Senior Transformation & Delivery Lead

City of New York; New York (NY); On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

City of New York seeks a Senior Advisor for Transformation & Delivery to advance HPD’s priority initiatives by coordinating across the agency and solving complex operational challenges. You will drive implementation, planning, and execution to improve how HPD plans, executes, and delivers critical work.

You will support senior leadership with clear recommendations, work plans, and practical solutions, helping launch new initiatives and stabilizing processes across the organization.

Qualifications

• Strong project management and organizational skills.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to translate broad or ambiguous priorities into clear, actionable plans.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including syntheses of complex information.
• Sound judgment and ability to work with senior leaders across boundaries.
• Experience in operations, strategy, process improvement, organizational change, or management consulting.

Responsibilities

• Lead high-priority, cross-cutting initiatives from planning through implementation.
• Develop clear workplans, milestones, roles, and decision points to keep projects moving.
• Identify operational challenges and barriers to implementation and develop practical solutions.
• Coordinate across teams to resolve dependencies, risks, and competing priorities.
• Use data to assess progress, identify issues, and recommend course corrections.
• Develop recommendations and materials to support senior leadership decision-making.
• Support the launch and stabilization of new initiatives, processes, and operating models.

Skills

Project management

Analytical thinking

Planning & prioritization

Written and verbal communication

Judgment & executive interaction

Operations/strategy/change

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

None

Job description

City of New York seeks a Senior Advisor for Transformation & Delivery to advance HPD’s priority initiatives by coordinating across the agency and solving complex operational challenges. You will drive implementation, planning, and execution to improve how HPD plans, executes, and delivers critical work.

You will support senior leadership with clear recommendations, work plans, and practical solutions, helping launch new initiatives and stabilizing processes across the organization.