Leadership Initiative Sr Associate Job San Francisco area,California USA,Business

We are the leading provider of professional services to the middle market globally, our purpose is to instill confidence in a world of change, empowering our clients and people to realize their full potential. Our exceptional people are the key to our unrivaled, culture and talent experience and our ability to be compelling to our clients. You’ll find an environment that inspires and empowers you to thrive both personally and professionally.

There’s no one like you and that’s why there’s nowhere like RSM.

The Leadership Initiative Senior Associate for Markets provides project management, coordination, and leadership support to advance defined market and location priorities for the Bay Area and Los Angeles. The role independently manages assigned low- to moderate-risk projects and recurring leadership processes, prepares leadership-ready materials, coordinates stakeholders, tracks commitments, identifies risks, and escalates decisions or barriers appropriately. The position may coordinate executive support activities as needed and serves as a resource for established firm processes and tools.

1. Execute market and location priorities
· Translate defined priorities into workplans with clear outcomes, owners, milestones, dependencies, risks, and success measures.
· Independently coordinate assigned low- to moderate-risk projects and recurring work streams through implementation and closeout.
· Maintain project documentation, action trackers, and follow-up routines; elevate barriers or decisions requiring leadership attention.
· Prepare accurate agendas, presentations, decision materials, status updates, and other leadership-ready deliverables.

2. Coordinate growth, relationships, and market opportunities
· Coordinate activity with Growth, Industry, Market Development, client-serving leaders, and other partners supporting priority relationships and opportunities.
· Connect alumni, professional organizations, community partnerships, sponsor ships, employee network groups, and market events to defined objectives. Gather and synthesize market, industry, talent, and community information into concise observations and potential opportunities.

3. Enable governance, communications, and meeting execution
· Coordinate leadership meetings, growth forums, all-hands sessions, owner or partner forums, and other strategic cadences.
· Manage invitations, logistics, materials, notes, decisions, action items, owners, due dates, and follow-through.
· Draft and proofread leader-ready communications, talking points, presentations, announcements, and executive summaries.
· Coordinate calendar or executive support activities when included in the aligned support model.

4. Support culture, talent, alumni, and community priorities
· Coordinate assigned culture, talent, alumni, community, and employee experience initiatives at leadership direction.
· Support plans, calendars, budgets, communications, and execution while maintaining alignment to defined market priorities.
· Gather participation, feedback, and outcome information and summarize themes through appropriate leadership channels.

5. Provide reporting and operational support
· Maintain dashboards, trackers, project plans, resource libraries, procedures, and collaboration work spaces.
· Prepare concise reporting on initiative status, risks, resource needs, dependencies, and recommended next actions.
· Identify process gaps, duplication, and repeatable practices; implement improvements within assigned scope.

6. Contribute knowledge and team capability
· Serve as a resource for established firm processes, systems, and tools and connect stakeholders with appropriate functional owners.
· Facilitate working sessions and coordinate contributors with differing…