Vice President of Strategic Initiatives
harbor itNew York (NY)
Vice President of Strategic Initiatives
Posted 2 days ago
harbor itNew York (NY)
SENIORITY
Director
About the role
Location:
New York, NY preferred; open to remote with regular travel to New York About the Company We're partnered with an investor-backed IT services company that provides managed IT, cybersecurity, cloud, and compliance services to mid-market organizations nationwide. The business has grown through a series of acquisitions, and unlike most platforms in its space, it has fully integrated every one of them into a single operating company with shared systems and clean data. The company serves three specialized verticals, private equity portfolio companies, healthcare, and critical infrastructure, where complex, regulated environments make deep expertise a real differentiator. It is profitable, growing, and investing in its next phase: expanding cybersecurity, compliance, and AI services across its client base, deepening its vertical practices, and scaling its delivery model.
The Opportunity:
This is an operating seat, not a staff role. Reporting jointly to the CEO and CFO, the Vice President of Strategic Initiatives will own and drive the company's most important cross-functional priorities. The role is intentionally broad. It suits a versatile business athlete with strong financial instincts who wants to own outcomes rather than advise on them. You'll keep the end state in mind, manage several initiatives at once, and make decisions through an ROI lens. You'll work directly with founders, seasoned operators, engineers, sales leaders, customers, and investors.
Key Responsibilities:
Drive Strategic Initiatives: Own a portfolio of high-priority initiatives from framing through execution, including pricing, service packaging, and the growth of the AI services offering. Build Executive Visibility: Design and build the KPI dashboards and reporting leadership uses to run the business and make decisions. Lead Transaction Readiness: Manage readiness workstreams for future capital events, and support diligence and post-close issue resolution on acquisitions. Shape Commercial Strategy: Bring structure to the advisory business, including standardized services, client materials, and pricing. Partner with growth leadership on go-to-market plans for each vertical. Support Executive Hiring: Help identify and recruit key leaders, including practice leads for new verticals. Bridge Strategy and Execution: Turn analysis into decisions and decisions into action across a fast-moving organization.
What We're Looking For:
Experience at a top-tier consulting firm (McKinsey, Bain, BCG, EY-Parthenon, or similar) combined with a financial foundation such as investment banking, private equity, or trading. Candidates who went from banking into operating roles are also strongly considered. Strong financial acumen and comfort building and defending business cases. A clear bias for action and ownership, with the ability to make decisions and move forward without complete information. High EQ and commercial instinct. You can walk into any meeting, earn credibility with very different audiences, and represent the company well. Versatility across functions, including finance, pricing, operations, go-to-market, and technology. Comfort in a fast-paced, high-output environment where priorities shift quickly. An MBA is preferred. Why This Role Work directly with the CEO and CFO on the decisions that shape the company Broad, fast operating education across finance, pricing, go-to-market, and AI A fully integrated platform where analysis turns into real decisions Strong tailwinds from cybersecurity, compliance, and AI demand in the mid-market A scaled, profitable business still small enough for one person to move the needle
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