Sr. Director, Strategy Management Office
On-siteAtlanta, Georgia, United States
Job Summary
Own and drive the weekly SMO governance cadence, ensuring structured preparation, tracking, and follow-through across all forums. Lead enterprise performance management systems like Wave to ensure data integrity, adoption, and transparent reporting. Coordinate cross-functional workstreams, resolve interdependencies, and escalate risks to maintain momentum on transformation outcomes. Develop executive-ready communications that clearly convey progress, risks, and value realization while partnering with Finance, IT, HR, and Operations to simplify processes. Manage SMO operations, including team performance and resource allocation, to support senior leadership alignment on strategic priorities. Typically requires 9+ years of experience in strategy or transformation roles with direct supervision of senior individual contributors. Located in a comfortable indoor area with occasional overnight travel (5-20% of time).
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree required
- Typically requires BS/BA in a related discipline
- Generally 9+ years of experience in a related field
- Several years in a management/supervisory capacity
- Bachelor's Degree required
- MBA or advanced degree preferred
- Brings 10+ years of experience in strategy, consulting, finance, or transformation roles
- Demonstrates experience leading large-scale, cross-functional transformation initiatives within matrixed environments
- Partners effectively with senior leaders to align on objectives, execution priorities, and performance tracking
- Influences enterprise decisions and ways of working while building capabilities across diverse stakeholder groups
- Applies experience in program management, PMO/SMO leadership, or consulting environments to drive results
- Delivers measurable business outcomes, including growth, cost savings, or EBITDA improvement
- Posesses industry experience in distribution, supply chain, or industrial environments preferred
- Demonstrates strong leadership and team management capabilities
- Applies deep expertise in program management, governance, and operating cadence design
- Synthesizes complex information into clear, concise executive communications
- Utilizes strong financial acumen to track value realization and performance outcomes
- Applies advanced stakeholder management and influence skills to drive alignment and execution
- Leverages enterprise systems and reporting tools (e.g., Wave, dashboards) effectively
- Typically requires overnight travel 5% to 20% of the time
Desired Qualifications
- MBA or advanced degree preferred
- Posesses industry experience in distribution, supply chain, or industrial environments preferred
- Demonstrates strong leadership and team management capabilities
- Applies deep expertise in program management, governance, and operating cadence design
- Synthesizes complex information into clear, concise executive communications
- Utilizes strong financial acumen to track value realization and performance outcomes
- Applies advanced stakeholder management and influence skills to drive alignment and execution
- Leverages enterprise systems and reporting tools (e.g., Wave, dashboards) effectively
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