This Senior Associate role within the Project Management Office (PMO) focuses on driving operational excellence and strategic initiatives. You will be instrumental in managing leadership forums, developing insightful reports, and streamlining processes to enhance efficiency and scalability. The position offers a dynamic environment for professionals seeking to leverage their analytical and project management skills.

The role involves serving as the operational backbone for key projects, including vendor innovation. You will be responsible for establishing robust data governance and reporting mechanisms, ensuring accuracy and consistency. A key aspect of this position is identifying opportunities for automation and AI to optimize workflows and improve business outcomes.

Candidates will proactively identify and address risks and dependencies, offering clear solutions and next steps. This role demands adaptability and the ability to take ownership of complex problem spaces from inception to delivery. You will contribute to a culture of continuous improvement and data-driven decision-making.

Manage the operating cadence for leadership forums, ensuring effective agenda creation, pre-read distribution, action item tracking, and decision logging.

Develop executive-ready dashboards, scorecards, and compelling narratives to translate complex data into actionable business insights and strategic recommendations.

Act as the operational lead for vendor innovation initiatives, guiding them from ideation through piloting and scaling or exit.

Support data governance and reporting by establishing repeatable processes, validation controls, and a single source of truth for reporting.

Continuously identify manual, fragmented, or inefficient processes and design automated or AI-enabled solutions to boost speed, accuracy, and scalability.

A minimum of 7 years of experience in business operations, strategy, consulting, program management, or analytics is required.

Demonstrated ability to operate effectively and independently in ambiguous, fast-changing environments with minimal supervision.

Proven experience supporting senior leaders or executive-level governance and decision-making forums.

Experience with data analytics, reporting, and visualization tools such as Power BI, Tableau, or SQL is essential.

Advanced proficiency in data analysis, reporting, Excel, PowerPoint, and analytical problem-solving is expected.

Ability to connect data, context, and strategy to effectively drive business outcomes.