[Hiring] Senior Director, Strategy & Execution @Ensono

Role Description

Ensono’s Strategy team sets the company’s annual strategy, turns it into a governed portfolio of strategic initiatives, focuses corporate development, and runs the executive forums that keep the CEO, the executive leadership team (ELT) and the board focused on what matters most.

This role sits at the center of how Ensono sets and executes strategy, with regular exposure to the CEO, President, executive team, board and investors. It is designed as a path to broader strategy leadership, with growing ownership of the strategy cycle, corporate development and executive forums over time.

We are looking for a senior strategy leader who can both help shape the strategy and drive execution. You will:

• Own the machinery that translates strategy into action.
• Lead critical initiatives personally.
• Influence executive decisions.
• Develop a broad understanding of every aspect of Ensono's business.

This role is ideal for a highly strategic, intellectually curious leader who wants to influence the direction of a growing company while building the experience required for future executive-level strategy leadership positions.

• Shape the strategy from close to the business.
• Connect the dots across functions, spot emerging risks and opportunities early.
• Contribute original ideas to the strategy.
• Help the CEO and President do their jobs better.

Run the annual strategy cycle and initiative portfolio:

• Own the annual strategy process end to end.
• Stand up each approved initiative with a charter, sponsor, accountable lead, plan and measures of success.
• Surface risks, dependencies and decisions early.
• Coach initiative leads on problem structuring, root-cause analysis and decision-ready writing.
• Personally lead one or two of the high-priority initiatives or special projects each year.

Drive the executive operating rhythm:

• Coordinate and run the monthly business review.
• Run other forums the Strategy team owns.
• Prepare and pressure-test materials for the ELT, the board and its committees.
• Track decisions and actions to closure.

Lead corporate development and strategic analysis:

• Help identify where acquisitions, joint ventures or partnerships are the right path.
• Evaluate and shape joint ventures and partnerships.
• Scope and manage external advisers and specialists.
• Lead market and competitive intelligence.

Steward executive client and market programs:

• Co-lead the Executive Advisory Council.
• Connect advisory council and voice-of-the-client insight to the strategy process.

Shape transformation and build the strategy office:

• Help shape operating-model changes.
• Build an AI-enabled strategy office.
• Represent the Strategy team across the executive and senior leadership teams.

Qualifications

• 10 or more years in corporate strategy, strategy operations, consulting, corporate development or a chief-of-staff role, including 3 or more working directly with C-suite executives.
• A track record of running an enterprise planning or strategic initiative process across multiple functions.
• Evidence of original strategic thinking.
• Strong structured problem solving and financial fluency.
• Executive-grade communication.
• The ability to lead without authority.
• The presence to sit in senior leaders’ staff meetings.
• Rigorous program management habits.
• Hands-on fluency with AI productivity tools, data and dashboards.
• Absolute discretion with confidential information.
• A bachelor’s degree.
• 10% travel requirement.

Preferred Qualifications

• An MBA or equivalent graduate degree.
• Experience in IT or managed services, mainframe or hybrid cloud, or enterprise B2B technology.
• Hands-on M&A, joint venture or partnership experience.
• Experience in a private equity-backed company.
• Experience running a customer advisory board or executive client program.

Benefits

• Unlimited Paid Days Off.
• Three health plan options.
• 401k with company match.
• Eligibility for dental, vision, short and long-term disability, life and AD&D coverage, and flexible spending accounts.
• Family Forming Benefit including fertility coverage and adoption/surrogacy reimbursement.
• Paid childbearing and paternal leave.
• Education Reimbursement, Student Loan Assistance or 529 College Funding.
• Sabbatical leave.
• Wellness program.
• Flexible work schedule.