Director, Strategic Initiatives
Boston, MAJob$110–222K/yrPosted 4mo agoStill listed today
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Fidelity Philanthropic Services seeks a Director, Strategic Initiatives to help shape business portfolio strategy across its products and services. The role evaluates customer needs and market trends, identifies growth opportunities, and informs decisions about developing, maintaining, or retiring offerings. The director contributes to the organization’s long-term strategic vision and works across functions to advance business goals.
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Job Description: Director, Strategic Initiatives
The Role Looking for your next opportunity to innovate and drive growth? Fidelity Philanthropic Services (FPS) is seeking a highly motivated individual that can use their strong analytical, communication, and problem-solving skills to contribute to strategy, planning, and implementation of new, innovative offerings for FPS.
This individual will play a key role in the development of business portfolio strategy across FPS’ products and services for current and future customer segments. Reporting to the Head of Product Portfolio Strategy, you will be responsible for delivering on FPS’ long-term strategic vision by evaluating customer needs, analyzing market trends, and identifying growth opportunities. Leveraging a passion for strategic thinking, product innovation, and philanthropic giving, your primary responsibility will be to inform decisions on which offerings to develop, maintain, or retire, maximizing overall portfolio value and competitiveness in the marketplace.
The Expertise & Skills You Bring
- BA/BS required; MBA or equivalent experience preferred
- 5-8 years of experience in management consulting, product development, or strategic planning
- Strong strategy consulting toolkit including critical thinking skills, structured problem solving, and sophisticated analysis to turn data into actionable insights
- Strategic leadership and strong collaboration skills to influence teams across functional areas to achieve business goals
- Ability to manage and execute complex programs while demonstrating relationship management skills across business functions including product, technology, service, fundraising, marketing, and legal, risk & compliance
- Ability to develop and maintain project plans, manage multiple priorities, meet deadlines, and deliver business results
- Confidence, professional maturity, and business experience to work independently and collaborate effectively across all levels of the organization
- Ability to communicate effectively and influence cross-functional teams to ensure alignment, mitigate risks, and promote transparency
The Team The Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund (“Fidelity Charitable”) is a public charity that sponsors the largest national donor-advised fund program. Since 1991, Fidelity Charitable has introduced tens of thousands of donors to the benefits — and increased charitable impact — of using a donor-advised fund to meet their philanthropic goals. Fidelity Charitable is governed by an independent Board of Trustees, which has hired Fidelity Investments as the service provider to the charity. Fidelity Investments, through Fidelity Philanthropic Services, provides all of the charitable organization’s employees and supports all of its functions: Program Development, Marketing, Service Delivery, Change Management, Relationship Management, Finance, Technology, Risk and Compliance, and Fundraising. Fidelity’s Onsite Working Model Fidelity is transitioning to a full-time onsite working model through a phased rollout across regions and roles. Currently, some roles and locations require 100% onsite presence, while others require less. Onsite expectations are likely to evolve as the rollout continues. This transition does not apply to fully remote roles. The base salary range for this position is $110,000-$222,000 per year. Placement in the range will vary based on job responsibilities and scope, geographic location, candidate’s relevant experience, and other factors. Base salary is only part of the total compensation package. Depending on the position and eligibility requirements, the offer package may also include bonus or other variable compensation. We offer a wide range of benefits to meet your evolving needs and help you live your best life at work and at home. These benefits include comprehensive health care coverage and emotional well-being support, market-leading retirement, generous paid time off and parental leave, charitable giving employee match program, and educational assistance including student loan repayment, tuition reimbursement, and learning resources to develop your career. Note, the application window closes when the position is filled or unposted. Please be advised that Fidelity’s business is governed by the provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, the Investment Company Act of 1940, ERISA, numerous state laws governing securities, investment and retirement-related financial activities and the rules and regulations of numerous self-regulatory organizations, including FINRA, among others. Those laws and regulations may restrict Fidelity from hiring and/or associating with individuals with certain Criminal Histories.
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How this job compares
Set against the 4,118 open Strategy jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 5, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$110–222K/yr
- Massachusetts median$143–253K/yr139 salary ranges
- US median$134–242K/yr3,406 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $166K, is 19% below the Massachusetts median midpoint ($205K) — in the middle half of Strategy salary ranges in Massachusetts.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 155 open Strategy jobs in Massachusetts and 4,118 across the US. 5% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 5 years of experience; Strategy postings that state a minimum ask for 6 years at the median (3,765 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 2,267 of the 4,118 open Strategy jobs (55%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 5, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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