The Director of Strategic Programs is a strategic operator responsible for driving Lone Wolf's highest-priority cross-functional initiatives and accelerating execution of the company's strategic objectives. This role serves as a force multiplier across the executive team, leading complex programs that span multiple functions and ensuring strategic priorities are translated into measurable business outcomes. Reporting to the SVP, Product & Strategy, the Director of Strategic Programs works closely with executive leadership and senior functional leaders to establish alignment, drive accountability, and maintain execution momentum across distributed teams.

This is a highly visible individual contributor role requiring exceptional strategic thinking, operational rigor, business acumen, and relationship-building skills. Monitor initiative performance, identify risks and dependencies, and proactively drive issue resolution. Provide concise, decision-oriented updates to executive leadership on initiative status, risks, and business impact.

Ensure strategic initiatives deliver measurable financial, operational, and customer outcomes. Drive strategic and operational initiatives that improve business performance and create enterprise value. Lead execution of strategic programs across Product, Technology, Sales, Marketing, Customer Success, Operations, and Finance.

Develop business cases, financial models, implementation plans, and success metrics for strategic initiatives. Apply industry benchmarks, market intelligence, and best practices to identify opportunities for growth and operational improvement.

Executive

Partnership & Strategic Analysis

Serve as a trusted advisor and strategic partner to executive leadership.



Lead strategic analyses related to market opportunities, competitive positioning, portfolio strategy, operating models, and growth initiatives. Prepare executive-level recommendations supported by data, financial analysis, and operational considerations. Facilitate discussions among senior leaders to align on priorities, tradeoffs, and business decisions.

Program Management

Excellence

Establish scalable program management disciplines that improve execution quality and organizational effectiveness. Design and maintain a lightweight program management framework that supports execution without creating unnecessary complexity. Develop and manage program governance processes, dashboards, milestone tracking, risk logs, and executive reporting.

Identify opportunities to improve organizational planning, prioritization, and execution processes. Mergers, Acquisitions & Integration Management

Lead integration planning and execution for acquisitions while supporting strategic diligence activities. Establish and lead Integration Management Office (IMO) activities for acquisitions. Coordinate cross-functional integration workstreams across Product, Technology, Finance, HR, Sales, Marketing, Customer Success, and Operations.

Develop and manage Day 1, Day 100, and long-term integration plans. Track integration milestones, dependencies, risks, and synergy realization efforts.



Support acquisition diligence activities through financial modeling, market analysis, synergy assessment, and integration planning.

Partner with executive leadership to assess acquisition opportunities and associated integration risks. Strategic programs demonstrate measurable impact on revenue growth, operational efficiency, customer outcomes, and profitability. Leadership maintains clear visibility into initiative performance and value realization.

Program management processes create consistency, accountability, and execution rigor without unnecessary bureaucracy. Strategic initiatives are managed through transparent governance and reporting structures. Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Economics, Engineering, Management, or a related field. 8+ years of experience in strategy, management consulting, business operations, program management, corporate development, private equity portfolio operations, or related fields.

Demonstrated ability to influence senior leaders and drive results without direct authority.

Experience building executive-level presentations, recommendations, and decision frameworks. Exceptional project and program management capabilities. Strong communication, facilitation, and relationship-building skills. MBA or advanced business degree.

Experience within SaaS, software, technology, or recurring revenue businesses. Management consulting, corporate strategy, private equity operating partner, or business transformation experience.

Experience supporting mergers and acquisitions, integration management, or corporate development activities. Familiarity with KPI development, operational performance management, and strategic planning processes. $

📌 Part Time Director (Cambridge)
🏢 Lone Wolf Technologies
📍 Cambridge