How to hire a director, strategic initiatives

How to hire a director, strategic initiatives, step by step

Here's a step-by-step director, strategic initiatives hiring guide:

• Step 1: Identify your hiring needs
• Step 2: Create an ideal candidate profile
• Step 3: Make a budget
• Step 4: Write a director, strategic initiatives job description
• Step 5: Post your job
• Step 6: Interview candidates
• Step 7: Send a job offer and onboard your new director, strategic initiatives
• Step 8: Go through the hiring process checklist

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1. Identify your hiring needs

   First, determine the employments status of the director, strategic initiatives you need to hire. Certain director, strategic initiatives roles might require a full-time employee, whereas others can be done by part-time workers or contractors.

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   A director, strategic initiatives's background is also an important factor in determining whether they'll be a good fit for the position. For example, directors, strategic initiatives from different industries or fields will have radically different experiences and will bring different viewpoints to the role. You also need to consider the candidate's previous level of experience to make sure they'll be comfortable with the job's level of seniority.

   The following list breaks down different types of directors, strategic initiatives and their corresponding salaries.

   Type of Director, Strategic Initiatives	Description	Hourly rate
   Director, Strategic Initiatives	Advertising, promotions, and marketing managers plan programs to generate interest in products or services. They work with art directors, sales agents, and financial staff members.	$34-82
   Head Of Business Development	A head of business development is responsible for monitoring the company's overall business operations and client transactions. Heads of business development coordinate with clients for their requirements and specifications and develop the team to handle the project management operations... Show more	$45-91
   Development Vice President	A development vice president is in charge of overseeing the operations in a company, ensuring a smooth workflow and efficient workforce. Their responsibilities revolve around creating strategies to develop optimal procedures and services, setting goals and sales targets, identifying the strengths and weaknesses of operations to spearhead improvements, coordinating with analysts and marketing experts to assess the market and consumer needs, and monitoring the progress of different projects... Show more	$49-112

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2. Create an ideal candidate profile

   Common skills:

   • Project Management
   • Oversight
   • Business Development
   • Business Cases
   • Program Development
   • Process Improvement
   • Executive Leadership
   • Leveraged
   • Product Development
   • Strategic Direction
   • Lean Six Sigma
   • Business Strategies
   • Strategic Plan
   • Professional Development

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   Responsibilities:

   • Leverage native CRM service calendar to automate sales appointment and service activity scheduling & dispatch.
   • Lead central team summarizing and prioritizing all DOD opportunities, enabling more efficient and effective resource allocation across several program departments.
   • Recruit to develop programs / services to attract Medicare patients.
   • Prepare the marketing video and maintain the event website, and Facebook group.
   • Implement new CRM processes including new quoting solution, reducing time to quote from hours to minutes.
   • Create a business plan that demonstrate ROI associate with an untap customer market (sleep hybrids).

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3. Make a budget

   Including a salary range in your director, strategic initiatives job description is one of the best ways to attract top talent. A director, strategic initiatives can vary based on:

   • Location. For example, directors, strategic initiatives' average salary in hawaii is 44% less than in california.
   • Seniority. Entry-level directors, strategic initiatives 58% less than senior-level directors, strategic initiatives.
   • Certifications. A director, strategic initiatives with certifications usually earns a higher salary.
   • Company. Working for an established firm or a new start-up company can make a big difference in a director, strategic initiatives's salary.

   Average director, strategic initiatives salary

   $110,532yearly

   $53.14 hourly rate

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   Entry-level director, strategic initiatives salary

   $71,000 yearly salary

   Updated December 16, 2025

   Average director, strategic initiatives salary by state

   Rank	State	Avg. salary	Hourly rate
   1	California	$137,235	$66
   2	Rhode Island	$128,262	$62
   3	New York	$128,020	$62
   4	New Jersey	$127,873	$61
   5	North Carolina	$126,332	$61
   6	South Carolina	$120,790	$58
   7	Washington	$118,923	$57
   8	Ohio	$117,850	$57
   9	District of Columbia	$117,421	$56
   10	Illinois	$112,817	$54
   11	Maryland	$108,209	$52
   12	Texas	$107,245	$52
   13	Massachusetts	$106,603	$51
   14	Florida	$106,121	$51
   15	Indiana	$105,135	$51
   16	Virginia	$104,197	$50
   17	Michigan	$104,077	$50
   18	Arizona	$103,958	$50
   19	Nevada	$103,255	$50
   20	Minnesota	$101,385	$49

