Senior Director, Office of the CEO

Summary:

The Senior Director, Office of the CEO, serves as a strategic advisor and execution leader responsible for driving enterprise‑wide initiatives with direct CEO visibility and impact. This role functions as an extension of the CEO, ensuring organizational priorities are translated into actionable plans, monitored effectively, and delivered with excellence. The Senior Director partners closely with senior executives, HR, Finance, Corporate Development, and functional leaders to advance the company’s long‑term strategy, orchestrate operating cadences, and support high‑priority business decisions. This role requires exceptional judgment, executive presence, and the ability to simplify complexity while moving the organization forward.

Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities:

• Lead development, tracking, and reporting of enterprise KPIs and strategic projects with CEO visibility, ensuring alignment across business units and functions.

• Manage the CEO’s operating cadence with direct reports, including weekly and monthly reporting, agenda creation, business performance tracking, and follow‑up coordination.

• Drive leadership of key enterprise projects, ensuring clear objectives, cross‑functional alignment, and timely delivery of outcomes.

• Serve as a strategic advisor to the CEO on organizational health, performance trends, and priority initiatives.

• Lead or support critical talent recruitment efforts for senior‑level and enterprise-critical positions.

• Partner with Corporate Development on M&A activity, including upstream diligence and strategy work as well as downstream integration support.

• Prepare executive‑level presentations, communications, and briefing materials for internal and external audiences.

• Facilitate decision‑making by providing structured analysis, synthesizing data, identifying options, and recommending solutions.

• Coordinate with leaders across the organization to ensure timely, accurate delivery of information and alignment with CEO expectations.

• Build strong, trusted relationships across all levels of the organization to effectively influence and advance strategic priorities.

• Support additional operations‑related responsibilities and strategic assignments as requested by the CEO.

• Comply with all company policies and procedures.

• Maintain regular and punctual attendance.

Other Job Duties and Responsibilities:

Performs other related duties as assigned.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

• This position has direct reports. Manages staff and carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies and applicable laws. Responsibilities include interviewing, hiring, and training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems.

Qualifications:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential function satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

• Exceptional executive communication skills, both written and verbal.

• Strong analytical, strategic planning, and problem‑solving capabilities.

• Ability to manage multiple large‑scale initiatives in a fast‑paced environment.

• High degree of discretion, judgment, and professionalism.

• Proven ability to build relationships, gain trust, and operate effectively across all levels of the organization.

Education and/or Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree required; MBA or advanced degree strongly preferred.

• 12+ years of progressive experience in strategy, operations, consulting, chief‑of‑staff roles, or executive advisory functions.

• Demonstrated experience influencing senior executives and leading enterprise‑level initiatives.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations:

• None Required

Work Complexity:

Problems and issues faced are numerous and undefined, and require detailed information gathering, analysis and investigation to understand the problem. Problems typically impact many departments. Problems are typically solved through drawing from prior experience and analysis of issues.

Work Environment:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Work is normally performed in a typical interior office work environment which does not subject the employee to any hazardous or unpleasant elements. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; and reach with hands and arms. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.

Equal Employment Opportunity:

The company is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants without regard to race, ethnicity, color, sex, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, religion, national origin, age (40 and over), disability, military status, genetic information, or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws.

Americans with Disabilities Act:

Applicants as well as employees who are or become disabled must be able to satisfactorily perform the essential job functions of the position either with or without reasonable accommodation. Applicants as well as employees are encouraged to meet with Human Resources as the organization shall review reasonable accommodations on a case-by-case basis in accordance with applicable law.

Job Responsibilities:

The statements reflect the general duties and responsibilities considered necessary to perform the essential functions of the job and should not be considered as an all-inclusive list of all the work requirements of the position. The company may change the specific job duties with or without prior notice based on the needs of the organization.