VP, Transformation Execution

About Us

Founded in 1912, Girl Scouts of the USA (GSUSA) is the preeminent leadership development organization for girls and the leading authority on their healthy development. Millions of Girl Scout alums across the country and the world have gone on to achieve incredible things and make a tremendous impact in fields ranging from public policy, medicine, journalism, and athletics to international relations, science, technology, art, and entertainment.

 

As a mission-driven organization, Girl Scouts of the USA champions girls as they explore their worlds, try new things, and develop the courage, confidence, and character to make the world a better place. From stargazing during a first overnight camping trip to building robots, navigating a rocky hiking trail, working together on a community project, and learning about the importance of environmental stewardship, Girl Scouts of all backgrounds and abilities can unapologetically be themselves. As they rise to meet new challenges, they also discover the issues that matter most to them. Along the way, they learn the power of friendship, connection, and teamwork.

 

Girl Scouts are doers, innovators, problem-solvers, creators, and dreamers, and the GSUSA team is here to center, support, and inspire them, working with 111 local councils across the country and USA Girl Scouts Overseas to deliver our life-changing Girl Scout Leadership Experience.

 

COMMUNITY DESCRIPTION  

 

The Strategy & Planning Community encompasses Strategic Planning, Transformation Execution, Analytics & Insights, and Property Strategy. The Transformation Execution team is a new team that we are standing up to oversee execution of our multi-year strategic transformation. The Transformation Execution Team will build out the program, project and change management methodology and tools, drive a robust and rigorous planning process, and coordinate activities with leaders and teams across the organization. The Transformation Execution team will provide oversight of the most critical initiatives to ensure a successfully executed transformation.

 

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You Will

Responsible for overall transformation management:

• Build out a new team, including hiring and training program management, change management, and project management resources.
• Manage portfolio of strategic initiatives to achieve transformation goals.
• Serve on Annual Planning Committee; recommend prioritization & resourcing for initiatives in Transformation Team’s purview as part of annual planning process, for Executive Management Team (EMT) decision.
• Own transformation roadmap and sequencing factoring in interdependencies across workstreams.
• Orchestrate end-to-end program management including meeting Program Management and Change Management leads regularly to ensure coordinated action, resolve cross-workstream issues & escalate to EMT if needed.
• Integrate and report overall impact across workstreams and ensure consistency & alignment with transformation goals.
• Provide line of sight, exception-based transparency to EMT on transformation progress; communicate key indicators and escalate issues with proposed actions.

Change and Stakeholder management:

• Own transformation-related messaging & communications.
• Generate buy-in, participation and support for transformation among key stakeholders across Councils and GSUSA.
• Support EMT and Talent & Culture teams in articulating and activating ways of working aligned to the Transformation Execution Team.

Team leadership and enablement:

• Build, lead, coach and develop Transformation Execution team to drive high-performance.
• Drive staffing of Project Managers to initiatives and influence Initiative Owner assignment and Team Enablement.

Success Metrics:

• Early identification and resolution of issues.
• Support in timely delivery of milestones.
• Transformation impact achievement consistent with targets.

Key Decision Rights:

• Owns: Transformation roadmap; assignment of Project Managers to initiatives; reporting tools & methods; resource allocation within budget.
• Influences: Transformation priorities & roadmap; Transformation Execution initiatives intake & prioritization (start/stop/hold).

Essential Responsibilities

• Build, lead and develop team
• Stand up and operationalize Program Management, Project Management and Change Management methodologies and tools
• Manage stage-gate process for all initiatives in Transformation Execution Team purview, including initiative charter, business case creation, implementa