   Average director, strategic initiatives salary by company

   Company

   Rank	Company	Average salary	Hourly rate	Job openings
   1	McKinsey & Company Inc	$195,401	$93.94
   2	Meta	$169,504	$81.49	70
   3	Squarespace	$167,847	$80.70	3
   4	Brookfield Properties	$163,275	$78.50
   5	Google	$159,195	$76.54	21
   6	Citi	$148,884	$71.58	11
   7	Amazon	$147,987	$71.15	26
   8	Micron Technology	$135,393	$65.09	2
   9	BD	$135,162	$64.98	4
   10	American Ballet Theatre	$133,024	$63.95
   11	Something Digital	$130,888	$62.93
   12	Sanofi US	$130,851	$62.91	65
   13	Urban Institute	$129,766	$62.39
   14	Formlabs	$127,666	$61.38	1
   15	Johnson & Johnson	$127,333	$61.22	92
   16	Florida Power and Light	$126,998	$61.06	6
   17	AARP	$126,316	$60.73	2
   18	UBS	$124,361	$59.79	2
   19	Nuveen Investments	$124,012	$59.62	2
   20	Foot Locker	$123,537	$59.39	3

4. Writing a director, strategic initiatives job description

   A job description for a director, strategic initiatives role includes a summary of the job's main responsibilities, required skills, and preferred background experience. Including a salary range can also go a long way in attracting more candidates to apply, and showing the first name of the hiring manager can also make applicants more comfortable. As an example, here's a director, strategic initiatives job description:

   Director, strategic initiatives job description example

   Building on a 90-year history of bringing together outstanding scholars from around the world, the Institute for Advanced Study seeks an energetic leader to help shape and execute strategic initiatives that will engage new partners and audiences in advancing the Institutes mission. Reporting to the Director, the Associate Director will serve as a member of the executive leadership team. They will develop a strategic vision that furthers the Institutes position as a destination for thought leaders from diverse sectors to exchange and test ideas.
   
   Expanding on the Institutes global reputation as a singular venue for discovery, and in close collaboration with Faculty, current and past Members and partner institutions, they will imagine, create, and implement a wide range of programs that convene leading thinkers from academia, the arts, industry, governments, and communities.
   
   These programs will further the free, transparent, and vibrant exchange of ideas that is a hallmark of the Institute and will disseminate outcomes to a wide variety of audiences, extending the social and intellectual value of these encounters, while enhancing the reputation of the Institute and its constituents. They will provide leadership for and enhance communications and events functions at the Institute, ensuring that existing and new programs are carried out at the highest level of quality, and that the Institute realizes maximum benefit from these important investments of resources and scholarly time.
   
   Collaborate closely with Director and Executive Leadership Team to fulfill the Institutes mission, supporting the vision of the Board of Trustees and the work of the Faculty.
   
   Build engagement and support for new strategic initiatives within the Institute community, including scholars, staff, and as necessary, trustees and donors.
   
   Create and execute a strategy for external and internal engagement that capitalizes on the distinctive strengths and position of the Institute for both existing and new programs.
   
   Provide the vision and collaborative leadership necessary to identify a broad range of engagement opportunities.
   
   Design and facilitate programs that convene academic and non-academic experts from around the world to engage in dialogue and advance ideas.
   
