Serve as liaison between senior leadership and staff to drive strategic initiatives, oversee daily operations, track project deliverables, develop action plans, manage communications, and organize business-critical meetings while improving operational efficiency.
For the past 20 years, we have powered many Digital Experiences for the Fortune 500. Since 1999, we have grown from a few people to more than 4000 team members across the globe that are engaged in various Digital Modernization. For a brief 1 minute video about us, you can check https://youtu.be/uJWBWQZEA6o.
What will you do?
- Serve as liaison between staff, executives, senior leaders regarding business priorities, project updates/planning & financial planning
- Work with project teams to ensure project deliverables are on track.
- Serve as a subject matter expert, handling inquiries and developing action plans to address them, and assisting with the preparation and dissemination of communications
- Oversee daily operations through collaboration with senior management and department leaders.
- Work closely with the Senior Management to improve operational efficiency, solve problems, make decisions, and manage relationships
- Assist in executing on several projects and initiatives simultaneously tracking progress, gathering status updates, and deploying the team to assist where needed
- Proactively drive and/or oversee projects on the behalf of the Senior Management to completion, track and follow-up on risks
- Work with the Senior Management to plan and organize business critical meetings, this includes setting the agenda and following up on action items
What are we looking for?
- Master’s degree in Business Administration or similar field
- 10+ years in a business or executive management role
- Proven experience organizing and directing multiple teams and departments
- Excellent communicator in written and verbal form
- Experience planning and leading strategic initiatives
- Outstanding written and oral communication skills; Excellent organizational skills and attention to details
- Advanced skills in all Microsoft Office applications (PowerPoint, Excel, Word, and Outlook) to communicate complex information to a variety of stakeholders
Compensation, Benefits and Duration
Minimum Compensation: USD 60,000
Maximum Compensation: USD 210,000
Compensation is based on actual experience and qualifications of the candidate. The above is a reasonable and a good faith estimate for the role.
Medical, vision, and dental benefits, 401k retirement plan, variable pay/incentives, paid time off, and paid holidays are available for full time employees.
This position is not available for independent contractors
No applications will be considered if received more than 120 days after the date of this post
Photon Chicago, Illinois, USA Office
11 East Adams Street Suite 1100, Chicago, IL, United States, 60603
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