Director of Workplace Strategy and Solutions

Edward Jones is seeking a Director of Workplace Strategy and Solutions to steer how its offices support collaboration, productivity, and client-focused service. This is a full-time, onsite leadership role with a footprint at the firm’s campuses in Tempe, AZ and St. Louis, MO. The company is privately owned but part of the Fortune 500, with millions of clients and thousands of financial advisors across the U.S. and Canada, and it emphasizes a purpose-driven culture that values inclusion and community impact.

This position suits someone who enjoys shaping long-range plans and turning them into actionable programs that touch multiple functions, from products and field management to marketing, legal and compliance. If you’re looking to influence how people work, how spaces enable collaboration, and how investments in workplace solutions drive business outcomes, this could be a strong fit.

People who value clear direction, cross-functional partnership, and measurable results will likely feel at home in this environment where the focus is on meaningful impact for clients and colleagues alike.

Guiding cross-functional strategy

In this role you’ll lead strategic initiatives that span several parts of the business, translating a long-term vision into execution plans that others can own. You’ll translate complex data into concise recommendations and keep a pulse on market trends, competitive dynamics, and performance to guide decisions. Building external partnerships to meet client needs and scale is part of the job, ensuring the workplace strategy aligns with broader business priorities and regulatory requirements.

Day to day, you’ll collaborate with partners across product, field management, marketing, legal and compliance to co-create solutions. Your work will include forecasting and planning to optimize capital use and realize tangible business value, while ensuring programs stay aligned withEdward Jones’s purpose and commitments. The role is campus-based, with a four-days-a-week in-office expectation for those living within a commutable distance to Tempe, AZ and St. Louis, MO home office locations.

What the team needs from you

• Lower-degree requirements: a bachelor’s is essential, while a master’s is preferred.
• Experience: more than ten years in corporate strategy, management consulting, integration management, or strategic planning.
• Cross-functional leadership: a track record of guiding strategic initiatives in complex, matrixed organizations across functions such as products, field management, marketing, and legal/compliance.
• Vision and execution: ability to shape a long-term strategic vision and translate it into multi-function execution plans.
• Analytical problem-solving: strong skills to simplify complex information and present clear recommendations.
• Business sense: capability to link market trends, competitive dynamics, and business performance to strategic decisions.
• Forecasting and capital planning: demonstrated ability to forecast, plan, and maximize capital allocation to generate results.
• Partnership development: proven ability to establish and grow external partnerships to meet client needs and scale.

Pay, benefits and practical details

Edward Jones’s compensation and benefits bundle includes medical and prescription drug coverage, dental and vision plans, and voluntary benefits such as accident, hospital indemnity, and critical illness. Short- and long-term disability, basic life, and basic AD&D are provided at no cost to associates. The company offers a 401(k) retirement plan and tax-advantaged accounts like health savings accounts and flexible spending accounts. There are ten paid holidays and 15 vacation days for new associates starting January 1 each year, along with sick time, personal days, and a paid day for volunteerism. Associates may be eligible for bonuses and profit sharing, and all associates have access to the Employee Assistance Program. For more details on benefits, see the benefits page.

Location-wise, this is an onsite role with a campus-based setup. Commutable distance to Tempe, AZ and St. Louis, MO home offices means a four-day in-office schedule each week.

Edward Jones is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender, religion, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, pregnancy, veteran status, genetic information or any other basis prohibited by applicable law. United States citizens and other eligible individuals are considered for employment.

Tips for applicants

Start your resume with a strong, concrete section that highlights your 10+ years leading strategic initiatives in sizeable, multi-function setups. Emphasize programs where you shaped long-range strategy and turned it into executable plans across multiple teams, and note any measurable outcomes tied to capital allocation or performance improvements.

When you describe must-have capabilities, cite a real project where you forecasted, planned, and allocated resources to realize business value across several functions. Quantify impact where you can, cost savings, revenue lift, or efficiency gains help your case stand out.

Be ready to walk through a cross-functional collaboration story in interviews, especially one that involved product, field management, marketing, and legal/compliance. Bring a narrative that shows how you translated data into decisions and how you built external partnerships to scale.

Think of a question that shows you’re thinking about the role’s cross-functional scope and measurement. For example: ask how the team currently tracks the impact of workplace strategy and solutions, and which top cross-functional initiative they expect the new director to own first.