The Strategic Initiatives Project Manager is responsible for leading and executing high-impact, cross-functional strategic programs that drive business transformation, operational excellence, growth, and organizational priorities. This role partners closely with executive leadership, business stakeholders, product teams, engineering, operations, finance, and commercial organizations to define strategy, develop implementation plans, manage risks, and ensure successful delivery of strategic initiatives.
The ideal candidate combines strong project management expertise, business acumen, stakeholder management skills, and the ability to drive alignment and execution across complex organizations. This role will report directly to the Vice President of Mods & Upgrades; the ideal candidate is someone with Project Management experience that is looking to step into a leadership position within the next 18 to 24 months.We offer:
What We Offer:
Career Development
Competitive Compensation and Benefit
Pay Transparency
Global Opportunities
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The base pay range for this role is estimated to be $102,750 - $150,700 at the time of posting. Final compensation will be determined by various factors such as work location, education, experience, knowledge, and skills.
This is What You Will do in This Role:
Strategic Program Leadership
- Lead enterprise and business-unit strategic initiatives from concept through execution and value realization.
- Partner with executive leadership to define program objectives, success criteria, business outcomes, and implementation roadmaps.
- Translate strategic goals into actionable project plans, milestones, resource requirements, and measurable deliverables.
- Ensure alignment between strategic initiatives and organizational priorities.
Project & Portfolio Management
- Develop and maintain integrated project plans, schedules, budgets, dependencies, and resource forecasts.
- Monitor program performance, identify risks and issues, and implement mitigation plans to ensure successful delivery.
- Track project progress against scope, cost, quality, and timeline commitments.
- Establish governance frameworks and facilitate decision-making processes across stakeholders.
Cross-Functional Leadership
- Coordinate activities across multiple business functions, including Operations, Engineering, Product Management, Sales, Marketing, Finance, IT, and Customer Support.
- Facilitate alignment among diverse stakeholders with competing priorities.
- Lead recurring program reviews, steering committee meetings, and executive status updates.
- Drive accountability and action-item closure across project teams.
Change Management & Business Transformation
- Support organizational change initiatives associated with strategic programs.
- Develop communication plans to ensure stakeholder alignment and adoption.
- Identify process improvement opportunities and implement best practices that improve organizational effectiveness.
- Champion a culture of continuous improvement and operational excellence.
Financial & Business Case Management
- Develop business cases, cost-benefit analyses, ROI assessments, and funding recommendations for strategic investments.
- Monitor budgets and expenditures to ensure initiatives remain within approved financial parameters.
- Track benefits realization and report outcomes against approved business objectives.
- Support annual planning and strategic investment prioritization exercises.
Executive Communications & Reporting
- Provide concise and actionable updates to senior leadership regarding program status, risks, decisions, dependencies, and business impacts.
- Develop executive-level presentations, reports, dashboards, and performance metrics.
- Escalate critical issues and recommend corrective actions when required.
- Support governance reviews and strategic planning discussions.
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Engineering, Information Technology, Operations Management, or related field.
- 5+ years of project, program, or strategic initiative management experience.
- Demonstrated success leading complex cross-functional projects and business transformation initiatives.
- Strong knowledge of project management methodologies, tools, and governance practices.
- Experience managing executive stakeholders and influencing decision-making.
- Excellent analytical, organizational, communication, and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
- PMP, PgMP, Agile, Scrum, Lean, or Six Sigma certification.
- Experience supporting digital transformation, product modernization, operational excellence, or enterprise software initiatives.
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Project, Power BI, Excel, PowerPoint, and collaboration platforms.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Engineering, Information Technology, Operations Management, or related field.
- 5+ years of project, program, or strategic initiative management experience.
- Demonstrated success leading complex cross-functional projects and business transformation initiatives.
- Strong knowledge of project management methodologies, tools, and governance practices.
- Experience managing executive stakeholders and influencing decision-making.
- Excellent analytical, organizational, communication, and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
- PMP, PgMP, Agile, Scrum, Lean, or Six Sigma certification.
- Experience supporting digital transformation, product modernization, operational excellence, or enterprise software initiatives.
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Project, Power BI, Excel, PowerPoint, and collaboration platforms.
What We Do
Looking to make your move? Then you’ve come to the right place! We are the KION Group, and the world of intralogistics is our home. Our solutions ensure the smooth flow of materials and information in production plants, warehouses, and distribution centers in over 100 countries. We have around 41,000 employees who make a real difference, helping us to become who we are today: the biggest manufacturer of forklift trucks and warehouse handling equipment in Europe, and one of the world’s leading warehouse automation providers. Successful? We are, but it’s all down to the motivated, highly trained, and multi-talented people that work for us. Would you like to be part of an international, diverse team? We can offer you interesting jobs and exciting career opportunities in an innovative, rapidly-growing, and forward-looking industry. With us, you benefit from numerous development opportunities in a globally active group, including the possibility of working at one of our locations abroad on a temporary basis. No matter which of our sites you work at, the KION values—integrity, collaboration, courage, and excellence—shape our individual action and our collaboration with colleagues, managers, customers, suppliers, and applicants both nationally and internationally. Who makes up the KION Group? With our international brands Linde Material Handling, STILL, and Baoli, as well as regional brands Fenwick and OM, we stand for exceptional technology and service expertise for forklift trucks and warehouse handling equipment around the world. Dematic expands the portfolio with its automated material handling solutions for intralogistics processes in warehouses, production, and sales
