Special Projects
About
the role
We’re searching for a
highly qualified Special Projects Leader to work closely with our CEO. From day
one, the Special Projects Leader will immediately impact our productivity,
streamlining strategic initiatives, overseeing program management, and communicating
objectives between departments. The ideal candidate will have proven experience
in a business management role, with a particular focus on executive-level
advising and interdepartmental collaboration.
Objectives of this Role
- Spearhead
special projects: lead a metrics overhaul, do customer research on an
adjacent business opportunity, run an acquisition process, and lead the
search for an executive hire.
- Manage
priorities: do calendar audits, review and synthesise metrics/ initiatives
to support company priority setting.
- Oversee
staff/internal operations: prepare agendas, take notes, and assign action
items at weekly staff meetings; manage the OKR and annual planning
processes, support with board meeting prep, create decision-making
frameworks and manage.
- Investor
relations support: Prepare first drafts of monthly and quarterly board
decks and prepare investor materials.
- Sparing
partner to the CEO: Ensuring we are ruthlessly prioritising the company’s
time on activities that drive our north star metric forward.
Daily and Monthly Responsibilities
- Planning
and administration. Assuming ownership of back office tasks such as
internal target setting, tracking company objectives and results, legal,
HR and other administrative tasks and strategic project management.
- Serve
as liaison between staff, executives, senior leaders, and CEO regarding
company climate, employee well-being, project updates, proposals, and planning.
- Assist
the human resources department with new hires, including documentation and
onboarding, and collaborate to address and resolve all employee concerns
- Build
and develop relationships with all employees for increased efficiency and
effective responsiveness into existing operations, and help to define new
operational strategies, working with CEO and executives on special projects
- Serve
as a subject matter expert, handling inquiries, developing action plans to
address them, and assisting with preparing and disseminating
communications.
Skills and Qualifications
- 3+
years in a business or executive management role
- Proven
experience organising and directing multiple teams and departments
- Excellent
communicator in written and verbal form
- Extremely
versatile, dedicated to efficient productivity
- Experience
planning and leading strategic initiatives
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience
with data analysis
- Experience
with budget management
- Consulting
experience with a focus on operations management
- Proven
success in a project coordination role
- Nimble
business mind with a focus on developing creative solutions
- Strong
project reporting skills, with a focus on interdepartmental communication
How to Apply