Senior Director, Strategy Enablement

Andersen Corporation • Oak Park, MN

5d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Senior Director, Strategy Enablement leads the translation of enterprise strategy into coordinated execution across complex, high-impact transformation programs. The role integrates business strategy, program delivery, technology, process, data, change adoption, and external partner performance to ensure strategic initiatives achieve measurable business outcomes and establish scalable capabilities for future transformation. The core mandate of this role is to create enterprise alignment, execution discipline, and organizational readiness so priority programs deliver sustainable value, not simply completed milestones. This is a hybrid role based in our Oak Park Heights, MN office.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in business administration, management, finance, or related field or relevant experience.
• Minimum 10 years of experience in strategic planning, project and program management, transformation, business development of large complex programs, with a significant portion of that time in a leadership role and/or direct interaction with senior executives.
• Strong leadership and team management skills with the ability to reach across the organization to influence areas outside of their direct authority in order to move program initiatives forward.
• Proven track record of successfully leading and executing strategic initiatives.
• Proven project and program management experience.
• Innovative problem solver with strong analytical skills and the ability to quickly identify issues and drive toward effective resolution.
• Excellent communication skills, ability to simplify complex concepts and deliver effective messages to a wide range of audiences.
• Strong emotional intelligence with the ability to work effectively across teams, overcome resistance, and navigate a complex organization.
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.

Nice To Haves

• MBA or other advanced degree preferred.
• Proficiency in data analysis and business intelligence tools.
• Ability to think strategically and translate strategies into actionable plans.
• Experience with change management and organizational development.
• Strong financial acumen and understanding of financial metrics.
• Ability to influence and build relationships with stakeholders at all levels.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end integration of priority programs across business strategy, technology, process, data, operations, and change. Convert strategic objectives into integrated roadmaps, milestones, dependencies, and measurable outcomes; ensure workstreams operate as one program and remain connected to enterprise priorities.
• Establish and lead the program management operating model, including governance forums, decision rights, planning standards, status reporting, change control, issue and risk management, and escalation paths. Use performance measures and data-driven insights to identify delivery gaps, resolve barriers, and support timely decisions.
• Lead the enterprise change and adoption approach for new processes, technologies, organizational structures, and ways of working. Build sponsor alignment, stakeholder engagement, communications, training, change networks, deployment readiness, transition plans, and sustainment capabilities.
• Build trust with senior leaders and facilitate alignment across functions and business units on priorities, tradeoffs, resources, decisions, and outcomes. Translate complex program information into clear executive communication and lead through resistance, ambiguity, and differing levels of organizational readiness.
• Partner with enterprise leaders to identify and prioritize strategic opportunities and allocate financial capital, people, technology, and partner capacity to the initiatives with the greatest enterprise value. Surface competing demands and facilitate explicit choices and tradeoffs.
• Co-lead engagement with consulting, technology, and implementation partners. Set expectations, clarify accountabilities, integrate partner delivery with internal workstreams, monitor performance, and translate between business needs and delivery requirements.
• Lead and develop program and portfolio leaders, including direct employees, indirect team members, and contractors. Establish scalable program management practices, tools, talent, and operating capabilities that strengthen execution across current and future transformation waves.

Benefits

• 401 (k) Plan, Employer Fixed Contributions & Company Matching Profit Sharing
• Medical, Dental and Vision Coverage
• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs), Health Savings Account (HSA) and Health Reimbursement Account (HRA)
• Life Insurance
• Paid Time Off & Paid Holidays
• Paid Maternity Leave & Paid Parental Leave
• Career Growth Planning & Nationwide Career Opportunities

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director