Sr. Manager, Newbuild Strategy

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Position Summary:

The Senior Manager, Newbuild Strategy is a key strategic leader supporting enterprise-wide initiatives focused on cost optimization, standardization, procurement coordination, and operational efficiency across the company's global newbuild portfolio.

Reporting to the Director of Newbuild Strategy based in Miami, this Europe-based role serves as the primary regional counterpart responsible for driving execution, alignment, and operational coordination across Europe site offices, shipbuilding programs, and enterprise stakeholders. The role partners closely with senior leadership, operational teams, procurement stakeholders, shipyards, and suppliers to advance strategic initiatives and ensure consistent execution across regions and programs.

The Senior Manager plays a critical role in leading and advancing Momentum, a cross-functional enterprise initiative focused on improving the overall cost profile, scalability, and execution effectiveness of the newbuild portfolio through strategic sourcing approaches, operational efficiencies, standardization opportunities, and enterprise-wide coordination.

This role is responsible for owning and driving strategic workstreams from planning through execution, including governance, reporting, execution tracking, stakeholder coordination, operational alignment, and executive-level visibility across complex, matrixed initiatives. The Senior Manager helps translate strategic priorities into actionable execution plans, drives accountability across stakeholders, and ensures initiatives progress in a coordinated, transparent, and outcome-focused manner.

Positioned at the intersection of strategy and execution, the role