Vice President / Senior Vice President, Strategic Planning

Overview

We are looking for a senior executive to lead and advance our organization's strategic planning, financial modeling, and analytics functions. This pivotal position collaborates closely with senior leadership, translating overarching company strategies into precise, high-quality analytical models and actionable insights.

Key Responsibilities

• Direct development, governance, and ongoing enhancement of enterprise-wide financial and strategic models, encompassing long-term planning, valuation frameworks, and scenario analyses.
• Maintain hands-on involvement in crafting and fine-tuning complex models, especially for critical or ambiguous strategic projects.
• Head advanced analytics and business intelligence initiatives, including dashboards, performance monitoring, and KPI frameworks, to facilitate timely decision-making.
• Work directly with the CEO, CFO, and other executives to influence corporate strategy with data-centered perspectives.
• Lead modeling and analytical efforts for significant decisions such as mergers and acquisitions, capital allocation, pricing strategies, and new business ventures.
• Develop and manage scenario planning processes, evaluating business resilience under diverse economic and competitive situations.
• Collaborate extensively with Finance, Marketing, Operations, and leadership teams to align data, assumptions, and strategic goals.
• Convert ambiguous strategic challenges into structured quantitative analyses that inform top-level decisions.
• Oversee integration of financial, operational, and market data into unified, scalable modeling systems.
• Lead and potentially build a high-performing team, establishing standards for modeling precision, transparency, and usability.
• Deliver clear, actionable recommendations and insights to executive leadership and board members.
• Champion modernization of modeling and analytics capabilities through automation, advanced analytics, and BI tools.

Qualifications

• Minimum 10 to 15 years in corporate finance, strategy, investment banking, private equity, or management consulting.
• Demonstrated history of influencing executive decisions through insightful analytical contributions.
• Extensive hands-on experience with financial modeling, valuation, and strategic enterprise-level analysis.
• Proficiency with business intelligence platforms such as Tableau or Power BI and programming languages or tools like SQL or Python.
• Capability to operate effectively both at strategic and tactical levels, combining leadership with direct execution.
• Experience leading complex initiatives like M&A, corporate transformations, or long-term strategic planning.
• Strong leadership skills with experience influencing cross-functional teams.
• Preferred qualifications include an MBA, CFA, or equivalent professional experience.

Leadership Skills

• Ability to balance strategic vision with deep analytical involvement.
• Excellent executive communication skills that distill complex data into actionable narratives.
• Effective collaboration and influence across diverse functional teams.
• Sound judgment and clarity in high-pressure, ambiguous environments.
• Embedding data-driven approaches into organizational decision-making culture.

Success Metrics

• Strategic decisions by executives and board utilize the team’s analyses as a trusted foundation.
• Complex financial models are personally vetted and stress-tested for critical projects.
• Real-time business performance is transparently monitored via BI analytics.
• Alignment across departments resulting in a unified, data-driven understanding of the organization.
• The function acts as both strategic advisor and hands-on analytical driver.

Additional Information

This role requires on-site presence at the Louisville, Colorado campus.

Preference is given to existing Gaia subscribers.

Applicants must have US citizenship or a valid work visa.

Non-smokers only.

About Company

Gaia, a publicly traded company (Nasdaq: GAIA) located in Louisville, Colorado, offers a global streaming platform featuring over 8,000 original titles in niche areas like transformation, alternative health, and conscious living. Their mission is to empower a global conscious community and foster the evolution of consciousness.

The workplace offers amenities such as an on-site gym, solar-powered campus with hiking and running trails, community gardens, labyrinth, and organic café with espresso bar. Full-time employees have access to alternative and traditional medical benefits, dental, vision, 401K, and life insurance plans.

Compensation

The salary range for this role is between $250,000 and $300,000 USD annually.