Senior Practice Strategist

The Senior Practice Strategist is a senior-level role within Practice Management responsible for supporting the development, advancement, and activation of the firm's practice model strategy. Reporting to the Director, Practice Model Strategy, this role contributes to the design of scalable practice model offerings, advisor teaming approaches, role strategies, and growth frameworks that help advisors build more valuable, sustainable, and transferable businesses.

The Senior Practice Strategist leverages industry insights, advisor feedback, competitive research, market intelligence, and performance data to identify opportunities, develop recommendations, and support the evolution of future-state practice models. This role partners closely with Practice Management, Market Management, Human Capital, Field Learning, and other enterprise stakeholders to help ensure practice models are practical, scalable, and aligned with firm priorities.

Through analysis, structured problem solving, and cross-functional collaboration, the Senior Practice Strategist translates strategic priorities into advisor-facing guidance, decision frameworks, activation approaches, and implementation plans that support advisor growth, client experience, productivity, scalability, and succession readiness.

Key Responsibilities

• Executes end-to-end work for practice model and advisor teaming initiatives, supporting efforts from strategy development through market activation and rollout.
• Supports the evolution of practice model archetypes, service models, role strategies, and operational guidance within established strategic direction.
• Analyzes advisor, market, adoption, and performance data to identify opportunities, barriers, and recommendations that improve practice outcomes.
• Evaluates market feedback, advisor experience insights, and competitive trends to refine priorities, targeting approaches, and adoption plans.
• Designs components of segmentation guidance, service models, decision frameworks, tools, and playbooks that help advisors and leaders evaluate practice model alternatives.
• Executes stakeholder workshops, working sessions, and cross-functional engagements to align partners on recommendations, decisions, and implementation plans.
• Partners across Practice Management, Advisor Segmentation, Human Capital, Market Management, Learning, Technology, Finance, Risk, and other enterprise functions to support implementation and continuous improvement.
• Optimizes deliverables through clear narratives, practical tools, measurable success criteria, and well-defined activation approaches.
• Identifies and prioritizes improvement opportunities through advisor feedback, operational performance data, adoption outcomes, and market insights.
• Serves as a subject matter resource in advisor growth, practice management, practice economics, and teaming strategies while contributing to knowledge sharing and capability development across the Practice Strategy organization

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree.
• 6-10 years of experience in one or more of the following:
• Strategy development
• Practice management
• Advisor teaming
• Wealth management
• Business consulting
• Organizational effectiveness
• Related business disciplines
• Experience leading strategic initiatives from concept through implementation.
• Experience analyzing market, client, operational, or performance data to develop business recommendations.
• Experience developing frameworks, tools, processes, or implementation plans that drive measurable business outcomes.
• Experience managing multiple projects, initiatives, or priorities simultaneously.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree.
• Experience with advisor growth strategies, practice economics, service models, workforce planning, or practice evolution.
• Experience evaluating business performance, financial impacts, risks, or strategic trade-offs.

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