[Hiring] Senior Strategy & Decision Analyst @USA Rare Earth, LLC

Role Description

The Senior Strategy & Decision Analyst exists to ensure the Group's most consequential decisions are made with demonstrable Decision Quality (DQ). This role carries primary responsibility for elaborating the Group's and Business Unit’s cascading strategies, working directly and continuously with the respective leaders.

• Act as the organization's honest broker: neutral on which alternative wins, uncompromising on the quality of the process.
• Embed risk-based, optionality-oriented thinking into decisions and their execution design from the outset.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in decision analysis / decision science, or in strategy consulting with a demonstrable decision analysis practice.
• Deep practical command of the decision analysis toolkit.
• Proven experience facilitating executive-level decision and strategy processes.
• Strong communicator: able to translate probabilistic and abstract concepts into clear insight.
• Track record of building decision competency in organizations.
• Affiliation with the Society of Decision Professionals (or equivalent) valued; SDP certification a plus.
• English fluency required; Portuguese and/or French is an advantage.

Requirements

• Hold regular meetings and workshops with leaders to elaborate and implement cascading strategies.
• Assist the Board and CEO with Group strategy definition.
• Help operations translate key growth initiatives into budget inputs.
• Shape strategy continuously based on stakeholder interactions.
• Work with the executive team to frame the organization's most consequential decisions.
• Structure complex decision situations into clear decision elements.
• Lead the quantitative evaluation of strategic alternatives.
• Quantify uncertainty rigorously and apply value-of-information analysis.
• Embed risk-based analysis upfront into strategy and budgeting cycles.
• Design and facilitate the dialogue between decision-makers and project teams.
• Support decision review boards and stage-gate governance for major capital projects.
• Assist leaders in structuring, analyzing, and presenting their own difficult decisions.
• Build the Group's decision-making capability through training and establishing common standards.
• Build and lead a small decision-support team over time.

Benefits

• Extraordinary opportunity to shape how a transformative company frames, analyzes, and commits to decisions.
• Support for Equal Employment Opportunities.
• Reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities.

Company Description

USA Rare Earth proudly supports Equal Employment Opportunities. All employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.