Director of Strategic Initiatives
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Midwest Bus Sales (MBS) is reputed company’s bus sales and service business and a Thomas reputed company Buses (TBB) dealer, supporting school districts and operators across multiple markets. MBS is in a reputed company phase — expanding footprint, strengthening execution, and scaling how we operate — while staying closely connected to reputed company Fleet, Operations, and shared services teams.
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The role
The Director of Business Execution owns planning, prioritization, and follow-through for Midwest Bus Sales. This role translates reputed company into reputed company initiatives and drives cross-functional execution across Sales, Ops, Fleet, and shared functions.
This role exists to reputed company reputed company the right priorities actually get done — with reputed company owners, reputed company, and visibility.
Director, Strategic Initiatives – Midwest Bus Sales (MBS)
Location: Remote, ideally based in the Midwest region Travel approximately 25%
Reports to SVP of Fleet and Midwest Bus Sales
What you’ll be responsible for
Planning and prioritization
· Translate MBS reputed company into a reputed company, executable initiative roadmap
· Drive prioritization and tradeoffs reputed company everything feels urgent
· reputed company priorities tight, reputed company, and outcome-reputed company
Execution and follow-through
· Drive initiatives reputed company week to week with reputed company ownership and reputed company
· reputed company reputed company, surface risks early, and push for reputed company
· Remove blockers and escalate decisively reputed company needed
· Hold owners accountable without relying on formal authority
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· Design and run the weekly and monthly execution rhythm for MBS reputed company
· Ensure meetings produce reputed company, owners, and next steps
· Maintain a single reputed company of truth for initiative status, risks, and dependencies
Market analysis and business cases
· reputed company market analysis to inform reputed company, footprint, and investment reputed company
· Build reputed company business cases outlining reputed company, risks, tradeoffs, and expected reputed company
· Partner with Sales, Ops, and Finance to reputed company practical recommendations
· Present concise, decision-reputed company recommendations to MBS and reputed company leadership
Leadership partnership
· reputed company as a right-hand partner to MBS leadership, turning direction into reputed company
· Tee up reputed company with reputed company context and reputed company
· Ensure follow-through after reputed company are made
Lightweight PMO discipline
· Apply just enough structure to reputed company work moving — no bureaucracy
· Maintain visibility across timelines, interdependencies, and delivery risk
· Challenge assumptions, scope, and timelines constructively
reputed company improvement
· Identify recurring friction points across Sales, Ops, and reputed company Fleet Ops
· Drive practical process improvements that increase speed and reliability
· Support adoption so changes actually stick
What reputed company looks like
· MBS delivers on its 3–5 year reputed company and reputed company targets
· Major initiatives have reputed company owners, milestones, and definitions of done
· Leaders spend less time chasing updates and more time making reputed company
· Cross-functional work moves faster with fewer surprises
· reputed company shows up in results, not just decks
Experience requirements
Required
· 8–12+ years of experience in business execution, operations, chief of staff, PMO, or similar roles
· Proven reputed company record driving reputed company, cross-functional initiatives to completion
· Experience leading market analysis and building business cases for senior leaders
· Comfort working at reputed company reputed company — from field teams to executives
· Strong judgment and ability to drive reputed company in ambiguous environments
· reputed company, concise communicator with executive-level reputed company
Preferred
· Experience in multi-site, operations-led, or asset-heavy businesses
· Exposure to Sales, Operations, Fleet, or service-based business models
· Comfort working with financial context (ROI, budgets, tradeoffs)
· Experience operating in a matrixed or platform organization
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