Strategic Initiatives Specialist

Key Responsibilities

• Execute assigned Founder’s Office initiatives by translating priorities into clear workplans, deliverables, milestones, and next steps.
• Cross-functional workstreams, track commitments, and follow up with stakeholders to maintain momentum.
• Identify risks, dependencies, and stalled decisions; escalate matters requiring leadership direction to the Manager, Founder’s Office.
• Drive initiatives through completion, closure, or transition to the appropriate business or functional owner.
• Conduct targeted business, industry, market, competitor, and portfolio research.
• Analyze and synthesize financial, operational, qualitative, and external information into concise, executive-ready insights.
• Prepare decision briefs outlining key facts, options, assumptions, risks, tradeoffs, and recommended next steps.
• Verify the accuracy and completeness of information presented to Founder’s Office and senior leadership.
• Prepare presentations, briefings, dashboards, pre-reads, talking points, and other executive materials.
• Gather and organize information from business and functional leaders for priority meetings and decisions.
• Document decisions, action items, owners, deadlines, and follow-up requirements.
• Provide research and drafting support for selected communications and stakeholder engagements in partnership with the appropriate functional owners.
• Develop a working understanding of Krause Group businesses, priorities, leaders, and key developments.
• Gather and organize portfolio information to support enterprise visibility and Founder’s Office priorities.
• Cook information and follow-through across portfolio leaders, shared services, external partners, and advisors.
• Identify cross-business connections, dependencies, opportunities, and matters requiring leadership awareness.
• Maintain project plans, status dashboards, decision logs, action registers, and supporting documentation.
• Monitor deadlines, deliverables, decisions, and outstanding commitments across assigned initiatives.
• Prepare regular updates highlighting progress, upcoming priorities, risks, overdue actions, and decisions needed.
• Develop templates and recommend process improvements that strengthen Founder’s Office execution and information flow.
• Execute time-sensitive, confidential, or emerging assignments that may not fit within an established function.
• Quickly build knowledge of unfamiliar topics and organize the research, stakeholders, and actions needed to advance the work.
• Identify and elevate material operational, financial, legal, reputational, or stakeholder risks.
• Handle sensitive information with discretion and follow applicable approval processes, records practices, and organizational boundaries.
• Support selected Growth & Investments assignments through research and project coordination without duplicating that team’s investment or transaction responsibilities.

Experience

• 2+ years of experience in strategic initiatives, project coordination, business analysis, consulting, executive-office support, or a related field.
• 2+ years of experience conducting research, developing executive-ready materials, and coordinating cross-functional projects preferred.
• Bachelor’s degree in business, finance, economics, communications, or a related field; or an equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.
• Experience supporting senior leaders or working on confidential, time-sensitive initiatives preferred.
• Experience in a multi-business, investment, family-owned, or international organization preferred.

Skills And Competencies

• Strong analytical and critical-thinking skills, with the ability to research unfamiliar topics and synthesize complex information.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to prepare concise, executive-ready presentations and briefing materials.
• Ability to translate ambiguous priorities into organized workplans, clear deliverables, and actionable next steps.
• Strong project management and organizational skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities, deadlines, and stakeholders.
• Proficiency with spreadsheets, presentation software, and project-tracking tools.
• Strong interpersonal and collaboration skills, with the ability to build trusted relationships across organizational levels and functions.
• Demonstrated initiative, ownership, resourcefulness, and consistent follow-through.
• Sound judgment and discretion when handling confidential or sensitive information.
• Ability to work independently while recognizing when to seek direction or escalate risks.
• Learning agility and adaptability in a fast-paced, evolving, multi-industry environment.
• Strategic and enterprise-minded, with strong attention to detail and a practical bias toward execution.