Manager, Strategic Initiatives

At Constant Contact, we are seriously awesome people who take ownership and make an impact by operating with the mindset, integrity and courage of a small business owner.  There’s something so profoundly rewarding about knowing that your work is empowering people everywhere to pursue their dreams .  Here, we all play an integral part in helping business owners, entrepreneurs, non-profits and individuals to succeed by giving them all the help and tools they need to grow online. We’re energized by new challenges and new possibilities-and we’re just getting started!

As a Manager, Strategic Initiatives, you will be instrumental in bridging between high-level vision and practical, scaled business deployment and enablement of the business lines.  You will also contribute to strategic initiatives and M&A activities, while creating executive presentations, briefs, and fact packs to provide updates to leadership and the board of directors.

Your responsibilities will include critical, high-impact role bridging the gap between high-level artificial intelligence vision and practical, scaled business deployment. You will own initiative reporting cadence and cross-functional alignment touchpoints. You will also contribute to strategic initiatives and M&A activities, while creating executive updates to leadership.

What you’ll do:  

Drive and Track strategic initiatives: Collaborate with cross-functional teams and external teams to drive and track strategic initiatives, strategic partnership activities, and M&A efforts. Proactively identify, surface, and escalate initiative risks and blockers to leadership

Build Business Cases: Collaborate with Finance and business owners to align on pilot programs, success metrics (revenue, efficiency, cycle-time), and track ROI

Lead Multidisciplinary Execution: Coordinate cross-functional teams to integrate AI tools directly into existing operating models, legacy software, and workflows

Process improvement: partner with business owners to update workflows to leverage AI capabilities 

Value-Led Prioritization: Partner with business leaders to identify, evaluate, and prioritize high-impact initiatives 

Build Business Cases: Collaborate with Finance and business owners to develop pilot programs, define concrete success metrics (revenue, efficiency, cycle-time), and track ROI

Support M&A Integration: Coordinate post-merger integration workstreams across functions, maintain integration trackers, track progress against deal thesis, and surface risks to leadership.

Develop executive presentation: Prepare presentations, executive briefs, and fact packs for executive and BoD updates. 

Who you are:

3-5 years of relevant experience in a Corporate Strategy Execution or strategic consulting role, preferably in a fast-paced SaaS or MarTech environment

Proven ability to drive cross-functional strategic initiatives

Proven ability to develop executive and board presentations

Proven experience with market research and competitive analysis, with ability to distill quantitative and qualitative data into relevant insights.

Exceptional proficiency in synthesizing complex information with acute attention to detail.

Strong financial and business acumen. 

Exceptional ability to thrive in ambiguous and fast-paced environment, demonstrating strong time management skills with ability to adapt with rapidly changing priorities.  

Proficient with Microsoft Office (PowerPoint, Excel) and Google Workspace (GSuite). Think-Cell experience is preferred.

The specific salary offered to a candidate may be influenced by a variety of factors including the candidate’s experience, their education and work location. In addition, some roles may be eligible for additional on target commission pay or bonus. The compensation package includes health and welfare benefits including paid leave.

Pay Transparency - All Full Time Employees $128,500 — $154,200 USD

Why You’ll Love Us:

We celebrate one another’s differences. We are proud of our culture of diversity and inclusion, and we're always working hard to strengthen and improve this culture. We have programs in place that bring us together on important issues and provide educational opportunities for all employees. 

Join the experts. If you're passionate about supporting businesses and organizations, you won’t find a better spot to share your talent. We’re dedicated to improving the quality of our product from a customer standpoint and have a true desire to enable the success of businesses, non-profit organizations, and community groups.

You’ll have opportunities to grow your career. We encourage and support our team members to learn different aspects of the business, take on stretch assignments, seek coaching opportunities and professional development opportunities.

A generous paid time off policy and a competitive benefits package that supports the health and well-being of you and your family

At Constant Contact, we’re all about work flexibility and are proud to serve our customers as a hybrid workforce. Our hybrid work model combines the convenience of remote work with access to our great office locations to collaborate in-person, participate in live trainings, and socialize with colleagues.

Application Deadline: 30 days. We may fill this job opening prior to the deadline if a candidate is selected by us.

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