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A place to share your ideas freely - even if they’re daring or different. Where the true you can learn, grow, and thrive. At Verizon, we power and empower how people live, work and play by connecting them to what brings them joy. We do what we love - driving innovation, creativity, and impact in the world. Our V Team is a community of people who anticipate, lead, and believe that listening is where learning begins. In crisis and in celebration, we come together - lifting our communities and building trust in how we show up, everywhere & always. Want in? Join the #VTeamLife.\nWhat you’ll be doing...\nAs a Senior Manager of Strategic Initiatives & Business Operations within the Verizon Consumer Group's Base Management, AI Analytics, and Wholesale Executive Operations team, you will serve as a strategic advisor and operational catalyst for senior leadership. You will bridge strategy and execution by partnering with Vice Presidents and cross-functional leaders to identify operational friction, design scalable solutions, and steer initiatives that directly impact business growth.\nThis role requires an entrepreneurial self-starter who does not wait for a roadmap, but actively identifies opportunities to make the organization more agile and efficient. You will act as a thought partner to senior executives, turning complex data into clear business cases, aligning VP priorities, and leveraging modern AI workflows to streamline enterprise processes.\nCore Responsibilities...\nExecutive Advisory & Strategic Influence: Act as a strategic thought partner to the SVP and VPs, providing proactive guidance on strategic trade-offs, operating priorities, and initiative feasibility across Loyalty, Wholesale, and AI Analytics portfolios.\nAutonomous Process Architecture & Efficiency: Continuously assess organizational workflows to pinpoint friction and inefficiencies. Autonomously design, champion, and execute modern operational processes and AI-enabled automations that accelerate execution and reduce operational overhead.\nCross-Functional Governance & Alignment: Drive cohesion across disparate VP organizations; resolve cross-functional bottlenecks, balance competing priorities, and ensure accountability toward unified enterprise goals.\nBusiness Transformation & Initiative Leadership: Own the lifecycle of high-impact strategic initiatives from concept through value realization, establishing KPIs and operational cadences that measure true business impact rather than just milestone completion.\nExecutive Communications & Decision Framing: Architect clear, data-driven executive narratives, strategy memos, and business reviews that frame critical business decisions for executive leadership and external stakeholders.\nCulture of Innovation: Foster operational excellence by mentoring team members, promoting data-backed decision-making, and driving adoption of modern operational methodologies across the business.\nWhere you'll be working...\nThis hybrid role will have a defined work location of Basking Ridge, New Jersey that includes 2 days of work from home and 3 assigned office days as set by the manager. You must live within a commutable distance to this location to be considered for this role.\nWhat we’re looking for...\nYou are an assertive, analytical, and highly autonomous leader who excels at translating ambiguity into structured action. You possess the executive presence to influence senior leaders, the curiosity to unpack complex processes, and the execution discipline to turn high-level strategic concepts into operational reality.\nYou'll need to have...\nBachelor's degree or six or more years of work experience.\nSix or more years of relevant work experience.\nSix or more years of experience managing multiple concurrent projects within an enterprise environment \nCollaborating with a variety of sales, marketing, executive, and technical stakeholders within a large enterprise organization.\nStorytelling experience that includes stitching together disparate sources of data to create actionable insights and outcomes\nExperience creating polished presentations with Microsoft Powerpoint or Google Slides to communicate with business leadership and executives\nMicrosoft Office Suite and Google Workspace tools.\nExperience using AI Platforms to automate manual processes and streamline work \nExperience regularly using Gemini and Notebook LM \nWillingness to travel occasionally Even better if you also have one or more of the following...\nMaster of Business Administration (MBA) or equivalent advanced degree.\nExperience developing corporate strategy, management consulting, or strategic planning.\nExperience analyzing data to support business decisions.\nExperience managing cross-functional enterprise stakeholders.\nProject Management experience in Telecom, AI technology, or wholesale business operations.\nExperience handling confidential strategic business information.\nIf Verizon and this role seem like a good fit, we encourage you to apply even if you don't meet all the \"plus\" qualifications.\nWhere you’ll be working\nIn this hybrid role, you'll have a defined work location that includes working from home and a minimum of three days per week in the office, which will be set by your manager. Employees are responsible for maintaining compliance with hybrid work policies.Scheduled Weekly Hours\n40Equal Employment Opportunity \nVerizon is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to veteran status, disability or other legally protected characteristics.\nBenefits and Compensation\nOur benefits are designed to help you move forward in your career, and in areas of your life outside of Verizon. From health and wellness benefit options including: medical, dental, vision, short and long term disability, basic life insurance, supplemental life insurance, AD&D insurance, identity theft protection, pet insurance and group home & auto insurance. We also offer a matched 401(k) savings plan, up to 8 company paid holidays per year and up to 6 personal days per year, paid parental leave, adoption assistance and tuition assistance, plus other incentives, we’ve got you covered with our award-winning total rewards package. Depending on the role, employees have the opportunity to receive compensation in the form of premium pay such as overtime, shift differential, holiday pay, allowances, etc. Newly hired employees receive up to 15 days of vacation per year, which grows with additional service. For part-timers, your coverage will vary as you may be eligible for some of these benefits depending on your individual circumstances.\nThe salary will vary depending on your location and confirmed job-related skills and experience. This is an incentive based position with the potential to earn more. 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