Director, Strategic Initiatives

Position Overview

Akam is a private equity-backed provider of property management and value-add services for condominiums, cooperatives, homeowners’ associations, and multifamily communities. Headquartered in New York City, the Company is a recognized leader in the property management industry and is executing an ambitious growth strategy that includes acquisitions, integrations, and operational transformation initiatives.

Position Responsibilities

• Serve as a strategic partner and advisor to the CEO, providing leadership in the development, prioritization, and execution of enterprise-wide strategic initiatives.
• Lead the Company's strategic priorities, ensuring alignment with corporate objectives, resource allocation, executive sponsorship, and measurable business outcomes.
• Establish governance, operating cadence that provide executive visibility into strategic initiatives, key milestones, risks, dependencies, and organizational impact.
• Drive enterprise-wide, cross-functional transformation initiatives from strategy development through implementation, ensuring timely execution and sustainable results.
• Partner with executive and functional leaders to identify strategic opportunities, solve complex business challenges, and accelerate organizational performance.
• Oversee CEO-sponsored initiatives and enterprise communications that require cross-functional coordination, executive alignment, and organizational change management.
• Identify operational improvement opportunities and lead initiatives that enhance organizational effectiveness, scalability, productivity, and employee experience.
• Provide strategic leadership for mergers, acquisitions, and post-close integration activities, including integration governance, synergy tracking, execution planning, and cross-functional coordination.
• Build strong partnerships across all business functions to foster alignment, accountability, and disciplined execution while effectively managing competing priorities.
• Anticipate enterprise risks, organizational dependencies, and execution challenges, proactively developing mitigation strategies and driving timely resolution.
• Champion a culture of continuous improvement, operational excellence, accountability, and data-driven decision-making throughout the organization.
• Mentor and develop project and program management capabilities while strengthening enterprise execution disciplines across the organization.

Required Knowledge, Skills, And Competencies

• Demonstrated strategic leadership with the ability to influence executive decision-making and drive enterprise-wide initiatives.
• Exceptional business acumen with strong analytical, financial, and problem-solving capabilities.
• Pioneering ability to lead highly complex, cross-functional programs involving multiple stakeholders, competing priorities, and executive visibility.
• Outstanding executive presence with exceptional communication, presentation, facilitation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Strong organizational leadership and change management capabilities, including influencing without direct authority.
• Experience building alignment across executive teams while driving accountability and execution.
• Demonstrated ability to thrive in high-growth, fast-paced, and evolving business environments.
• High degree of professionalism, sound judgment, discretion, and integrity.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and Word, with the ability to develop executive-quality analyses and presentations.
• Experience leveraging enterprise project portfolio management (PPM), PMO, and reporting tools to drive governance, transparency, and execution.

Education And Experience Requirements

• Bachelor's degree required; MBA or other advanced degree strongly preferred.
• 8+ years of progressive experience in management consulting, corporate strategy, strategic operations, business transformation, investment banking, private equity portfolio operations, or a comparable strategic leadership environment.
• Demonstrated success leading enterprise-wide strategic initiatives with measurable business impact.
• Experience partnering directly with C-suite executives and Boards of Directors on high-priority strategic initiatives.
• Experience leading mergers and acquisitions, post-merger integration, organizational transformation, or enterprise change initiatives.
• Experience designing and leading enterprise PMO or strategic portfolio management functions preferred.
• Experience within private equity-backed organizations, high-growth companies, or multi-business unit enterprises strongly preferred.
• Demonstrated success leading initiatives involving acquisitions, integrations, international operations, or large-scale operational transformations.