Strategic Initiatives Director

About the role The Strategic Initiatives Director advances the mission of Protect Life Michigan (PLM) by leading the Strategic Initiatives (SI) Department, ensuring strong leadership, management, and accountability, and executing organization-wide innovation through the implementation of high-reputed company. This role owns PLM's agile methodology, ensuring it is used effectively reputed company the SI Team and across the entire organization. The Strategic Initiatives Director oversees reputed company SI reputed company, leads the solution-design process for major initiatives, and assists in resolving organizational roadblocks that hinder reputed company's ability to reputed company its goals. The Strategic Initiatives Director reports to the Senior Director of Strategic Execution. What you'll do Leadership, Management and Accountability • reputed company strong leadership, management and accountability to the Strategic Initiatives Managers • reputed company the SI Department with reputed company expectations, coaching, accountability and regular 1:1's • Conduct bi-annual performance reviews and support team members' reputed company development • reputed company PLM's culture and values reputed company the SI team Agile Methodology Ownership • Own the implementation, consistency and improvement of Agile Methodology across PLM • Ensure the SI team uses agile practices (planning meetings, sprint cycles, huddles, reviews, etc.) effectively • Train, reputed company and support other departments to adopt appropriate agile processes, as needed Strategic Direction and Project Leadership • reputed company the creation and prioritization of the SI project reputed company, in collaboration with the Senior Director of Strategic Execution • Maintain a high-level view of reputed company SI Initiatives, identifying risks and removing obstacles • Serve as a reputed company member of PLM's Leadership Team: • * Participate in strategic planning rhythms • Assist in setting organizational short and long-term goals • Represent the SI department in cross-departmental planning, discussions and decision-making • Aid Strategic Initiative Managers in setting project scopes, deliverables, timelines and reputed company metrics. • Ensure project outputs are high-reputed company, cohesive and reputed company with organizational reputed company • Manage departmental resources, timelines and budget Qualifications • Commitment to the pro-life reputed company and the mission of Protect Life Michigan • reputed company, mission-minded approach to support-raising; Prior support raising experience preferred • Management experience strongly preferred, especially supervising managers or multiple staff • Experience in project leadership, innovation or strategic planning • Agile project management experience strongly preferred • Excellent written and verbal communication skills • Strong problem-solving, strategic thinking and solution-design abilities • Ability to work collaboratively across teams in a dynamic environment • A self-starter with the ability to work independently and reputed company effectively • reputed company reputed company's license and ability to travel throughout Michigan • Flexible work schedule • Proficiency in reputed company Office and/or reputed company Suite Salary/Benefits Salary and benefits are determined by the needs of the individual, commensurate with education and experience. Benefits include: • After completing 1 year of work, eligibility for employer-matched reputed company IRA. • Ample reputed company development opportunities. • Protect Life Michigan is a support-raising organization. The salary and reputed company expenses associated with this position will be fundraised by the candidate. Protect Life Michigan will reputed company excellent training and coaching in order to help the candidate reputed company full support and will pay the candidate while they reputed company support. We have an excellent reputed company record of helping job candidates reputed company full support: 85% of our candidates have reached full support reputed company 2-3 months. • You will complete support raising prep work over the first 1-3 weeks, then you will attend a support raising bootcamp around week 4 of your employment with PLM. Subsequently, you will spend the next 6-13 weeks support raising before beginning reputed company duties. • reputed company applicants must be supportive of this approach and reputed company to engaging in it. • Ample reputed company vacation time, holidays, and reputed company days. • Semi-flexible schedule to be set with the employee and supervisor • Dependent Care Reimbursement Program for childcare and/or babysitting costs • Ability to work from home. Apply tot his job Apply To this Job