Director, Process Excellence

Director, Process Excellence

Join a global private markets firm with over 40 years of experience and more than $110 billion in assets under management. They're looking for someone who can lead Continuous Improvement and Organizational Change efforts at both the firm and business functional levels.

What You'll Do:

• Mentor executive sponsors and business owners to lead
• Translate strategy into project initiatives and actions in partnership with Business Functional areas
• Ensure connectivity across management routines and cascading of goals and critical metrics by collaborating
• Define project priorities, scope, approach, resource requirements, and timelines, identifying and addressing issues and risks
• Cultivate positive relationships and influence senior leadership
• Facilitate executive level collaboration sessions by defining agendas and outlining objectives
• Create content for executive steering committee materials, dashboards, key performance indicators, and lead executive level sessions related to continuous improvement

What You Bring:

• Significant experience in developing Continuous Improvement programs and execution methodologies, including Six Sigma DMAIC and Lean
• Proficiency in organizational change, communication, and acquiring agreement for recommended actions
• Self-starter with the ability to lead independently in a dynamic environment
• Strong attention to detail with excellent project management, verbal, written, and presentation skills
• Experience in data and analytics
• Ability to establish, measure, and track key performance indicators at an enterprise level
• A balanced approach that aligns Lean principles with the needs of HarbourVest

Preferred Education:

• Bachelor's degree
• Six Sigma Blackbelt Certification
• PMI Certification and Change Management Certification (preferred)

Experience:

• 10+ years of experience in Lean, Continuous Improvement, and Operational Excellence
• Preferred experience within an Enterprise-wide Strategy & Execution, Office of the COO, or Transformation Function
• Experience in the Investment Management or Financial Services industry (Private Markets experience is a plus)