Strategic Initiatives Manager, NA

About the role

Vantage Data Centers powers, cools, protects and connects the technology of the world’s well-known hyperscalers, cloud providers and large enterprises. Developing and operating across North America, EMEA and Asia Pacific, Vantage has evolved data center design in innovative ways to deliver dramatic gains in reliability, efficiency and sustainability in flexible environments that can scale as quickly as the market demands.

Position Overview

We are seeking a high-performing Strategic Initiatives Manager to help drive the programs, processes, tools, and operating rhythms that support a fast-moving, 400-person organization. This role is ideal for someone who is both strategic and hands-on. The right candidate can take an ambiguous business need, create structure, build the first draft, analyze the data, develop the rollout plan, and drive execution across teams. This is not a traditional project management role — we need someone who can create momentum and produce high-quality work, not just track tasks.

Essential Job Functions

• Drive strategic initiatives, transformation efforts, and cross-functional operational programs.
• Translate leadership priorities into clear plans, deliverables, and rollout strategies.
• Create executive-ready presentations, documents, process maps, communications, and tools.
• Analyze data to identify trends, risks, insights, and recommended actions.
• Build processes, templates, dashboards, and operating mechanisms that help the organization scale.
• Partner with leaders and teams to improve alignment, adoption, and execution.
• Manage ambiguity and proactively move work forward with limited direction.
• Support leadership meetings, business reviews, planning cycles, and organizational communications.

Job Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in strategic operations, business operations, transformation, consulting, program management, or related roles.
• Strong ability to create high-quality PowerPoint presentations and executive communications.
• Strong analytical skills and comfort using data to inform recommendations.
• Proven ability to lead cross-functional work and influence without authority.
• Experience building processes, tools, workflows, or operating rhythms.
• Excellent communication, relationship-building, and problem-solving skills.
• Able to operate independently in a fast-paced, ambiguous environment.

Preferred but not required

• Data literacy and visualization: SQL, PowerBI, etc.

Pay

The salary range for this position is $115,000– $140,000. Final compensation will be based on experience, skills, and qualifications and may vary from the posted range.