Director, Enterprise Execution – Strategic Initiatives

Jobtailor

Alabama

On-site

USD 120,000 - 180,000

Full time

2 days ago

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Job summary

Jobtailor in the United States is seeking a Senior Program Manager to lead cross-functional enterprise initiatives, shaping priorities into executable plans and governance structures.

You will partner with executive stakeholders across operations, engineering, IT, cybersecurity, and finance to deliver measurable outcomes, risk management, and sustained organizational change.

Qualifications

10+ years of progressively responsible experience leading complex programs, strategic initiatives, operations, technology-enabled transformation, or other cross-functional business efforts.
Experience leading initiatives spanning multiple functions, organizations, or stakeholder groups.
Experience working with senior leaders, business owners, technical teams, and operational organizations.
Ability to translate strategic, operational, regulatory, or executive objectives into structured plans, governance, measurable outcomes, and coordinated execution.
Experience with program governance, integrated planning, executive reporting, risk and issue management, dependency management, decision tracking, and escalation.

Responsibilities

Lead complex, cross-functional enterprise initiatives involving multiple organizations and executive stakeholders.
Shape emerging enterprise priorities into executable initiatives.
Translate strategic objectives into integrated plans with milestones, ownership, and success criteria.
Maintain accountability for the health and progress of initiatives.
Establish and manage governance, cadences, schedules, workstreams, dependencies, risks, and escalation paths.
Provide executive decision support through reporting, options, and recommendations.
Establish and track measures of success across business outcomes.
Incorporate organizational change, stakeholder engagement, communications, training, and adoption considerations.
Partner with functional, technical, and project/program management organizations.
Identify and resolve cross-functional barriers and ensure timely escalation and follow-through.
Develop scalable enterprise execution practices, tools, and operating models.
Lead, mentor, coordinate, or manage a small team of program/project management professionals.

Skills

Strategic Initiative Leadership

Cross-Functional Leadership

Executive Communication

Governance & Planning

Risk Management

Decision Tracking

Stakeholder Engagement

Mentoring

Problem-Solving

Matrixed Environment Navigation

Education

Project Management Certification

Change Management Certification

Agile Delivery Certification

Tools

Project Management Tools

Agile Delivery Frameworks

Change Management Tools

Process Improvement Methodologies

Job description

Lead complex, cross-functional enterprise initiatives involving multiple organizations, business functions, technologies, processes, and executive stakeholders
Shape emerging enterprise priorities into executable initiatives
Translate strategic and executive objectives into integrated plans, milestones, decision points, ownership structures, and measurable success criteria
Maintain accountability for the integrated health and progress of assigned initiatives
Establish and manage initiative governance, operating cadence, schedules, workstreams, dependencies, risks, issues, decisions, and escalation paths
Create enterprise-level visibility into progress, tradeoffs, resource constraints, dependencies, risks, and decisions requiring leadership action
Provide executive decision support through reporting, synthesis, options and tradeoffs, and recommendations
Establish and track measures of success across strategic, operational, financial, technology, compliance, adoption, and other business outcomes
Incorporate organizational change, stakeholder engagement, communications, training, adoption, and transition-to-operations considerations
Partner with functional, technical, and project/program management organizations
Identify and resolve cross-functional barriers and ensure timely escalation and follow-through
Develop and apply scalable enterprise execution practices, tools, and operating models
Lead, mentor, coordinate, or manage a small team of program/project management professionals

Requirements

10+ years of progressively responsible experience leading complex programs, strategic initiatives, operations, technology-enabled transformation, or other cross-functional business efforts
Experience leading initiatives spanning multiple functions, organizations, or stakeholder groups
Experience working with senior leaders, business owners, technical teams, and operational organizations
Ability to translate strategic, operational, regulatory, or executive objectives into structured plans, governance, measurable outcomes, and coordinated execution
Experience with program governance, integrated planning, executive reporting, risk and issue management, dependency management, decision tracking, and escalation
Experience leading through influence in matrixed environments
Strong executive communication, facilitation, and decision-support skills
Experience leading multidisciplinary teams, including managing, mentoring, coordinating, or directing professionals
Strong judgment and problem-solving skills
Experience leading enterprise transformation, strategic execution, operational improvement, technology modernization, compliance, or other high-visibility cross-functional initiatives
Experience developing or maturing governance structures, operating models, management processes, or organizational capabilities
Experience across enterprise functions such as operations, engineering, information technology, cybersecurity, finance, supply chain, compliance, business development, or shared services
Experience in regulated, government, aerospace and defense, technology, healthcare, or professional services environments
U.S. person status under ITAR/EAR or eligibility for an export license; some positions require current U.S. citizenship due to contract requirements
Formal training or certification in project/program management, change management, process improvement, agile delivery, or related disciplines is beneficial but not required

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in leading complex, cross-functional enterprise initiatives with a focus on strategic execution, governance, and measurable outcomes. Proficient in stakeholder engagement, executive communication, and developing scalable operating models across various business functions.

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