Senior Manager, Strategic Initiatives

 Salary: $90,000 - $105,000

Other Forms of Compensation: Bonus 15%  

 

Morrison Healthcare, a Compass Healthcare company, is a leader in healthcare food and nutrition services company, serving more than 1,000 hospitals and healthcare systems across the country. With more than 31,000 associates nationwide, Morrison uses the Power of Food to create personalized dining experiences for patients and in their cafés to advance the healing and healthful missions of its clients. Morrison has been serving some of the nation’s largest health systems for more than 70 years, and it leverages culinary, nutritional, and operational expertise to provide consistency and transform the healthcare experience. Since 2012, Morrison has been recognized as one of Modern Healthcare’s Best Places to Work and Training Magazine has named it a Top 125/APEX Award Training Organization. Morrison has more than 1,600 registered dietitians and 1,200 executive chefs, and serves more than 600M meals annually.

Sr Manager, Strategic Initiatives

�� Location: Remote
�� Full-Time | Exempt

The Senior Manager, Strategic Initiatives is a key execution and leadership role within Morrison Healthcare’s Culinary Strategy & Innovation team. This position is responsible for leading high-impact initiatives that support innovation, internal alignment, and strong field execution across the organization.

 

This is not a traditional project manager role focused solely on timelines and task tracking. It is designed for a hands-on operator who can manage ambiguity, connect strategy to execution, and drive progress across teams.

 

In this role, you’ll partner closely with senior leaders, national teams, and field operators to ensure initiatives are clearly communicated, well executed, and successfully adopted—delivering meaningful business outcomes.  This role is ideal for someone who enjoys working at both the strategic and execution level, thrives in a fast-paced, collaborative environment, and takes pride in owning work from idea through delivery.

 

This is a remote role, with travel required as needed to support key initiatives, field engagement, meetings, and events.

Job Summary

Examples of Work You’ll Lead
To give a clearer sense of what this role looks like in practice, examples of work may include:

Leading strategic initiatives that advance Culinary Strategy & Innovation priorities and support broader business goals
Driving field engagement and adoption, partnering directly with operators to ensure initiatives land successfully in real-world environments
Managing special projects and high-visibility events that require strong coordination and end-to-end execution

 

Key Responsibilities
Strategic Initiatives & Execution:
Lead planning and execution of high-impact strategic initiatives that advance Culinary Strategy & Innovation priorities.
Translate strategic direction into clear plans with defined milestones, ownership, and success measures.
Manage multiple initiatives simultaneously, maintaining focus on outcomes, follow-through, and delivery.

 

Field Engagement & Adoption:
Partner directly with field leaders and operators to ensure initiatives are grounded in operational reality.
Support rollout and adoption through strong coordination, communication, and change management.
Monitor progress and adoption, identifying gaps and adjusting approaches as needed.

 

Special Projects & Events:
Lead special projects and high-visibility events that require strong coordination and end-to-end execution.
Serve as a go-to resource for complex or time-sensitive initiatives requiring structure and follow-through.

 

People Leadership & Team Development:
Lead and develop team members, with responsibility for performance, growth, and delivery.
Foster a high-performing, accountable team environment that balances structure with flexibility.
Allocate work across team members and partner groups to ensure priorities are met and work moves forward efficiently.

 

Cross-Functional Collaboration & Operational Excellence:
Partner with cross-functional teams across operations, culinary, marketing, technology, and analytics.
Act as a connector between national teams and field operations.
Identify opportunities to improve workflows, tools, and ways of working to strengthen execution and consistency.

 

Required Qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree in Business, Hospita