Strategy and Operations Specialist

Savant is seeking a Strategy and Operations Specialist to play a key operational role within the Chief Operating Officer function. This role helps translate strategic priorities into clear, consistent execution across the organization — creating leverage for senior leadership and helping ensure important initiatives keep moving forward. This is not a traditional administrative role. It’s a high-judgment coordination position for someone who is highly organized, detail-oriented, analytical, and comfortable working across all levels of the organization.

The right person brings precision, follow-through, sound judgment, and a willingness to jump in wherever needed to support the broader mission.

What You'll DoSupport Savant's Objectives and Key Results (OKR) Framework Help manage the firm's OKR process from goal-setting through tracking, reporting, and review.

Facilitate planning and check-in processes across teams.

Build and maintain reporting tools and dashboards.

Support teams on OKR methodology and best practices.

Identify risks, misalignment, and stalled progress before they become larger issues.

Prepare Executive and Governance Materials Partner in the preparation of materials for executive leadership, Operating Committee, and board meetings.

Coordinate timelines, gather content, and ensure consistency across contributors.

Synthesize information into clear, well-structured materials that tell a cohesive story.

Coordinate Strategic Priorities Monitor enterprise-wide initiatives and track dependencies, risks, and progress.

Maintain visibility into key strategic priorities.

Support special projects and initiatives that help move the business forward.

Turn Data Into Insight Pull and synthesize data from multiple sources.

Identify trends, risks, and opportunities.

Communicate findings in a way that supports informed decision-making.

Support Leadership Operations Partner with senior leaders and their teams to gather updates, coordinate timelines, and drive follow-through.

Prepare agendas, capture meeting notes, and track action items.

Help ensure commitments made in leadership forums translate into action.

What Success Looks Like The OKR process runs smoothly and consistently across the organization.

Leadership has a clear, current view of strategic priorities and progress.

Risks and obstacles are identified early and addressed proactively.

Executive and board materials are delivered accurately, professionally, and on time.

The COO function and senior leadership team gain meaningful leverage through your support.

You build trusted relationships across the organization and are known for your reliability, judgment, and follow-through.

A few important notes about this role:

Location is flexible and travel may be required. We anticipate a hybrid work environment for this role and we are prioritizing individuals who are near a few of our major markets:
Chicago, IL;
Rockford, IL; or Westwood, MAThis role typically requires the following:

Bachelor’s degree in Business, Project Management, Communications, or a related field2 to 4 years of experience in operations, project coordination, business support, or a related environment

Experience supporting the preparation of executive, board, or governance materials knows what “CEO ready” looks like Strong organizational skills with a proven ability to manage multiple work streams simultaneously without losing the details

Comfortable working with data can pull a report, spot a trend, and communicate what it means in plain language

Excellent written and verbal communication skills; confident engaging with senior leaders

High attention to detail and a bias toward follow through

Discreet and professional can handle sensitive information with appropriate judgmentA self-starter who asks good questions, figures things out, and gets things doneA “no job too small” mindset equally comfortable supporting a board pack and booking a conference room, and never makes others feel the differe

Prior exposure to executive, board, or governance material preparation strongly preferred

Experience working with data and reporting tools able to pull, organize, and communicate findings clearly

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