Automotive Strategy & Planning Director

AAA

Automotive Strategy & Planning Director leading strategic planning for AAA’s automotive business. Developing market assessments and business cases to support growth and operational performance.

Posted 7/7/2026full-timeLake Mary • Florida • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $109,700 - $138,220 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Leads annual and multi-year strategic planning for the automotive business, including strategic priorities, growth initiatives, roadmap sequencing, and executive alignment.
Partners with the Vice President, Automotive, and senior leaders to translate enterprise goals into automotive strategies across services, partnerships, technology, and operating capabilities.
Develops strategic assessments of market trends, competitive dynamics, member needs, emerging technologies, and operational opportunities to inform business decisions.
Evaluates major initiatives, partnerships, service enhancements, operating model changes, and digital experience improvements to determine strategic fit, value, feasibility, and risk.
Develops business cases, scenario analyses, and investment recommendations that quantify growth potential, cost implications, operational tradeoffs, and execution risks.
Facilitates cross-functional planning with finance, operations, product, technology, analytics, marketing, and club stakeholders to align plans, dependencies, and accountabilities.
Establishes planning cadences, strategic KPIs, and executive reporting routines that track progress against priorities and identify risks, dependencies, and course corrections.
Prepares clear, decision-ready materials for senior executives, officer reviews, governance discussions, and board-level meetings.
Advises automotive leaders on portfolio prioritization and resource allocation by assessing return, strategic fit, member impact, and operational feasibility across competing initiatives.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree in Business, Strategy, Finance, Marketing, Economics, Analytics, or a related field; MBA or related graduate degree preferred.
Eight (8) to ten (10) years’ progressive experience in corporate strategy, business planning, management consulting, automotive services, product strategy, operations strategy, or a related field.
Experience leading enterprise-level planning, business case development, executive stakeholder engagement, and cross-functional initiatives in a complex organization.

Benefits

Comp & perks

AAA, Inc. is committed to paying competitively and equitably.
This position is also eligible for participation in AAA, Inc.'s Annual Incentive Plan.

ATS Keywords

✓ Tailor your resume

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

Hard Skills & Tools

Corporate StrategyBusiness PlanningManagement ConsultingProduct StrategyOperations StrategyScenario AnalysisInvestment RecommendationsStrategic KPI DevelopmentRisk AssessmentPortfolio Prioritization

Soft Skills

LeadershipCommunicationDecision-MakingFacilitationAnalytical Thinking

Certifications

Bachelor’s DegreeMBA or Related Graduate Degree