Abacum

Strategic Initiatives Lead

New York City, Remote. Posted 4 months ago

The role

The Strategic Initiatives Lead will report to the Chief of Staff and work on various business problems. The role involves researching scalable growth channels, building AI-driven infrastructure, and creating repeatable playbooks.

What you will do

  • Figure out which channels, content formats, and distribution motions produce predictable pipeline.
  • Build infrastructure using tools like Clay, n8n, and AI to automate workflows.
  • Tackle focused problems or work streams from research to execution.
  • Turn ambiguous questions into clear recommendations or running programs.
  • Scale winning plays and hand them off to the team.

Required qualifications

  • High agency and an extreme sense of ownership.
  • Ability to sit with ambiguity to form a point of view and act decisively.
  • Strong technical and analytical skills.
  • Fluency with data to inform strategy and pressure-test assumptions.
  • Ability to translate findings into clear, actionable plans.
  • Opinion on where each function should be leveraging AI.
  • A bias to action.

Nice to have

  • Experience from early-stage startups, ex-consultants, or strategy roles that include execution.

Benefits

  • Competitive compensation including equity package
  • Competitive vacation policy
  • Medical Insurance
  • L&D budget
  • Access to Meditopia (wellbeing platform)
  • Language courses (English / Spanish)

About the company

Abacum is a Business Planning solution for finance teams to drive performance through automation and collaboration. Founded in 2020, it is a global team of 100+ people headquartered in New York.