Director of Strategic Initiatives

We are seeking a Director of Strategic Initiatives to partner directly with the CEO, Chief of Staff, and leadership team across the Executive Office, Family Office, and portfolio companies. This is an intense, high-trust role for a smart, scrappy operator who can think strategically while rolling up their sleeves to execute.

Requirements

• 10+ years’ experience supporting the leadership team in a similar capacity
• 5+ years’ taking the lead on and driving strategic initiatives throughout the company
• 3+ years' experience partnering with founder/entrepreneur to manage and organize executives and executive teams to peak performance in a multi-business structure
• Operations or business leadership with P&L or business unit level functionality and responsibility
• Strong strategic planning and financial and business acumen
• Significant project management and data analytics experience; Project Management Institute (PMI) certification preferred
• Project management skills, Gantt charts, pert, timelines, official project management and project portfolio management experience; an expert juggler of all tasks who can provide specific details, strong history of organizing complicated projects within tight timelines, stores things in organized fashion, communicates in clear and concise fashion, and able to communicate complex topics in an articulate manner
• Experience in a startup and/or hyper-growth environment
• Experience in people and people management support that drives performance through a performance management system
• Ability to pivot quickly, stay calm under pressure, and streamline processes in a fast paced, high growth environment
• A persuasive, influential, and great motivator; get impossible things done, while people still like them.
• Strong history of building, maintaining, and developing positive relationships; ability and proven experience to get anyone on the phone; fantastic negotiator, good at getting people to say yes
• Expert proficiency in Microsoft O365, G Suite, Mac, et al., and implementing technology to make the team more efficient and effective
• Very fast: thinks, speaks, and moves fast while remaining highly detailed and accurate
• Highly adaptable: extremely change ready; brings stability, structure, and profitability to a dynamic environment
• Emotionally grounded: strong EQ (emotional intelligence) and emotional control; knows how to manage hot people and hot environments without breaking a sweat; hustle mentality with strong endurance but is self-managing with their time

Benefits

• Aggressive base salary
• Additional lucrative bonus plan based on performance
• Full medical benefits
• Options/equity