Strategic Initiatives Leader

Still Sverige Ab; Grand Rapids (MI); On-site; USD 122,000 - 179,000; Full time

Job summary

Dematic is seeking a strategic programs leader in the United States (MI/Grand Rapids area) to guide enterprise initiatives from concept through execution, delivering measurable business value. You will partner with executives to set objectives, define roadmaps, and translate goals into actionable plans while ensuring alignment with priorities across functions.

You will oversee program governance, budgeting, risk management, and benefits realization, while driving change management and continuous

Qualifications

• Strategic initiatives leadership across enterprise and business units.
• Define program objectives, success criteria, business outcomes, and implementation roadmaps.
• Translate strategic goals into actionable project plans and milestones.
• Align strategic initiatives with organizational priorities.

Responsibilities

• Lead enterprise and business-unit strategic initiatives from concept through execution and value realization.
• Develop and maintain integrated project plans, schedules, budgets, dependencies, and resource forecasts.
• Monitor program performance, identify risks and issues, and implement mitigation plans.
• Track project progress against scope, cost, quality, and timeline commitments.
• Establish governance frameworks and facilitate decision-making across stakeholders.
• Coordinate activities across Operations, Engineering, Product Management, Sales, Marketing, Finance, IT, and Customer Support.
• Facilitate alignment among diverse stakeholders with competing priorities.
• Lead recurring program reviews, steering committee meetings, and executive status updates.
• Drive accountability and action-item closure across project teams.
• Support organizational change initiatives and develop communication plans for stakeholder alignment and adoption.
• Identify process improvements and champion a culture of continuous improvement and operational excellence.
• Develop business cases, cost-benefit analyses, ROI assessments, and funding recommendations for strategic investments.
• Monitor budgets and expenditures to ensure initiatives remain within financial parameters.
• Track benefits realization and report outcomes against objectives.
• Support annual planning and strategic investment prioritization exercises.
• Provide concise updates to senior leadership regarding program status, risks, decisions, dependencies, and business impacts.
• Develop executive-level presentations, reports, dashboards, and performance metrics.
• Escalate critical issues and recommend corrective actions when required.

Skills

Strategic Leadership

Program Management

Cross-Functional Leadership

Change Management

Financial Analysis

Executive Communications

Job description

We offer:

• What We Offer:
• Career Development
• Competitive Compensation and Benefits
• Pay Transparency
• Global Opportunities

Learn More Here: https://www.dematic.com/en-us/about/careers/what-we-offer/

Dematic provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.

The base pay range for this role is estimated to be $122,250 - $179.300 at the time of posting. Final compensation will be determined by various factors such as work location, education, experience, knowledge, and skills.

Tasks and Qualifications:

What You Will Do in This Role:

Strategic Program Leadership

• Lead enterprise and business-unit strategic initiatives from concept through execution and value realization.
• Partner with executive leadership to define program objectives, success criteria, business outcomes, and implementation roadmaps.
• Translate strategic goals into actionable project plans, milestones, resource requirements, and measurable deliverables.
• Ensure alignment between strategic initiatives and organizational priorities.

Project & Portfolio Management

• Develop and maintain integrated project plans, schedules, budgets, dependencies, and resource forecasts.
• Monitor program performance, identify risks and issues, and implement mitigation plans to ensure successful delivery.
• Track project progress against scope, cost, quality, and timeline commitments.
• Establish governance frameworks and facilitate decision-making processes across stakeholders.

Cross-Functional Leadership

• Coordinate activities across multiple business functions, including Operations, Engineering, Product Management, Sales, Marketing, Finance, IT, and Customer Support.
• Facilitate alignment among diverse stakeholders with competing priorities.
• Lead recurring program reviews, steering committee meetings, and executive status updates.
• Drive accountability and action-item closure across project teams.

Change Management & Business Transformation

• Support organizational change initiatives associated with strategic programs.
• Develop communication plans to ensure stakeholder alignment and adoption.
• Identify process improvement opportunities and implement best practices that improve organizational effectiveness.
• Champion a culture of continuous improvement and operational excellence.

Financial & Business Case Management

• Develop business cases, cost-benefit analyses, ROI assessments, and funding recommendations for strategic investments.
• Monitor budgets and expenditures to ensure initiatives remain within approved financial parameters.
• Track benefits realization and report outcomes against approved business objectives.
• Support annual planning and strategic investment prioritization exercises.

Executive Communications & Reporting

• Provide concise and actionable updates to senior leadership regarding program status, risks, decisions, dependencies, and business impacts.
• Develop executive-level presentations, reports, dashboards, and performance metrics.
• Escalate critical issues and recommend corrective actions when required.
• Support governance reviews and strategic planning discussions.

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