   Design tailored, creative, and collaborative approaches to successfully engage experts from diverse communities at the highest levels.
   Build networks that will continue to engage with the Institute and its affiliates for years to come. Address particular challenges and subject areas by opening the Institutes work to a broader audience, furthering its educational goals and moving fields of inquiry toward new outcomes and action. Manage the implementation of programming and funding, provide leadership to program coordinators, volunteers, and other staff, solicit feedback, and analyze the effectiveness of both new and existing programs. Direct and oversee Communications and Events and other Institute functions that may be necessary to enable successful engagement. Manage communications and refresh messaging to promote new programming, disseminate outcomes, and maximize the reputational value to the Institute and its scholars and partners. Education, Experience and Skills Bachelor degree required, advanced degree preferred with a minimum of 10 years of increasing and proven leadership experience. Demonstrated experience working with and engaging Board of Trustees members. Excellent communication skills, written and oral, with the ability to serve as an ambassador for the Institute across a wide range of stakeholders and constituencies, and to guide Institute Communications staff in support of new initiatives. Experience in building relationships with high-profile leaders and experts in a variety of fields. Experience developing and leading new strategic directions and initiatives in complex organizations. Program planning, organizational structure, and budgeting experience required. Ability to analyze and compile complex data for planning and reporting purposes. Strong community awareness and the ability to find common ground, build consensus and strengthen collaboration among diverse stakeholders. Ability to leverage personal network to increase opportunities for engagement. Demonstrated commitment to the values of diversity, equity and inclusion. Strong computer proficiency required. Please note that proof of COVID-19 vaccination and booster are required to work at the Institute. Individuals are eligible to request an accommodation based on a medical exemption or profession of sincerely-held religious beliefs. The Institute for Advanced Study is an equal opportunity institution encouraging a diverse pool of applicants. We believe in the inherent value of diversity and equal opportunity, recognizing that a truly diverse workforce will bring a wider array of perspectives, as well as more innovative and effective solutions, to the organization. As a community dedicated to intellectual inquiry, we are resolutely committed to the values of diversity, equity, and inclusion. We offer a competitive salary and benefits package which includes subsidized health and dental insurance, an excellent retirement plan, and a generous paid time off program. PandoLogic. Keywords: Public Policy Director, Location: Washington, DC - 20037

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5. Post your job

   To find directors, strategic initiatives for your business, try out a few different recruiting strategies:

   • Consider internal talent. One of the most important talent pools for any company is its current employees.
   • Ask for referrals. Reach out to friends, family members, and your current work to ask if they know any directors, strategic initiatives they would recommend.
   • Recruit at local colleges. Attend job fairs at local colleges to recruit entry-level directors, strategic initiatives with the right educational background.
   • Social media platforms. LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter have more than 3.5 billion users, and they're a great place for company branding and reaching potential job candidates.

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6. Interview candidates

   Recruiting directors, strategic initiatives requires you to bring your A-game to the interview process. The first interview should introduce the company and the role to the candidate as much as they present their background experience and reasons for applying for the job. During later interviews, you can go into more detail about the technical details of the job and ask behavioral questions to gauge how they'd fit into your current company culture.

   It's also good to ask about candidates' unique skills and talents. You can move on to the technical interview if a candidate is good enough for the next step.

   The right interview questions can help you assess a candidate's hard skills, behavioral intelligence, and soft skills.

7. Send a job offer and onboard your new director, strategic initiatives

   Once you've decided on a perfect director, strategic initiatives candidate, it's time to write an offer letter. In addition to salary, it should include benefits and perks available to the employee. Qualified candidates may be considered for other positions, so make sure your offer is competitive. Candidates may wish to negotiate. Once you've settled on the details, formalize your agreement with a contract.

   You should also follow up with applicants who don't get the job with an email letting them know that you've filled the position.

   After that, you can create an onboarding schedule for a new director, strategic initiatives. Human Resources and the hiring manager should complete Employee Action Forms. Human Resources should also ensure that onboarding paperwork is completed, including I-9s, benefits enrollment, federal and state tax forms, etc., and that new employee files are created.

8. Go through the hiring process checklist

   • Determine employee type (full-time, part-time, contractor, etc.)
   • Submit a job requisition form to the HR department
   • Define job responsibilities and requirements
   • Establish budget and timeline
   • Determine hiring decision makers for the role
   • Write job description
   • Post job on job boards, company website, etc.
   • Promote the job internally
   • Process applications through applicant tracking system
   • Review resumes and cover letters
   • Shortlist candidates for screening
   • Hold phone/virtual interview screening with first round of candidates
   • Conduct in-person interviews with top candidates from first round
   • Score candidates based on weighted criteria (e.g., experience, education, background, cultural fit, skill set, etc.)
   • Conduct background checks on top candidates
   • Check references of top candidates
   • Consult with HR and hiring decision makers on job offer specifics
   • Extend offer to top candidate(s)
   • Receive formal job offer acceptance and signed employment contract
   • Inform other candidates that the position has been filled
   • Set and communicate onboarding schedule to new hire(s)
   • Complete new hire paperwork (i9, benefits enrollment, tax forms, etc.)

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