Senior Director driving strategic initiatives and operational excellence in Northwestern Mutual's enterprise portfolio management. Leading cross-functional teams to manage transformation efforts with significant organizational impact.
Responsibilities
Support definition and articulate the strategic vision for the future ways of working including: Domains, practices, and operations, ensuring alignment with enterprise strategy and program objectives
Develop and lead initiatives that drive business transformation, articulating the 'How' and guiding strategic direction
Support the development of updates for leadership regarding the overall new ways of working program
Embrace a progress over perfection mindset to iteratively test and learn
Assist in execution through development and oversight of operating rhythms, scorecards, and accountability mechanisms to sustain momentum
Operationalize new ways of working alongside teams, utilizing data-driven decision-making through metrics, KPIs, and insights to measure value, course-correct, and guide decisions
Implement best practices to improve the operating efficiency of the organization
Manage cross-functional orchestration of stakeholders including business, technology, data, and finance, etc.
Support change management efforts and communicate progress across levels of the organization
Manage teams of professionals through vertical and horizontal relationships.
Lead with and promote test-and-learn and iterative approaches
Support development of talent through coaching and fluency-building programs to build a bench of transformation-ready talent.
Requirements
Minimum of 10 years' business, strategy, and/or transformation experience
Preferred management consulting experience leading organization change efforts, blending strategy and execution
Highly independent self-starter with direct experience supporting other organizations through transformations
Previous experience building materials for C Suite (SLT) audiences
Experience in portfolio/project management, strategic/operational planning, and leading complex projects with organization-wide impact
Demonstrated cross-functional and stakeholder management capabilities across all levels
High degree of comfort with ambiguity, leading change, and demonstrating exceptional business acumen
Ability to translate goals and strategies into executable business plans with strong integrity and confidentiality
Demonstrated learning agility
Strong organizational skills to handle competing demands and work under tight deadlines
Strong problem-solving, strategic, and critical thinking skills to identify underlying issues and influence others
Facilitation and team-building skills, with people management experience preferred
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