Leader, Special Initiatives

Role Description

Own end-to-end project management for special initiatives under the CIO, including:

• Tracking milestones
• Managing stakeholders
• Ensuring on-time delivery

Coordinate the setup of the CIO office organization in consultation with the CIO, HR business partners, and finance business partners.

Support organizational transition activities by liaising with necessary cross-functional enterprise teams such as Legal, M&A, Real Estate, and HR, ensuring clear communication and timely action to ensure the core business teams can remain focused on business deliverables.

Events & Off-sites:

• In coordination with Executive Assistant to CIO, support logistics and lead content coordination for strategic leadership offsites (x2-3), managing agendas, attendee experience, and pre/post communications.
• In collaboration with SATO leadership, support content development and execution for two team regional events, partnering with internal teams and SATO GLT for a positive training and learning experience.
• In coordination with Executive Assistant to CIO, support business travel and site visits for 2-3 major trips (e.g., Europe in August, China in September, and India in October) to ensure coordination of factory, office, and external stakeholder meetings and priorities across all functions and commercial teams.

Coordination & Communications:

• Serve as a coordination point across teams under the CIO, tracking cross-functional dependencies and escalating issues proactively.
• Prepare briefing materials, project trackers, and status updates for CIO leadership.
• Additional activities and scope of role to be jointly adapted and agreed as needs evolve.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in project management, program coordination, operations, or a similar field.
• Demonstrated experience managing events, offsites, or large cross-functional initiatives.
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to track multiple workstreams simultaneously.
• A proficient communicator, both in writing and speaking, with a background in creating materials tailored for senior-level audiences.
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, ambiguous environment where priorities can shift.
• Comfortable working in a global, virtual environment where work spans multiple time zones and cultural expectations.
• Experience working with organizational transitions that involve team and organizational structure changes and changes to facilities, etc. a plus.
• Business English Fluency required. Conversational Japanese and/or additional languages a plus.
• Knowledge of the Google suite a plus.

Requirements

• The position is virtual with a work-from-home setup.
• Travel mainly within the United States, focusing on NJ, NYC, and NC office sites as needed.
• Anticipate 1-2 international trips.

Benefits

• The salary range for remote hires is $98,000 - $140,000 per year.
• Salary offer to be determined by the applicant’s education, experience, knowledge, skills, location, and abilities, as well as internal equity and alignment with market data.
• This role will be eligible to participate in the annual Short Term Incentive plan.

EEO Statement

AS, AMERICA INC. is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, genetics, disability, marital status, age, veteran status, domestic partner status, medical condition or any other characteristic protected by law.

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