**Description** **POSITION OVERVIEW:** The VP, Strategic Initiatives and Chief of Staff is a key role that supports the Chief Digital & Marketing Officer in managing the creation and execution of the strategy, prioritization, and overall transformation efforts at ELC. This role is a strategic thinker and a strong communicator. This role requires a solid understanding of the overall business as well as ELC’s strategy. This is a highly visible role and requires strong collaboration skills across various teams. This includes areas such as capability building, process optimization, and leading key strategic projects (i.e. Beauty Reimagined, Enterprise Business Services, Media Transformation & Online growth strategies.) **KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:** On behalf of the CDMO, this role is a strategic thought partner and operationalizes key projects and activities across Marketing, Creative & Digital Commerce to ensure that systems, processes, and people are aligned and integrated to achieve key deliverables and outcomes. **Leadership** - As a representative of the CDMO, this position requires a strategic thinker who can develop action plans, "connect the dots", execute activities to achieve the goals and deliver required results throughout the organziation.  Goals are achieved largely by influencing stakeholders across the organization.  This role will share best practices across Brands, Regions and Functions and build collaborative relationships throughout. **Strategy–** Help lead the foresight and strategy as a thought partner to the CDMO, creating frameworks and presentations for CEO, BOD, Executive Team Meetings, and external presentations. **Beauty Reimagined** – Help lead the critical thinking and implementation actions for Marketing/Creative/Digital Commerce’s contributions to all Beauty Reimagined initiatives and pillars. **Program Management –** Partner with the Leadership Team to build the transformation roadmap and deploy program management capabilities to lead strategic workstreams. **Governance:** Set governance and meeting cadence for the CDMO and the leadership team. This includes monthly LT meetings, meetings with the Executive Chairman and CEO, etc. Develop the agenda and manage recap and follow ups. Ensure CDMO is well prepared for key meetings and stakeholder management (pre-alignment meetings as needed, pre-reads, etc.). Continuously monitor meeting effectiveness and ways of working and make process improvements as needed. **Prioritization:** In alignment with strategy and transformation roadmap, identify short term priorities for communication and execution.   **Strategic Communications:** In partnership with Global Communications and HRBP, ensure CDMO’s key messages are shared with the broader teams in a timely manner via monthly town hall, emails, videos, etc. This role also works very closely with the CDMO’s Executive Assistant to prioritize her calendar and make sure her time is used most effectively. **Qualifications** + **CANDIDATE PROFILE** **EXPERIENCE:** + 10+ years of experience in a fast-paced, global, commercial-oriented environment + 10+ years of finance, strategy consulting and transformation + Outstanding strategic, problem solving and thought leadership skills + Flexibility to work with global teams + Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to influence and negotiate; team player and drive collaboration with many cross-functional partners **EDUCATION:** + MBA preferred **COMPETENCIES:** + Excellent organizational skills & project management skills + Strong communication & presentation skills (verbal and written) + Demonstrated ability to lead strategy execution requiring synthesis of large amounts of complex data into meaningful conclusions + Has a level of strategy and prioritization framework development/ implementation experience + Strong analytical and problem-solving skills; strategic thinking and business advisory skills + Ability to work in fast-paced environment + Ability to manage stress with grace + Strategic Consulting background preferred + Effective in driving results through persuasion and influence + Builds collaborative relationships in a highly matrixed environment + Can represent CDMO in key meetings as needed + Strategic thinker who knows how to marry data analytics with creativity + Proven awareness and ability to identify market trends and interpret how those trends can be leveraged in ELC Equal Opportunity Employer It is Company's policy not to discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, sex or gender (including pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions), gender identity or gender expression (including transgender status), sexual orientation, marital status, military service and veteran status, physical or mental disability, protected medical condition as defined by applicable state or local law, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws and ordinances. The Company will endeavor to provide a reasonable accommodation consistent with the law to otherwise qualified employees and prospective employees with a disability and to employees and prospective employees with needs related to their religious observance or practices. Should you wish to apply for this position or any other position with the Company and you believe you require assistance to complete an application or participate in an interview, please contact USApplicantAccommodations@Estee.com.