Senior Manager, Strategic Initiatives, Business Ventures and Innovation - Bethesda, United States - U of C NORC

Description

Join NORC at the University of Chicago as a senior manager in our Business Ventures and Innovation (BVI) unit, reporting to NORC's Chief Strategy Officer, with dotted lines to NORC's Chief Financial Officer and Chief Information Officer. Demonstrate proven abilities in the design and execution of business enablement strategies, organizational transformation, and change management to support the implementation of NORC's strategic plan and long-term organizational goals.

Take ownership of the challenges of supporting a leadership team in a rapidly evolving and fast-paced research landscape. Work closely with executive and senior leaders to identify opportunities, prioritize the most important ones, and develop a strategy for achieving these objectives. Leverage your experience in handling a broad range of activities while demonstrating the ability to analyze different aspects of business operations to enable productivity and efficiency, using technology to achieve long-term business goals. Support senior leaders in creating innovative solutions and deploying effective change management approaches necessary to implement them.

This is an excellent opportunity to join a leading research institute and become part of a team of colleagues who look forward to coming to work every day. Bring energy and excitement to this critical role with a team that likes to have fun and support one another's long-term career development, all while doing great work.

The Business Ventures and Innovation unit (BVI) brings together NORC Labs, Business Development, Health Care Strategy, and AmeriSpeak to enable business operations, research & development, and drive revenue growth. BVI propels innovation and best practices across the company and positions NORC to grow and evolve strategically in the future. We align with NORC's research and administrative departments to ensure that our work strengthens client relationships and advances NORC's position as an industry leader.

• Analyze current business infrastructure, collaborate across NORC, and provide solutions to improve the productivity and efficiency of the business.
• Provide effective project management from inception to completion, including project structuring, planning, and execution; creating and managing budgets, timelines, and interdependencies across multiple initiatives; designing and implementing risk mitigation plans; managing vendors/subcontractors; and assuring quality deliverables.
• Demonstrate financial and business acumen through the ability to understand the financial effects of actions and decisions, including budget creation/monitoring, cost modeling, ROI analyses, and managing vendor relationships.
• Develop and track measurable goals for all business activities, including creating dashboards and other tools for executive-level review.
• Create and implement an integrated program of change management strategies and plans that drive employee adoption and engagement.
• Exhibit exceptional communication skills, including excellent written and verbal communication, communicating across all levels of the organization, communicating complex technical information clearly and concisely, and creating and delivering effective business plans and presentations.
• Collaborate effectively across all levels of the organization to achieve goals. #LI-RM1

• Master's degree in business, policy, or social science-related field is required.
• Minimum of 8 years of applicable work experience in positions of increasing responsibility in operations, project management, organizational transformation, and change management.
• Agile self-starter with the ability to work on multiple, simultaneous initiatives with a delivery focus.
• Strong business acumen, including strategy, analytics, negotiations, and problem-solving.
• Track record effectively managing vendors/subcontractors for large-scale improvement initiatives.
• Recognized as a collaborator who can work with diverse teams in multiple locations, engaging their input and commitment to success.
• Excellent risk management approach and effective decision-making skills in a fast-paced environment.
• Superb communication skills—written, oral, and listening skills, with proven ability to present effectively to all levels of an organization.

The pay range for this position is $124,000 – $187,000.

This position is classified as regular. Regular staff are eligible for NORC's comprehensive benefits program. Benefits include, but are not limited to:

• Generously subsidized health insurance, effective on the first day of employment
• Dental and vision insurance
• A defined contribution retirement program, along with a separate voluntary 403(b) retirement program
• Group life insurance, long-term and short-term disability insurance
• Benefits that promote work/life balance, including generous paid time off, holidays; paid parental leave, bereavement leave, tuition assistance, and an Employee Assistance Program (EAP).

NORC's Approach to Equity and Transparency

Pay and benefits transparency helps to reduce wage gaps. As part of our commitment to pay equity and salary transparency, NORC includes a salary range for each job opening along with information about eligible benefit offerings. At NORC, we take a comprehensive approach to setting salary ranges and reviewing raises and promotions, which is overseen by a formal Salary Review Committee (SRC).

NORC at the University of Chicago is an objective, non-partisan research institution that delivers reliable data and rigorous analysis to guide critical programmatic, business, and policy decisions. Since 1941, our teams have conducted groundbreaking studies, created and applied innovative methods and tools, and advanced principles of scientific integrity and collaboration. Today, government, corporate, and nonprofit clients around the world partner with us to transform increasingly complex information into useful knowledge.

For over 80 years, NORC has evolved in many ways, moving the needle with research methods, technical applications and groundbreaking research findings. But our tradition of excellence, passion for innovation, and commitment to collegiality have remained constant components of who we are as a brand, and who each of us is as a member of the NORC team. With world-class benefits, a business casual environment, and an emphasis on continuous learning, NORC is a place where people join for the stellar research and analysis work for which we're known, and stay for the relationships they form with their colleagues who take pride in the impact their work is making on a global scale.

NORC is an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer that values and actively seeks diversity in the workforce. NORC evaluates qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, sexual orientation, gender identity, and other legally protected characteristics.