Optiv

Director, Strategic Programs

Optiv

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: Remote • Florida, Kansas, Texas, Utah • 🇺🇸 United States

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Job Level

Lead

About the role

  • Oversees a portfolio of high impact, cross functional projects related to Optiv Market System that will have a material benefit to the internal and external experience of Optiv, our clients, and our partners
  • Lead the overarching strategy of Optiv AI OMS. Act as a connective tissue across teams – facilitating communication, resolving blockers, and ensuring clarity of ownership and accountability
  • Partner with senior leaders to assess and prioritize AI OMS initiatives, helping allocate resources and attention to the most impactful workstreams
  • Synthesize findings into insights across projects and leverage those insights to develop recommendations and ideas around potential AI OMS growth opportunities
  • Drive execution of AI strategic priorities by managing special projects and cross-functional initiatives from inception to delivery
  • Establish and manage operating rhythms such as QBRs, OKR cycles, and leadership cadences to ensure progress against AI strategic goals
  • Drive a wide array of activities that may range from launching a new company-wide process to leading a workshop to turn a Leader's vision into action, to presenting a business case to Executive Leadership to drive a decision
  • Cultivate a high-performing team of product and project management professionals, encouraging cross-functional collaboration and knowledge sharing to drive excellence and scale
  • Use quantitative and qualitative analysis to identify addressable areas of value while supporting the creation of net-new analytics on product performance
  • Demonstrate the ability to analyze and evaluate the effectiveness of OMS, including research areas of growth to support strategy and planning functions
  • Collaborate with Client Solutions, Sales, Services, and Research & Development on the domain taxonomy including the governance protocols
  • Facilitate and organize reoccurring status and performance reviews focusing on areas for improvement
  • Participate and play an active role in the development and execution of a multi-year operating Plan, while clearly articulating where and how Optiv Market System can support growth trajectories and investment decisions
  • Partner with IT, Pricing, Incentive Compensation and other analytical functions on the data program to support the performance measurement and compensation plan of OMS
  • Support Enablement deliverables including the creation of content and internal speaking engagements

Requirements

  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in Business Administration or a related field
  • 7-10 years related experience, with progressive responsibility in program management and experience with a diverse group of collaborators
  • Proven experience leading a strategic companywide AI initiative on a large scale
  • 2+ years experience as a people leader with proven track record of successfully leading and developing teams to include Manager level and individual contributor
  • Strong analytical mindset and capabilities, with a focus on using data analysis and synthesis in order to drive decisions
  • Experience designing scalable solutions, untangling complex processes, and providing succinct, data-driven recommendations to leaders
  • Ability to create alignment and quickly get to decisions through collaboration, partnership, and influence
  • Willingness to dive into unfamiliar content areas, adapt approach as new information is learned, and incubate new ideas
  • Ability to clearly articulate information across all levels of the company, including the executive team, and bring people on the journey
  • Professional certifications in product management (e.g., Certified Product Manager, Agile Product Owner) or project management are desirable.
Benefits
  • A company committed to championing Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion through our Employee Resource Groups.
  • Work/life balance
  • Professional training resources
  • Creative problem-solving and the ability to tackle unique, complex projects
  • Volunteer Opportunities. “Optiv Chips In” encourages employees to volunteer and engage with their teams and communities.
  • The ability and technology necessary to productively work remotely/from home (where applicable)

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard skills
program managementdata analysisstrategic planningproject managementAI initiative leadershipquantitative analysisqualitative analysisprocess designperformance measurementanalytics
Soft skills
collaborationinfluencecommunicationteam leadershipproblem-solvingadaptabilitystrategic thinkingdecision-makingcross-functional collaborationknowledge sharing
Certifications
Bachelor's degreeMaster's degreeCertified Product ManagerAgile Product OwnerProject Management Professional