[Hiring] Manager, Strategic Initiatives @The Miles Group

Role Description

The Manager, Strategic Initiatives supports TMG’s leadership team – comprising the Managing Partner, Head of Client Strategy, Head of Growth, and Head of Talent – by ensuring day-to-day execution, follow-through, and communication on strategic priorities. The role focuses on execution rigor, developing executive-ready materials, tracking key issues, coordinating across functions, and summarizing complex topics into concise insights for awareness and decision support. This role delivers hands-on, tactical execution support, driving change management to free up the leadership team’s time and attention for high-impact strategic and client work.

What You Will Do

• Creating Executive Materials and Communications:
  • Develop, edit, and manage high-quality presentations, dashboards, and briefing materials for recurring leadership meetings, forums, and strategic projects.
  • Produce polished presentations and reports that require minimal revision and consistently meet executive-level standards.
  • Translate complex operational and financial information into clear, concise summaries or reports that tell a story.
  • Ensure all materials are accurate, well-structured, and aligned with the leadership team’s priorities.
  • Draft and manage internal communications on behalf of the leadership team, ensuring clarity, alignment, and consistency.
• Issue Tracking and Follow-Up:
  • Track and manage key projects, actions, deadlines, commitments, and open issues to ensure follow-through.
  • Proactively flag delays, dependencies, risks, and items requiring escalation.
  • Coordinate updates across multiple stakeholders to ensure timely and accurate information flow.
• Executive Project and Initiative Support:
  • Provide project-management support for strategic firm projects, including milestone tracking and status reporting.
  • Ensure initiatives remain aligned with leadership intent, expectations, and timelines.
  • Triage priorities and manage competing demands to keep the leadership team focused on high-impact activities.
  • Lead change management efforts for key firm initiatives, including stakeholder alignment and communication planning.
• Data Analysis and Reporting:
  • Maintain visibility into performance metrics and progress against key priorities.
  • Analyze operational and financial data to surface trends, risks, and opportunities.
  • Build and maintain reporting tools and dashboards for the leadership team.
• Meeting and Operating Cadence Support:
  • Own agenda development, pre-read preparation, and content development for leadership meetings and Town Halls.
  • Capture and distribute clear, well-structured meeting notes with ownership and next steps.
  • Standardize operating rhythms, templates, and reporting formats.
• Cross-Functional Coordination:
  • Serve as a coordination point across teams for leadership requests and information needs.
  • Ensure information flows efficiently and accurately across the firm.
  • Build and maintain strong working relationships with leaders and stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree (e.g., MBA) a plus.
• 6-8 years of experience as a Manager, Strategic Initiatives, strategy consultant, or executive projects manager in a high-performance professional services setting.
• Demonstrated success collaborating directly with senior executives and driving cross-functional initiatives.
• Advanced proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint, including executive-level presentation development and data analysis.
• Expertise in producing status reports, program updates, and executive dashboards.

Skills and Capabilities

• Judgment and Discretion:
  • Demonstrates exceptional judgment and ability to make sound decisions.
  • Comfortable operating in ambiguity and evolving priorities.
  • Maintains confidentiality and integrity in handling sensitive information.
  • Anticipates issues before they surface and proactively identifies potential challenges.
• Execution and Communication:
  • Proven record of project management, tracking, prioritization, and follow-through.
  • Effectively manages multiple priorities and deadlines simultaneously.
  • Superior written and verbal communication skills, including storytelling in PowerPoint.
  • Translates complex information into clear, concise, and actionable guidance.
• Analytical and Business Acumen:
  • Synthesizes complex issues into clear options, insights, and actionable recommendations.
  • Exceptional understanding of business operations, performance metrics, and financial concepts.
• Relationship Management:
  • Demonstrates strong EQ, executive presence, and stakeholder credibility.
  • Ability to influence without authority, building strong, trust-based relationships.

Compensation

TMG offers a competitive base salary, discretionary bonus, and benefits package. A reasonable estimate of the base salary for this position is $140,000 - $190,000, with the potential for additional performance-based earnings.

Equal Opportunity and EEO Statement

TMG provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or genetics.