Director, Strategic Business Planning

About the role

Provides overall business and strategic guidance in alignment with company-wide objectives.

Responsibilities

• Champion organizational change and promote a culture of accountability, collaboration, and customer service excellence.
• Coordinate strategic business initiatives across functional groups and teams.
• Facilitate the project portfolio management process in partnership with the PMO and IT teams, including project prioritization, business case development, resource planning, and benefits realization analysis.
• Manage interdependencies and common critical path milestones across initiatives, facilitating risk management, issue escalation/resolution, scope change, and implementation planning.
• Manage a dashboard of strategic initiatives and process improvements.
• Continually seek program process improvements.
• Define and direct formal communication methods and establish open and consistent communication with all levels within the organization.
• Provide portfolio reporting and facilitate inter-program communication.
• Provide direction and define, catalog, and implement program management methodologies, tools, and governance.
• Direct and oversee activities of process improvement initiatives within the program; hold teams accountable for meeting goals and objectives.
• Direct problem resolution, decision making, communications, and other associated activities during all phases of large and complex projects using a proactive and constructive approach.
• Drive and manage project intake, prioritization, discovery, demand capacity modeling, budget, and benefits realization.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a business-related field or equivalent experience.
• Ten years of strategic planning experience, including five years managing complex multisystem and/or multiple department projects.
• Experience utilizing interviewing/negotiation skills; coordinating and facilitating small and large group meetings; utilizing planning/organization skills and techniques; managing multiple priorities and project staff; and utilizing analysis and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to communicate with all levels of the organization to guide strategic planning fundamentals and plan execution.
• Proficiency using MS Office and project development/management tools.

Preferred Qualifications

• Expert-level skills relating to project management theory, tools, and practice.
• Change management experience.

Working Conditions

• Hybrid office environment (Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday).
• Locations: Denver, Cedar Rapids, Philadelphia, Baltimore.
• Travel to attend strategic planning sessions (10% travel).

Pay

The salary for this position generally ranges between $130,000.00 and $145,000.00 annually. Please note that the salary range is a good faith estimate and actual starting pay is determined by several factors including qualifications, experience, geography, work location designation (in-office, hybrid, remote), and operational needs. Salary may vary above and below the stated amounts, as permitted by applicable law.