Job Description
Strategic Transformation Manager
Salary: $150k - $170k
Strategic Transformation Manager – Why Open?
- Growing, acquisition-focused organization looking to add greater structure, scalability, and discipline around strategic initiatives.
- Need a dedicated leader to drive cross-functional transformation projects rather than relying on individual departments to manage initiatives independently.
- Looking for someone who can identify operational bottlenecks, build solutions, and independently drive projects through execution.
Strategic Transformation Manager – What Are They Looking For?
- Strategic, hands-on internal consultant who can assess a business problem, develop a solution, gain stakeholder alignment, and execute.
- Strong cross-functional project leadership across Operations, Engineering, Supply Chain, Sales, Customer Service, and other functions.
- Someone comfortable with ambiguity who can create structure where processes may not currently exist.
- Ability to influence across the organization without direct authority.
- Must be able to independently analyze data and create executive-ready PowerPoint presentations, dashboards, and recommendations.
- Consulting/professional services experience strongly preferred; Engineering background is a major plus.
Strategic Transformation Manager – Key Responsibilities
- Lead complex, cross-functional strategic initiatives from planning through implementation.
- Identify operational bottlenecks, inefficiencies, and opportunities for improvement.
- Define project scope, timelines, milestones, resources, budgets, and success metrics.
- Establish and improve PMO methodologies, governance, templates, and project-management processes.
- Manage project risks, dependencies, competing priorities, and stakeholder alignment.
- Develop KPI dashboards, executive reporting, and scenario analyses to support decision-making.
- Translate business data into actionable recommendations and improvement initiatives.
- Create executive-level presentations and communicate project progress, risks, and recommendations.
- Drive accountability and execution across teams without direct reporting authority.
Strategic Transformation Manager – Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree required; Engineering degree strongly preferred.
- 7+ years of experience in business transformation, strategic projects, consulting, operations, project management, or related functions.
- Ideally 2+ years of consulting or professional services experience.
- Experience within industrial services, manufacturing, chemicals, environmental services, engineering, supply chain, or another operationally complex business preferred.
- Proven experience independently leading complex, cross-functional initiatives.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, PowerPoint, and executive communication skills.
- Must be hands-on, coachable, adaptable, ambitious, and comfortable operating independently.
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Numbers & Facts
| Location | Houston, TX |
| Industry | Financial Services |
| Salary | $150,000–$170,000 Per Year |
| Company Size | 500 to 999 employees |
| Year Founded | 1994 |
| Website | http://www.cfstaffing.com/ |
About Company
Founded by CPA firms in 1994, Creative Financial Staffing has spent over 30 years helping job seekers and employers succeed. In fall 2025, we rebranded as CFS—a name that reflects our full range of expertise while staying true to the trusted company you know.
CFS is the industry’s leading employee-owned staffing firm, connecting top talent in accounting, finance, technology, and human resources. We provide skilled professionals on both a temporary and permanent basis across diverse industries, leveraging our extensive network to match the right people with the right opportunities.
Our dedication to excellence extends to our award-winning culture, recognized repeatedly for growth, recruiting, workplace environment, and employee support. Honors include Forbes’ “America’s Best Recruiting and Temporary Staffing Firms,” Staffing Industry Analysts’ top U.S. staffing rankings, FlexJobs’ Top 100 Companies for Remote and Hybrid Work, Top Workplaces USA, Newsweek’s Best Practices awards, and more.
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