About the Role
The Strategy and Transformation Lead will play a central role in shaping and executing the Tokyo office’s strategic priorities, narrative, and team alignment to support its next phase of growth and impact. This role involves driving cross-functional coordination, strategic planning, and organizational transformation initiatives.
Responsibilities
- Contribute to shaping the Forum's strategy in Japan and translate it into a coordinated, impact-driven roadmap of priorities and activities.
- Develop the documents, tools, and data needed to support the Tokyo office’s strategy and activities, including overviews of internal timelines, external calendars, talent reviews, impact dashboards, and engagement data.
- Manage strategic transformation activities for the Tokyo office, developing milestones and providing consistent progress updates to the Chief Representative Officer.
- Support narrative alignment, consistent approaches, and collaboration across multiple teams within the Tokyo office and across the Forum.
- Codify lessons learned from strategic transformation activities and act as a trusted source of continuous feedback to strengthen the Forum’s value proposition in Japan.
- Support talent development, recruitment, onboarding, and team-building across the team, strengthening a culture of excellence, impact, and collaboration.
- Work closely with the Chief Representative Officer and Leadership Team to identify areas for future focus to strengthen the team’s impact.
- Develop and serve as a role-model for a strong understanding of the Tokyo office’s mission and culture within the broader Forum context.
Requirements
- Master’s degree in economics, business, management, organization development, or other relevant fields; an interdisciplinary background and approach preferred.
- At least 15 years of professional experience in strategy consulting, change management, or corporate strategy, with demonstrated experience leading multistakeholder initiatives and partnerships.
- Demonstrated ability to navigate ambiguity and operate with a high degree of autonomy.
- Knowledge of the Forum context, culture, business model, and operating environment preferred.
- Outstanding verbal and written communication skills in English; professional-level proficiency in Japanese would be an asset.
- Excellent organizational and project management skills, with strong relationship-building capabilities and the ability to thrive in a multicultural, highly collaborative environment.
- Ability to operate in a trusted capacity with discernment and discretion when handling confidential information.
- Ability to collaborate efficiently and transparently as a strong team player within an agile matrix organization.
Skills
- Strategy consulting
- Change management
- Corporate strategy
- Multistakeholder initiatives
- Partnerships
- Navigating ambiguity
- Autonomy
- Communication skills
- Project management
- Relationship-building
- Collaboration
- Discernment
- Discretion
- Team player
Location
- Tokyo
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- 15+ years
Education Level
- Master's degree
About the Company
- The World Economic Forum is the international organization for public-private cooperation, committed to improving the state of the world.
- The Forum engages the foremost political, business, and societal leaders to shape global, regional, and industry agendas.
- Join an independent and impartial organization with over 55 years of connecting leaders to make sense of global challenges and move the world forward together.
