Strategic Projects Manager

Your Role at impact.com

A Strategic Projects Manager at impact.com is part of the global Strategy Team, reporting to the Principal Strategy Manager, and plays a key role in shaping and executing both global and region-specific strategic initiatives and key business processes.

P1: Strategic Projects Management (PMO Capability)

• Support for high-impact cross-functional initiatives
• Provide analytical support and structure to initiatives that span multiple teams and require executive alignment.
• Problem structuring and decision support
• Break down complex strategic problems, define options, and support leadership in evaluating trade-offs.
• De-risking strategic initiatives
• Assess risks, validate assumptions, and help bring initiatives to decision readiness before execution is handed over.
• Contribution to strategic planning and alignment
• Provide structured input into planning processes to ensure alignment with company strategy and priorities.
• Act as a strategic representative or project manager for Bets (impact.com’s innovation framework).
• Handle a PMO-type workload, defining and coordinating the cross-functional roadmap for the success of a specific Bet.

Driving Commercial Business Outcomes

• Set financial targets and critically assess the company's current financial standing.
• Proactively pinpoint both challenges and growth opportunities.
• Optimize and refine processes.
• Collaborate with sales and marketing teams to guide them in capitalizing on opportunities and driving impactful growth.
• Work with the Chief Revenue Officer and the Head of Renewals to optimize client retention strategies.
• Collaborate with marketing teams to ensure alignment between strategic initiatives and marketing campaigns.
• Engage with product teams to align product enhancements with strategic goals and client needs.
• Partner with Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) teams and the CFO to align on budgeting and forecasting efforts.
• Collaborate on strategic planning, ensuring financial objectives are in sync with broader organizational goals.

Secondary Duties and Responsibilities

• Support the strategy team with its internal processes and key deliverables.
• Market and competitive intelligence, company performance analysis, thematic deep dives, financial and scenario modelling.
• Support in the recruitment of further A-class hires to strengthen the Strategy Team.