Manager Strategic Initiatives

Job Description

• A Bachelor’s degree in Science, Public Administration or Business Administration.

• A Bachelor’s degree in Science, Public Administration or Business Administration.

• A minimum of six (6) years of demonstrated experience in data analysis, including complex statistical and budgetary analysis.
• A minimum of three (3) years of demonstrated experience in project management in a large organization.

• N/A

• Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification.
• Master’s degree in Science, Public Administration or Business Administration.

Satisfactorily complete the medical examination for this position, if required. The incumbent must be able to perform the essential functions of this position either with or without reasonable accommodations.

The Manager Strategic Initiatives is responsibility for leading the implementation of, and/or supporting high-profile initiatives to improve agency economic efficiency, service quality and overall performance aligned with the vision, strategy and goals of the Authority. Duties include, but are not limited to, identifying and scoping key business challenges across the organization, managing and coordinating strategic projects, building relationships across departments to facilitate collaboration, gathering and analyzing quantitative and qualitative data to identify business process improvement opportunities, supporting and monitoring the implementation of recommendations, and communicating this process and the findings across the organization.

• Leads the design, management, coordination and control of major departmental business improvement projects that deliver economic efficiencies, and improve productivity, safety and performance.
• Designs, conducts and coordinates advanced data analysis and presents findings and recommendations to direct the Authority’s response to critical operational and administrative problems, including but not limited to the following: budgetary analyses, reviews of work systems and procedures, development of performance standards and measures, workflow and economic analysis, productivity analysis, inventory planning, contract management, and organizational configuration management.
• Oversees and manages the department’s strategic approach to data analysis, balancing the need for projects to be data-driven and evidence-based alongside the business need to deliver results in a timely manner that impact on performance and delivery.
• Proactively examines existing internal operational and administrative processes and identifies opportunities for improvement across the Authority.
• Builds and manages multiple agile teams comprising external internship candidates, colleagues from departments being supported on projects, and other external personnel or personnel from across the Authority based on the skill requirements of specific projects, including but not limited to engineers, analysts, technicians and inspectors.
• Builds collaborative partnerships with internal and external partners to enhance the capacity and capabilities of the Authority’s department to identify and deliver innovative solutions to critical business problems.
• Supports the implementation, monitoring and assessment of corrective action plans from internal and external departments.
• Regularly produces analytical reports relating to organizational and project-based delivery to inform the Authority’s strategic decision-making.
• Supports the Principal Strategic Program Manager to plan, coordinate and oversee the department’s overall administrative, financial and operational activities, procedures and staff.

• Participates in the development of strategic goals, methods and action plans to include measurable, data-driven objectives, fixed responsibilities and established timelines. Monitors, evaluates and recommends changes in the plan when appropriate.
• Contributes to and supports the establishment of effective operating policies, procedures, rules and regulations. Ensures the enforcement of policies and procedures.
• Supports the Principal Strategic Program Manager in high level…