Position Summary:
The Strategy Project Manager is responsible for planning, initiating and leading projects focused on key strategic initiatives for Make-A-Wish® America. The manager will work closely with senior leadership, and cross-functional teams to develop and execute strategies collaboratively and drive the organization forward. Projects include formulation of long-term strategic priorities and plans, analysis and recommendations, external benchmarking, and internal business performance improvement and evaluation.
Duties & Responsibilities:
- Project Management– leads and manages a portfolio of projects
- Program Management– establish standardized program management templates and discipline for key strategic initiatives and provide status reporting to key stakeholders
- Business Process Improvement– reaches across the organization to assess gaps and identify solutions
- Problem Solving– gathers data, formulates hypotheses and makes recommendations
- Agent of Change– drives change management, prepares leadership through well written updates and presentations while promoting cross functional coordination and alignment and ensures a quality outcome
- Analytic Leadership- develops business cases, formulates hypotheses, evaluates return on investment and recommends prioritization based on analytical evaluation
Working Conditions:
- Work in an office environment.
- Some travel may be required.
- May require work outside a traditional Monday – Friday work week, and outside normal business hours.
Areas of Responsibility:
Qualifications:
- Industrial Engineer or similar Undergraduate degree required. Master’s degree preferred.
- 4+ years professional experience in demonstrated project management skills including project planning and control, and risk management, strategy and/or consulting required.
- Strong computer skills required, specifically in Microsoft Office applications.
- Prior experience working in a non-profit organization desired.
Skills/Experience:
Knowledge and Abilities:
- Program/Project Management– experience in leading projects, as well as managing a portfolio of projects across various departments and disciplines (reordered to first in list)
- Business Transformation– experience in driving transformational efforts within a mid to large sized organization
- Process Improvement– ability to increase efficiency and effectiveness of processes. May include 6 Sigma background.
- Analytical Insights– experience in framing key strategic questions to answer and complex problems with executive leadership
- Analytic Aptitude– data driven analytics experience to support and justify recommendations
- Strategic Mindset– having a big picture view of opportunities, with the ability to define tactical implementation plans
- Financial Acumen– ability to create business cases and evaluate initiatives based on return on investment
- Consulting Experience– ability to identify gaps, develop strategy and promote associated plans to drive improvement
- Collaboration- understands organizational dynamics, navigates expertly and can achieve success in a consensus driven, team oriented environment
Job Function:
Organization Info
Listing Stats
Post Date:
Nov 22 2017
Active Until:
Dec 22 2017
Hiring Organization:
Make-A-Wish America
industry:
Nonprofit