Director, Strategic Initiatives

SNI Companies; Bethesda (MD); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Full benefits

Job summary

SNI Companies has partnered with a growing financial firm in search of a Director, Strategic Initiatives. The candidate can sit in the Washington DC–Baltimore area or New York City, with a full-time direct hire and a hybrid schedule.

Compensation: $180K–$250K base plus bonus and full benefits. MBA or equivalent graduate degree preferred; 10–12+ years of experience in management consulting, business transformation, or enterprise program management within asset management or financial services.

Qualifications

• MBA or equivalent graduate degree preferred.
• 10–12+ years of relevant experience, including time in management consulting, business transformation, or enterprise program management within the asset management or financial services industry.
• Proven success leading large, complex business programs with cross-functional scope—especially in front-office, product, investment, or distribution settings.
• Familiarity with ETFs, mutual funds, or other investment vehicles strongly preferred.
• Experience working directly with executive leadership and influencing senior stakeholders across departments.

Skills

Executive stakeholder engagement

Strategic program management

Education

Bachelor’s degree

MBA or equivalent graduate degree

Job description

Director, Strategic Initiatives #26-238537

Bethesda, MD Onsite

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Job Description

SNI Companies has partnered with a growing financial firm in search of a Director, Strategic Initiatives. The candidate for this position can either sit in the Washington DC - Baltimore area or New York City, New York. This is a full time direct hire position with a hybrid schedule.

Compensation: $180K-$250K base + bonus + full benefits.

Education and Experience:

• MBA or equivalent graduate degree preferred.
• 10-12+ years of relevant experience, including time in management consulting, business transformation, or enterprise program management within the asset management or financial services industry.
• Proven success leading large, complex business programs with cross-functional scope—especially in front-office, product, investment, or distribution settings.
• Familiarity with ETFs, mutual funds, or other investment vehicles strongly preferred.
• Experience working directly with executive leadership and influencing senior stakeholders across departments.

SNI Companies has partnered with a growing financial firm in search of a Director, Strategic Initiatives. The candidate for this position can either sit in the Washington DC - Baltimore area or New York City, New York. This is a full time direct hire position with a hybrid schedule.

Compensation: $180K-$250K base + bonus + full benefits. Education and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• MBA or equivalent graduate degree preferred.
• 10-12+ years of relevant experience, including time in management consulting, business transformation, or enterprise program management within the asset management or financial services industry.
• Proven success leading large, complex business programs with cross-functional scope—especially in front-office, product, investment, or distribution settings.
• Familiarity with ETFs, mutual funds, or other investment vehicles strongly preferred.
• Experience working directly with executive leadership and influencing senior stakeholders across departments.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Expertise in change management, program/project management, stakeholder alignment, including the ability to manage complex business processes through influence when all the resources necessary for a successful outcome are not directly under the individual’s control.
• Executive-level communication: able to synthesize issues and present clearly to C-suite stakeholders.
• Strong strategic and analytical thinker with a high level of business judgment.
• Self-starter with exceptional ownership and follow-through; thrives in ambiguity and fast-paced environments.
• Skilled in management consulting-style problem solving and structured execution frameworks
• Balanced orientation to detail and big-picture thinking.

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