Strategic Program Manager

Criteria for Clickstop's internal hiring process:

• Employee has been employed with Clickstop for at least 6 months.
• Employee is Engaged.
• Employee is meeting the expectations of their current role.
• Employee is in good standing as defined by not currently under formal discipline and has not received formal discipline in the prior 90 days.
• Employee and their current manager have discussed the opportunity prior to applying.

What to expect during the internal hiring process:

Within three business days of submitting your application, you can expect the following:

• Your current manager will receive a notification from Greenhouse prompting them to complete a scorecard evaluating your engagement and performance in your current role.
• The Talent Acquisition Specialist (TAS) will review the details of the scorecard and it will be determined if we will proceed with your application or if additional conversation needs to take place to determine next steps.
• If we choose to proceed, you will receive an email from the TAS notifying you that we will be proceeding with your application and it will include a scheduling link to set up time with the open role’s hiring manager. Utilize the Internal Interview Coaching Guide to prepare for your hiring manager interview.
• If we choose not to proceed, you will meet with your manager to discuss why we will not be proceeding with your application at this time.

Note:

For remote work, internet speeds of 20 mbps are required.
Permanent residence must be in one of the following states:
Iowa, Alabama, North Carolina, South Carolina, or Pennsylvania.

This role has onsite requirements in Urbana, Iowa. Active employees are encouraged to apply.

The
Strategic Program Manager manages one of the Strategy team’s three portfolios—a group of related departments and the mission-critical annual priorities that connect their work to Clickstop’s 10-year roadmap. Rather than directly executing the work, the Strategic Program Manager holds the full picture, partnering with department leaders to ensure the highest-priority initiatives are clearly scoped, sequenced, resourced, aligned, and progressing toward measurable outcomes.

Serving as the bridge between Clickstop’s strategic vision and team-level execution, this role brings the structure, cadence, and cross-functional alignment needed to turn priorities into results. By embedding within teams and maintaining clarity around what matters, what it will take, and how progress is measured, the Strategic Program Manager enables leaders to make confident decisions, stay focused on leading their teams, and successfully deliver the initiatives that move Clickstop’s long-term strategy forward.

"The Strategy team exists to help us keep the momentum we've built over our first 20 years while being intentional about where we're headed. That means turning big ideasinto real plans and making sure the things that matter getdone.

You'llbe surrounded by people who hold a high bar, say 'tell me more' when you bring a new idea, and trust you to run with it." - Lauren Gilbertson, VP of Strategy

• Facilitate and coordinate execution inside teams without owning the subject matter or the tasks, building deep context on team constraints to remove friction and resolve process issues.
• Drive alignment across multi-departmental initiatives, managing dependencies, bottlenecks, and resource constraints early and convening stakeholders to resolve them.

• Assess the system a project operates within and distinguish issues that need an underlying process fix from those solvable within the project.
• Trace recurring friction to its root cause and recommend the structural change rather than a…