This role requires the ability to work lawfully in the U.S. without employment-based immigration sponsorship, now or in the future.This role will serve as a strategic and operational program leader focused on driving complex cross-functional initiatives across the organization. Initially, the position will play a critical role in supporting integration and transformation efforts, ensuring programs are executed in alignment with the company's long-term strategic vision and operating objectives. Over time, the role will evolve into a broader enterprise leadership function responsible for helping guide large-scale transformation initiatives, future acquisition integrations, strategic operational alignment, and executive-level program governance across the business. The ideal candidate combines strong program management discipline with executive presence, strategic thinking, and the ability to influence across all levels of the organization without direct authority. This individual will act as a trusted partner to senior leadership by bringing structure, clarity, and accountability to complex initiatives while also providing competitive benchmarking, operational insight, and integration best practices that support the company's continued growth and evolution.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES - Serve as cross-functional day-to-day leader across complex transformation initiatives, providing strategic direction, maintaining alignment to intended outcomes, and mitigating scope creep or organizational drift.
- Lead enterprise-wide integration programs related to mergers, acquisitions, and strategic partnerships, ensuring alignment with overall corporate strategy, operating model, and long-term business objectives.
- Conduct competitive, peer, and market benchmarking across RapidScale operating units to provide leadership with insight into relative performance, emerging trends, and potential areas for improvement.
- Partner closely with executive leadership to refine strategic priorities, translate high-level objectives into actionable programs, and support execution against key business initiatives.
- Establish governance structures, operating cadences, and executive reporting mechanisms for major enterprise programs and integrations.
- Coordinate and align workstreams across multiple functional teams and project managers, ensuring dependencies, timelines, risks, and decision points are effectively managed and escalated.
- Support long-term strategic refinement and identify gaps for future opportunities.
- Prepare to lead integration of future acquisitions, driving consistency in process.
- Track post-integration performance to ensure outcomes align with strategic goals.
- Prepare executive-level presentations, analyses, and communications to support strategic planning, operational reviews, management discussions, and enterprise initiatives.
- Develop and maintain a structured integration playbook to streamline future acquisitions and integration projects.
QUALIFICATIONS Minimum: - Bachelor's degree in a related discipline and 8 years' experience in a related field. The right candidate could also have a different combination, such as a master's degree and 6 years' experience; a Ph.D. and 3 years' experience in a related field; or 12 years' experience in a related field
- Requires strong knowledge leading large-scale, cross-functional initiatives in complex or rapidly evolving organizations.
- Demonstrated ability to influence and drive alignment across teams and senior stakeholders without direct organizational authority.
- Strong executive communication and presentation skills, including experience preparing materials for senior leadership or boards.
Preferred: - Exceptional organizational, analytical, and problem-solving capabilities with strong attention to detail.
- Experience managing multiple concurrent programs, priorities, and stakeholders in a fast-paced environment.
- Strong financial and operational acumen, including ability to interpret performance metrics and benchmark against peers or industry trends.
- Advanced proficiency in PowerPoint, Excel, and related business productivity and analytics tools.
- Experience supporting mergers, acquisitions, integrations, or enterprise transformation initiatives preferred.
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