Senior Strategic Initiatives Manager

Position Summary

The Senior Strategic Initiatives Manager acts as a dedicated operational and strategic partner to the President to ensure key priorities achieve their intended outcomes. You will manage the President's strategic workstreams, track the status of high-priority initiatives, and serve as a deployable project lead for GTM & GTB initiatives, working across the entire organization on these items. This role is designed for a high-output operator who excels at driving cross-functional alignment and leveraging AI and modern technology to scale leadership's impact.

Why join Tipalti?

Tipalti is the AI-powered platform for finance automation, elevating how finance teams operate in the global economy. We empower our customers to scale faster and smarter by removing the complexities of doing global business and accelerating their finance operations efficiency. Our platform provides a comprehensive suite of finance automation solutions designed for mid-market businesses across accounts payable, global payouts, procurement, employee expenses, corporate cards, supplier management, tax compliance, and treasury. Tipalti partners with leading financial institutions such as Citi, Wells Fargo, J.P. Morgan, and Visa, enabling over 5,000 global companies to efficiently and securely pay millions of suppliers and payees across 200+ countries and territories, in 120 currencies.

At Tipalti, we pride ourselves on our collaborative culture, the quality of our product and the capabilities of our people. Tipaltians are passionate about the work they do, and keen to get the job done. Tipalti offers competitive benefits, a flexible workplace, career coaching, and an environment where diverse individuals can thrive and make an impact. Our culture ensures everyone checks their egos at the door and stands ready to reach for success together.


Founded in Israel in 2010, Tipalti is a global business headquartered in the San Francisco Bay Area (Foster City) with offices in Tel Aviv, Plano, Toronto, Vancouver, London, Amsterdam, Tbilisi and Medellin.

Key Responsibilities

1. Executive Execution & Momentum

• Initiative Management: Own the President's portfolio of strategic projects, managing task tracking, follow-ups, and statusing to ensure absolute execution on all high-priority items.
• Strategic Analysis: Conduct rigorous research and analysis to provide the President with clear, actionable insights on business performance and project outcomes.
• Executive Material Prep: Create high-quality presentation decks and briefing materials that translate complex project updates into clear narratives for executives and business leaders.

2. Cross-Functional Program Leadership

• Deployable PM Resource: Act as a flexible project management resource for Sales, Marketing, Alliances, Customer Success and Customer Operations leaders, leading cross-functional initiatives where additional bandwidth is required.
• Full-Cycle Delivery: Drive a diverse set of key workstreams from ideation to delivery, ensuring milestones are met and resource allocation is optimized across the GTM & GTB divisions.
• Operational Accountability: Facilitate meetings across Sales, Marketing, and Operations to drive decision-making, track progress, communications and remove blockers.

3. AI & Operational Efficiency

• AI Integration: Identify and implement AI-driven tools and workflows to automate status reporting, project tracking, and data synthesis.
• Operational Scaling: Leverage AI and automation to increase the velocity of GTM projects and reduce manual overhead for leadership.
• Process Improvement: Continuously refine project management methodologies to ensure the organization operates efficiently as it grows.

About you

• 7+ years of professional experience in Management Consulting, Program Management Strategic Operations, or related experience.
• Proven experience working across GTM functions, including Sales, Marketing, and Customer Operations, with a deep understanding of the related functions that support them.
• Strong interest or experience in applying AI and automation tools to business workflows and project management.
• Proven track record of managing complex, high-stakes workstreams
• Advanced proficiency in data analysis and the ability to turn data into a story via PowerPoint/Google Slides.
• Exceptional executive presence; the ability to hold cross-functional teams accountable to deadlines and provide clear updates to senior leadership.
• Bachelor's degree required

Our benefits package includes:

• Hybrid working model that requires you to be in the Foster City office on Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday
• Competitive salary and equity
• Matching 401K
• Extended benefits, Employee Assistance Program, life insurance, AD&D, LTD
• 15 days of PTO
• Subsidized lunch on office days
• Fresh fruit, snacks & drinks in office
• Dog friendly office on Thursdays
• Phone/internet allowance
• Regular company-wide social events
• Multiple ERG groups celebrating our diversity and creating an inclusive culture

Base Salary Range: $128,000 - $159,000 USD annually.

The compensation information, above, reflects our reasonable expectation for this role based on several factors, including current market conditions. Final compensation will be determined through individual assessment of experience, skills, qualifications, and other job-relevant factors. Actual offers may vary within or, only in exceptional circumstances, outside the stated range based on the candidate's unique qualifications and our comprehensive evaluation process. We are committed to equitable compensation practices in compliance with applicable employment laws.

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Our Mission

Our mission is to elevate how finance teams operate in the global economy. We empower our customers to scale faster and smarter by removing the complexities of doing global business and accelerating their finance operations efficiency. We are the AI-powered platform that automates finance.

Tipalti is fueled by a commitment to our customers and a desire to build lasting connections. Our client portfolio includes high-velocity businesses such as Amazon Twitch, GoDaddy, Roku, WordPress.com, and ZipRecruiter. We work hard for our 99% customer retention rate which is built on trust, reliability and innovation. Tipalti means we handled it" - a mission to which we are constantly committed.

Accommodations Tipalti champions inclusive teams, in which every voice counts. We are committed to recruiting diverse candidates with varied personal experiences and abilities. We welcome applications from candidates belonging to historically underrepresented or disadvantaged groups, and maintain an equitable Talent Acquisition process that is free from discrimination.

As an equal opportunities employer, Tipalti complies with employment and human rights laws across the various jurisdictions in which we operate. Should you require reasonable adjustments or accommodations during the recruitment process, including access to alternate formats of materials, meeting spaces, or other accommodations that could better enable your full participation, please reach out to View email address on click.appcast.io for assistance.

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