Senior Associate, Global Strategic Initiatives

LinkedIn•New York, NY

1d•$105,000 - $170,000•Hybrid

About The Position

This role will be based in New York, Chicago, San Francisco, or Sunnyvale. At LinkedIn, our approach to flexible work is centered on trust and optimized for culture, connection, clarity, and the evolving needs of our business. The work location of this role is hybrid, meaning it will be performed both from home and from a LinkedIn office on select days, as determined by the business needs of the team. LinkedIn is searching for a Senior Associate, Global Strategic Initiatives to assist with various new and existing programs managed by the Strategic Planning & Initiatives team for LinkedIn Marketing Solutions. The Senior Associate will leverage their program management experience, superior communication, relationship building skills, and analytical abilities to provide timely solutions to partners, and successful program execution / leadership. Candidates hoping to fill this role must be proactive, collaborative, solution-oriented and comfortable managing multiple cross-functional relationships and projects concurrently.

Requirements

4+ years of experience in program/project management, management consulting, sales, strategy or operations
Experience in MS Office (Outlook, Word, PowerPoint and Excel)
BA/BS degree or equivalent practical experience

Nice To Haves

Ability to effectively manage time, prioritize tasks and work within deadlines with little supervision
Experience working in high-growth, performance focused environments
Excellent collaboration, influence, organizational, and program management skills
Ability to define ambiguous problems and drive towards outcomes
Ability to present data in an effective, actionable manner and learn new software quickly
Ability to think strategically with a proven track record of providing consultative and data driven solutions
Ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams
Experience working with CRM, sales and data visualization tools
Knowledge of SQL or other programming languages
Experience working in the digital advertising or marketing industry
PMP or Six-Sigma Certified
LinkedIn for Marketing certifications completed

Responsibilities

Manage global, complex workstreams in programs with multiple stakeholders
Define success metrics of program and measure results
Deploy best in class project/program management (e.g. managing timelines, tracking and communicating progress, setting expectations with stakeholders, issue resolution)
Be an effective agent of change by developing a change management framework on what we communicate, how we train teams and support talent changes
Identify and appropriately escalate risks which could jeopardize the successful rollout and recommend options for resolution
Provide a regular cadence of updates to the leadership team on progress and plan to mitigate risk
Develop mitigations and solutions with various stakeholders to ensure successful program outcomes
Leverage program management framework to drive consistent, best-in-class program management
Create strong collaborative partnerships with a wide range of stakeholders
Act like an owner and have an impact outside of your core functions by demonstrating leadership, providing leverage and producing results that will help effectively scale