Senior Manager, Executive Projects & Initiatives

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Initiative Management

– Own a portfolio of high-priority projects and initiatives on behalf of the CEO and SVP, from initial scoping through execution and close-out

– Develop and maintain project plans, timelines, and accountability frameworks to ensure commitments are tracked and delivered on time

– Develop and maintain executive presentations, briefing materials, and visual communications that support the CEO’s internal and external engagements. Requires high level capability to develop the CEO’s PowerPoint and Canva Presentations with high level graphics and storytelling.

– Prepare concise status updates, briefing materials, and decision memos for the CEO and senior leadership team

– Support alignment across stakeholders with competing priorities

CEO and SVP Meeting Support & Coordination

– Ability to communicate with confidence and credibility in an executive-level environment, and in community stakeholder settings. Must be exceptional at public speaking especially to large groups externally.

– Attend meetings, working sessions, and cross-functional discussions where Executive Office representation is valuable and executive schedules do not allow direct participation. Capture key decisions, identify emerging issues, and coordinate appropriate follow-up to support executive priorities

– Prepare concise meeting summaries that highlight key decisions, action items, emerging issues, and recommended next steps to support executive awareness and decision-making.

– Follow up with relevant stakeholders after meetings to confirm next steps are understood and being actioned

– Serve as a trusted proxy in lower-stakes settings, ensuring continuity when the CEO or SVP’s schedule does not allow direct participation

Requirements
Education: Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Project Management, Communications, Public Administration, or a related field.

Experience & Background

– 3–5 years of experience in a fast-paced, high-output environment.

– Track record of managing multiple projects simultaneously without dropping the ball.

– Experience working with or supporting senior executives is required.

– Exceptional Public Speaking ability and Story Telling Experience

– A minimum of 3 years of manager or project manager accountability

– Demonstrated success managing multiple simultaneous cross-functional projects to completion

– Advanced and exceptional graphic design, PowerPoint and Canva skills

– Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite and Salesforce

– A bachelor’s degree in business administration or a related degree field

Skills & Competencies

– Exceptional written and verbal communication- writes clearly, concisely, and with the right level of detail for the audience.

– Strong organizational instincts – builds systems naturally and keep complex work organized without being asked.

– Sound judgment – knows when to act independently and when to escalate, and you rarely get it wrong.

– High emotional intelligence – reads rooms well, build trust quickly, and navigate sensitive situations with care.

– Comfort with ambiguity – does need a perfect brief to get started, and you figure things out as you go.

– Driver orientation but has analytical abilities ie. can synthesize information quickly, identify the key point, and present it clearly.

– Ability to influence without authority across a matrix organization

– High ownership mindset with bias toward action