Chief Strategy & Special Initiatives Officer

Job Details:

Job Location:

New York, NY 10018, Position Type:
Full Time, Education Level: Graduate Degree, Salary Range: $ - $ Salary, Travel Percentage:
Up to 25%, Job Shift: Day, Job Category:
Executive, The Chief Strategy & Special Initiatives Officer is a senior executive leader responsible for advancing organizational effectiveness, innovation, quality improvement, and enterprise-wide transformation initiatives that support Comunilife’s mission, growth, and long-term sustainability.

Reporting directly to the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Strategy & Special Initiatives Officer serves as a strategic advisor and organizational leader focused on identifying opportunities for innovation, strengthening organizational performance, guiding change initiatives, and leading high-priority projects that require executive-level coordination and cross-functional collaboration.

A defining priority of this role is the design, establishment, and formalization of Comunilife’s Quality Improvement department — building its charter, structure, staffing, and measurement infrastructure from the ground up and then transitioning it to sustained, steady-state executive oversight. The position also provides leadership for organizational effectiveness, enterprise initiatives, public-sector alignment, and CEO-designated strategic projects, working closely with executive leadership, department heads, and external stakeholders to advance organizational priorities and ensure the successful implementation of complex initiatives that improve outcomes, strengthen operations, and enhance mission impact.

Role evolution. This is an evolving executive seat. Its initial mandate centers on building the Quality Improvement function and carrying the enterprise strategy and special-initiatives portfolio. Over time, as these are established, the role is expected to expand in scope — taking on broader responsibility for extending the CEO’s reach across the executive team, coordinating the leadership operating rhythm, and serving as a trusted proxy in internal and external settings.

Candidates should be energized both by building functions and, in time, by multiplying the effectiveness of the CEO and executive team.

• Charter and formalize the Quality Improvement department, including its purpose, scope, reporting structure, staffing plan, and governance.
• Recruit, onboard, and develop Quality Improvement staff; define roles, responsibilities, and performance expectations.
• Build the department’s core infrastructure — policies and procedures, data collection and reporting systems, performance indicators, and outcome measurement frameworks.
• Establish organization-wide quality improvement processes, standards, and continuous-improvement cycles aligned with funder, regulatory, and accreditation expectations.
• Promote the use of data and performance information to improve services, operations, and outcomes.
• Analyze trends and performance information to identify opportunities for improvement, and partner with operational leadership to act on them.
• Transition the established department to steady-state operations, providing ongoing executive oversight, quality assurance, and continuous refinement.
• Foster an organization-wide culture of learning, evidence-informed practice, and continuous improvement.

• Advise the CEO and Executive Leadership Team on emerging trends, risks, opportunities, and strategic considerations affecting the organization.
• Conduct environmental scans, organizational assessments, and market analyses to identify opportunities for innovation and growth.
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