Senior Strategic Planning Manager

Zillow

Lead strategic planning initiatives to optimize business performance for Zillow's software and advertising products. Collaborate cross-functionally to manage business metrics and drive growth strategies.

Posted 7/18/2026full-timeRemote • California, Colorado, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia, Washington • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $127,100 - $203,000 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in quantitative business analysis, forecasting, and performance management, with proficiency in SQL and visualization tools like Tableau. Capable of leading cross-functional projects and presenting complex insights to executive audiences to drive strategic decisions.

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Quantitative Business AnalysisSQL ProficiencyTableau VisualizationPerformance Metrics ManagementExecutive-Level Communication

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Hard Skills

Quantitative AnalysisForecastingData ManipulationBusiness Metrics DevelopmentPerformance Management

Soft Skills

Analytical Problem-SolvingCollaborationCommunication

Tools & Technologies

TableauSQLData EngineeringBusiness IntelligenceData Science

Industry Keywords

Management ConsultingStrategyPlanningGTMTechnologySoftwareSaaS

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

SQLTableau

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Develop a deep understanding of one or more of Zillow’s businesses, key performance drivers, and cross-functional improvement opportunities.
Become a subject matter expert.
Drive our annual operating plan including goal setting, performance management, and executive-level monthly/quarterly business reviews.
Establish and maintain key business metrics (inputs/outputs), and develop sophisticated forecast models to project results and measure gaps to plan.
Lead cross-functional stakeholder projects from ideation to execution, ensuring alignment across Product, Sales, and Finance to meet critical business milestones.
Act as an internal consultant to business leaders, providing structured frameworks to solve ambiguous problems and driving data-backed decisions at the executive level.
Proactively develop insights and recommendations to improve performance.
Present findings and options effectively to an executive audience to drive decisions.
Analyze business, operational, or customer data to identify trends, gaps, and opportunities.
Collaborate with data engineering, BI, and data science to build advanced analytics and real-time performance dashboards.
Drive key business operations to serve the needs of our cross-functional partners.
Maintain an understanding of competitor or industry trends.

Requirements

What you’ll need

7+ years work experience, including 2+ years at a top-tier management consulting firm.
Experience in Strategy, Planning, or GTM in a Technology, Software, or SaaS setting.
Proficient in SQL and visualization software (e.g., Tableau) for large scale data manipulation.
Demonstrated expertise in quantitative business analysis and forecasting.
Excellent analytical problem-solving skills, with the ability to break down complex problems and synthesize data into clear insights.
Experience driving performance metrics, annual planning processes, and facilitating executive-level business reviews.
Outstanding communicator, capable of presenting complex financial and business data and insights to C-level executives
Highly collaborative, you thrive working in fast-paced environments with stakeholders across every function (product, engineering, marketing, sales, finance, analytics, etc.)

Benefits

Comp & perks

equity awards based on factors such as experience, performance and location