Strategy and Operations Specialist

Savant is seeking a Strategy and Operations Specialist to play a key operational role within the Chief Operating Officer function. This role helps translate strategic priorities into clear, consistent execution across the organization — creating leverage for senior leadership and helping ensure important initiatives keep moving forward. This is not a traditional administrative role. It’s a high-judgment coordination position for someone who is highly organized, detail-oriented, analytical, and comfortable working across all levels of the organization. The right person brings precision, follow-through, sound judgment, and a willingness to jump in wherever needed to support the broader mission.

What You'll Do

Support Savant's Objectives and Key Results (OKR) Framework

• Help manage the firm's OKR process from goal-setting through tracking, reporting, and review.
• Facilitate planning and check-in processes across teams.
• Build and maintain reporting tools and dashboards.
• Support teams on OKR methodology and best practices.
• Identify risks, misalignment, and stalled progress before they become larger issues.

Prepare Executive and Governance Materials

• Partner in the preparation of materials for executive leadership, Operating Committee, and board meetings.
• Coordinate timelines, gather content, and ensure consistency across contributors.
• Synthesize information into clear, well-structured materials that tell a cohesive story.

Coordinate Strategic Priorities

• Monitor enterprise-wide initiatives and track dependencies, risks, and progress.
• Maintain visibility into key strategic priorities.
• Support special projects and initiatives that help move the business forward.

Turn Data Into Insight

• Pull and synthesize data from multiple sources.
• Identify trends, risks, and opportunities.
• Communicate findings in a way that supports informed decision-making.

Support Leadership Operations

• Partner with senior leaders and their teams to gather updates, coordinate timelines, and drive follow-through.
• Prepare agendas, capture meeting notes, and track action items.
• Help ensure commitments made in leadership forums translate into action.

What Success Looks Like

• The OKR process runs smoothly and consistently across the organization.
• Leadership has a clear, current view of strategic priorities and progress.
• Risks and obstacles are identified early and addressed proactively.
• Executive and board materials are delivered accurately, professionally, and on time.
• The COO function and senior leadership team gain meaningful leverage through your support.
• You build trusted relationships across the organization and are known for your reliability, judgment, and follow-through.

A few important notes about this role:

• Location is flexible and travel may be required. We anticipate a hybrid work environment for this role and we are prioritizing individuals who are near a few of our major markets: Chicago, IL; Rockford, IL; or Westwood, MA