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The Senior Manager, Strategic Initiatives is part of the Cordis Spark Program, a rotational leadership development initiative designed to accelerate future leaders through exposure to enterprise-level projects. In this role, the Senior Manager leads complex strategic initiatives and major cross-functional workstreams tied to Cordis business priorities. This role is designed for experienced professionals who can translate ambiguous priorities into structured plans, influence senior stakeholders, drive execution, and coach junior teammates or contributors.
Lead complex strategic initiatives or major cross-functional workstreams aligned to Cordis business priorities. Define workstream scope, roadmap, governance, milestones, and success metrics in partnership with functional leaders and senior stakeholders. Translate ambiguous business priorities into structured problem-solving plans, analytical workstreams, recommendations, and execution plans. Drive disciplined execution, including financial impact assessment, risk management, stakeholder alignment, and performance tracking. Develop executive-level presentations, business cases, and recommendations to support decision-making. Partner across stakeholders to align priorities, resolve roadblocks, and maintain execution momentum. Serve as a change agent within assigned initiatives by anticipating risks, supporting adoption, and helping embed new ways of working. Provide thought leadership on process improvements, operating model opportunities, and strategic priorities within assigned areas. Mentor, coach, and elevate junior Spark teammates or project contributors. Rotate across 2-3 assignments over an expected 2-3 year period to broaden exposure and build enterprise perspective.
Expected Areas of Competence Demonstrated ability to lead complex strategic or operational workstreams with measurable business impact. Strong project / program management capability, including scoping, execution tracking, stakeholder management, risk mitigation, and change management. Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with ability to synthesize complex quantitative and qualitative inputs. Ability to create business cases, pressure-test recommendations, and support value realization. Strong executive communication skills, including the ability to develop concise, decision-oriented materials. Ability to influence across functions, geographies, and levels without relying solely on formal authority. Ability to provide direction and scope guardrails to junior teammates or workstream contributors. Strong judgment in navigating ambiguity, stakeholder tradeoffs, and cross-functional conflict. Excellent teaming, collaboration, and written / verbal communication skills.
Qualifications Required Qualifications Requires a minimum 12+ years of relevant experience with a Bachelor's degree; or equivalent education and experience; Or 10+ years and a Master's degree;Or a PhD with 8+ years experience; or equivalent experience. Where required, the role must hold an appropriate degree in the industry (eg. Legal)