manager

Business Unit: Executive Director's Office

Compensation: Pay Grade 5 - $119,238 - $140,250

Classification: Temporary, full-time, exempt

Employment Tenure: One year

Application: Open until filled

About San Francisco Ballet

San Francisco Ballet is one of the world's leading dance companies, renowned for its artistry, innovation, and commitment to the development of ballet. We are dedicated to enriching lives through the power of dance, presenting world-class performances, engaging our community through education and outreach, and fostering a vibrant artistic environment.

Main Purpose and Function

The Business Planning Manager plays a critical leadership role within San Francisco Ballet as a main cross-departmental project manager and business strategy subject matter expert. This position is a member of the ED office and requires the ability to project manage complex organization-wide initiatives, as well as provide sophisticated business, strategic and financial advice to San Francisco Ballet staff and senior management on a broad range of projects and initiatives.

Key Contacts and Reporting Relationships

The Business Planning Manager reports directly and works with the Executive Director. The work of the Business Planning Manager is project-based; the incumbent will have wide and varied contact with the San Francisco Ballet’s management and senior executive, as well as with artistic, production, orchestra and operational staff.

Specific Duties/Responsibilities

• The Business Planning Manager is expected to manage a portfolio of concurrent projects, playing leadership and/or support roles that could include:
• Project managing and leading business reviews and/or the development of business plans, for a diverse range of San Francisco Ballet’s operational areas.
• Evaluating relevant business proposals and/or supporting negotiation terms of complex business relationships for new business areas, create budgets and forecasting models, that support decisions for relevant business proposals.
• Analyze spend and ROI to optimize new business development plans.
• Serving as liaison for San Francisco Ballet’s relevant business relationship with public sector, private sector, non-profit and/or academic organizations.
• Providing business strategy and execution guidance on the implementation to managers of various San Francisco Ballet operations,
• Leading the development of San Francisco Ballet’s metrics, dashboard, and organization/department-level business and implementation plans.
• Within this general framework, the specific duties of this role are relatively dynamic, and change over time with the operational priorities and business needs of the organization.
  

Qualifications

Minimum Position Requirements

Education and Experience

• A post-graduate degree in Business Administration, Public Administration, or equivalent (e.g., MBA, MPA).
• Minimum eight years’ experience working in a corporate or institutional environment at an intermediate or senior level, with increasing responsibility for complex business strategy and/or business planning-related work.
• Significant experience working directly with senior management, boards of directors, or other governance bodies.
• Experience working in an environment that balances Non-profit business objectives is considered an asset for this position, as is knowledge of/experience with workings of the arts and culture sector.
  
  

Knowledge, Skills And Abilities

• Proven project management, business planning, business analysis, business case preparation/evaluation and financial analysis/modelling skills.
• Demonstrated leadership skills, balancing independence, initiative and decisiveness with good judgement and a collaborative approach.
• Strong research, analytical and problem-solving skills that can be applied to complex, multi-faceted issues, with the ability to think objectively and innovatively, and to present solutions in clear and compelling terms.
• Strong facilitation skills, with the ability to bring together people with a diverse set of interests, styles and areas of expertise, and align them toward a unified goal.
• An aptitude for and interest in learning about a wide variety of topics.
• Excellent organizational skills, with the ability to concurrently manage multiple tasks and competing priorities.
• Superior written communication, verbal communication and presentation skills, as well as a high level of competency in office productivity tools and technology.
  
  

Application Procedure

NO CALLS, PLEASE

San Francisco Ballet Association is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to employing a diverse staff.

Qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records will be considered for the position in accordance with the Fair Chance Ordinance (FCO).