Director of Special Projects
Assured
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: United States
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Salary
💰 $210,000 - $225,000 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Own a rotating portfolio of the company’s highest-visibility projects across strategy, operations, finance, and growth
- Drive strategic initiatives – Lead end-to-end execution of CEO and leadership priorities, from framing and analysis through implementation and accountability
- Act as a force multiplier – Step into high-need gaps with no clear owner and bring structure, momentum, and clarity
- Prepare executive-level materials – Build strategic memos and internal communications that are clear, concise, and compelling
- Structure complex problems – Apply rigorous analytical frameworks to ambiguous business questions, combining data and qualitative insight into actionable recommendations
- Lead cross-functional programs – Coordinate work across Product, Engineering, Sales, Finance, and Legal on initiatives that don’t sit neatly within one team
Requirements
- 5–7 years of experience, including 2–4 years at a top-tier management consulting firm (Bain, McKinsey, BCG, or equivalent)
- Experience transitioning from consulting into an operating role and applying structured thinking in fast-moving, resource-constrained environments
- Exceptional communication – both written and verbal – with the ability to turn complexity into clarity
- Strong analytical horsepower – comfortable building market analyses and strategic frameworks from scratch
- Execution-oriented – you follow through, manage timelines, and deliver without heavy oversight
- High ownership, low ego – comfortable doing both the thinking and the doing
- Experience influencing or managing cross-functional teams without formal authority
Benefits
- Competitive Compensation: Enjoy a competitive salary and equity package!
- Comprehensive Health Care: Access to multiple medical plans with an HSA option and minimal out-of-pocket expenses. Certain plans covered 100%.
- Dental Insurance: We protect those pearly whites
- Vision Insurance: Everyone can see clearly now at Assured
- Life Insurance: It's on the house! Provided at no cost to you
- Paid Time Off: Uncapped vacation days and paid holidays. Take that vacation!
- Family Leave: Maternity and paternity leave options
- Financial Wellness: 401(k) contribution with Assured contributing 3% of your income, even if you don't contribute
- Flexible Spending Accounts: Health and dependent care FSAs for pre-tax flexible spending
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
analytical frameworksmarket analysisstrategic frameworksproject managementdata analysis
Soft Skills
exceptional communicationstructured thinkingexecution-orientedhigh ownershiplow egoinfluencingcross-functional collaboration