Program Director
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What we are looking for
We are looking for an experienced Program Director who will oversee the execution of all City Team objectives across the entire value chain. As part of our team youll have the opportunity to lead crossfunctional initiatives problemsolve remove bottlenecks to execution and drive impactful outcomes. The Program Director Cities will be a key strategic partner responsible for driving the success of all city teams by ensuring operational excellence strategic alignment and collaborative execution. You will take ownership of city performance act as a trusted advisor to city General Managers and lead the coordination between city and central teams to ensure cities are on track to achieve their goals. As the voice of the cities you will drive initiatives resolve challenges and support key growth efforts including expansion and recruitment. This role requires a strategic thinker with high business acumen and exceptional stakeholder and project management expertise. You should be motivated by a desire to optimize productivity and nurture program success from inception.
The City Teams are startups within a larger startup. Run as a standalone business and led by a General Manager (GM) each City Team is responsible for the recruitment of exceptional talent into the ALX programs fostering community and engagement to enhance retention graduation and ultimately unlocking jobs and opportunities for impact. In pursuit of our mission we encourage autonomy creativity and experimentation. We embrace risks and failure. We seek those that have a beginners mindset are lifelong learners thrive in uncertain circumstances and uncharted territory and have a deep passion for driving impactful outcomes. If youre excited about working in a hypergrowth hardworking but fun and collaborative environment you are in the right place.
What does the job involve
- Strategic Partnership & Leadership: Serve as the strategic leader for city operations working closely with city and central leadership to ensure alignment on objectives priorities and initiatives.
- Crossfunctional Alignment: Act as the primary liaison between city teams and central teams ensuring seamless collaboration aligning strategies and advocating for city needs.
- Proactive ProblemSolving: Identify potential operational or strategic challenges early and drive initiatives to address them ensuring cities remain on track.
- Learning & Development Leadership: Lead the Learning & Development efforts for city teams (from onboarding to upskilling) ensuring talent development and preparedness for future challenges.
- Recruitment & Expansion: Collaborate on the recruitment of key city leadership roles (e.g. new General Managers) and support ALX expansion into new cities.
- Operational Excellence: Own the tracking reporting and analysis of city team performance ensuring operational goals are met and leading efforts to address gaps or inefficiencies (including providing handson support where needed)
- Special Projects Leadership: Spearhead highimpact crossfunctional projects aimed at driving city growth operational efficiency and longterm success (e.g. partnerships).
Qualifications
- 8 years of work experience in strategic leadership particularly in operations program management or strategic partnerships in a fastpaced highgrowth environment; management consulting or finance
- 3 years experience in a management role
- Proven ability to lead crossfunctional collaboration influence stakeholders and drive strategic alignment.
- Exceptional problem solving communication (written and verbal) and project management skills
- Strong business and financial acumen
- Ability to drive the execution and reporting of the operational KPIs OKRs and metrics
- Strong knowledge of business processes and experience leading peoplerelated functions
- Roll up Sleeves GYSHIDO mindset
- Ability to use data to drive decisionmaking
- You have a startup mindset and are comfortable with ambiguous everchanging situations
- Ability to operate in a fastpaced environment consistently delivering highquality results with precision even under tight deadlines.
Benefits
- TBC
Location
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