Vice President Of Strategic Initiatives

Vice President of Strategic Initiatives
Summary
This position is with a national, private equity backed, air filtration manufacturer/distributor roll-up. The company is about to complete several acquisitions and will be going through massive growth and organizational transformation in the coming years. This role is responsible for the group’s overall strategic direction and the facilitation of it’s growth. The role requires a high degree of independence, initiative, judgment, and follow-through on a wide range of sensitive and complex issues and will report to the CEO.
Geography – Preference for home-base to be in Chicagoland but also open to remote as this is a national company.
Responsibilities

• Driving escalation and resolution of critical project related issues that would impact launch live date.
• Defining the timeline, milestones, budget, resource plan, and success metrics.
• Support execution of Company’s acquisition strategy supporting diligence workstreams.
• Facilitating day-to-day coordination, steering committee meetings, and communication of roles and responsibilities to key functional leaders.
• Provide steady leadership in the face of uncertainty, change, and aggressive deadlines common to company growing rapidly through acquisitions.
• Manage multiple projects and drive fast-paced execution.
• Monitoring project health through the effective use of project dashboards.
• Responsible for managing the overall planning, execution and success of acquisitions.

Qualifications

• MBA or masters or a combination of equivalent education / work experience.
• Strong Board presentation skills including the development of PowerPoint presentations.
• Proven problem-solving, decision-making, and financial skills.
• 7+ years’ experience in various aspects of project consulting management.
• Ability to make decisions independently and to assume higher-level leadership responsibilities in critical situations.
• Experience developing workplans, project scopes, pricing estimates, and presentations to assist in project planning and execution.
• Effective consultative and influencing approach.
• Ability to enact change quickly.
• Ability to achieve broadly communicated objectives with a minimal amount of supervision.
• Ability to promote innovative ideas and accept the risks that are required to lead change.
• Excellent professional written/verbal communication and interpersonal skills.
• Proven ability to build and lead and interact with diverse and distributed teams from various internal and external organizations across multiple locations.

Job Responsibilities
Vice President of Strategic Initiatives
Qualifications

• Proven ability to build and lead and interact with diverse and distributed teams from various internal and external organizations across multiple locations.
• 7+ years’ experience in various aspects of project consulting management.
• Proven problem-solving, decision-making, and financial skills.
• Excellent professional written/verbal communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to enact change quickly.
• MBA or masters or a combination of equivalent education / work experience.
• Experience developing workplans, project scopes, pricing estimates, and presentations to assist in project planning and execution.
• Ability to promote innovative ideas and accept the risks that are required to lead change.
• Strong Board presentation skills including the development of PowerPoint presentations.
• Ability to achieve broadly communicated objectives with a minimal amount of supervision.
• Effective consultative and influencing approach.
• Ability to make decisions independently and to assume higher-level leadership responsibilities in critical situations.

Education and Experience
Bachelor’s Degree
Knowledge and Skill Requirements