Head of Strategic Initiatives – Partnerships, Community

Role Overview

• Work closely with the executive team to keep priorities aligned
• Improve coordination across content, talent, AIIR, partnerships, and other platform initiatives
• Create and manage the operating rhythms that keep the business moving
• Track key priorities, decisions, and follow-through
• Make sure important opportunities do not stall or fall through the cracks
• Lead special projects and initiatives that span multiple parts of the business
• Take ideas from discussion to execution without needing constant oversight
• Step into ambiguous situations, create structure, and move work forward
• Own timelines, deliverables, communication, and next steps across high-priority initiatives
• Help leadership stay focused on what matters most
• Identify where process, communication, or ownership is breaking down
• Create practical systems that improve visibility, accountability, and execution
• Build workflows that help momentum move across the platform
• Improve how information, opportunities, and follow-up are shared across teams
• Review inbound opportunities, requests, intros, ideas, and partnership conversations
• Assess fit, urgency, and strategic value
• Filter what matters, redirect what doesn’t, and elevate the right things to leadership
• Own follow-up and next steps when opportunities are worth pursuing
• Act as a strong extension of the executive team in both internal and external communication
• Lead the development and launch of Fitt Insider's digital and in-person community and membership program
• Run with projects like events, partnerships, activations, launches, or new engagement efforts
• Coordinate small and mid-sized events from concept through execution
• Support partnership development and implementation
• Help execute cross-platform campaigns and strategic moments
• Stay close to the people, companies, and trends shaping health and wellness
• Proactively identify emerging talent, rising executives, breakout companies, and high-value operators
• Know when to reach out, build a relationship, or create a touchpoint before there is an immediate need
• Help Fitt stay visible and relevant with the people who matter most
• Surface new relationships, opportunities, and market signals to the executive team
• Turn industry awareness into proactive outreach and action
• Own and expand a recurring series of curated executive gatherings across health, wellness, and fitness

Requirements

• Highly organized and highly proactive
• Action-oriented and comfortable moving quickly
• Resourceful and calm under pressure
• Comfortable with ambiguity and able to create structure where none exists
• A strong communicator in writing and in person
• Good at managing multiple priorities without losing momentum
• Confident making decisions and owning outcomes
• Polished with senior leaders, founders, executives, and partners
• Someone who notices what is missing and builds it
• Someone who cares about execution, not just ideas.

Benefits

• Health insurance
• Flexible work arrangements
• Professional development opportunities