Director, Strategic Planning

AMP is applying AI-powered sortation at scale to modernize the world's recycling infrastructure and maximize the value in waste. AMP gives waste and recycling leaders the power to harness AI to reduce labor costs, increase resource recovery, and deliver more reliable operations. With hundreds of deployments across North America, Asia, and Europe, AMP’s technology offers transformational solutions to waste sortation changing  the fundamental economics of recycling.  

With backing from top-tier investors and national recognition including North American Cleantech Company of the Year, we’re always seeking ways to improve our operations, raising the bar on innovation, and looking to deliver meaningful solutions for our customers and the environment. The Denver Post and Built In Colorado have recognized AMP as one of the state's top workplaces. AMP is headquartered outside of Denver, CO and has operations in Atlanta, Cleveland, and Portsmouth, VA, as well as in Europe. We seek unconventional thinkers to join our mission to enable a world without waste. 

Reporting to the Chief Administrative Officer, the Director, Strategic Planning is responsible for organizing, integrating, and driving execution of complex, high-value initiatives that span multiple functions and stakeholders (e.g., contract compliance, integration). 

This role ensures that work is clearly structured, sequenced, resourced, and aligned to enterprise priorities The Director, Strategic Planning establishes governance, accountability, and visibility mechanisms to ensure initiatives are delivered on time, within scope and budget, and in full compliance with organizational and regulatory requirements. 

Key Responsibilities 

Enterprise & Cross-Functional Program Leadership 

• Establish and maintain structured program governance, project management frameworks, operating rhythms, and reporting cadences across corporate functions. 

• Organize workstreams across departments, clarifying roles, responsibilities, interdependencies, and decision rights. 

• Translate business objectives and contractual requirements into integrated project plans, scopes, timelines, budgets, and resource plans. 

• Drive cross-functional alignment to strategic and operational goals, ensuring priorities are synchronized across teams. 

• Lead people and resource coordination across functions without direct reporting authority. 

• Create transparency into program health, dependencies, and trade-offs to enable proactive executive decision-making. 

Integrated Project Management & Execution 

• Lead cross-functional project teams across corporate functions through all project phases of delivery. 

• Manage cross-functional interdependencies and resolve conflicts to maintain execution momentum. 

• Facilitate structured status reviews and executive-level reporting, including risks, mitigation strategies, and key decisions required. 

• Continuously improve program management tools, systems, and cross-functional execution processes. 

Risk, Governance & Compliance 

• Proactively identify cross-functional risks, bottlenecks, and competing priorities; implement mitigation strategies to protect delivery timelines. 

• Ensure compliance requirements are documented, assigned clear ownership, and tracked to completion. 

• Maintain disciplined change management and scope control processes across workstreams. 

Collaboration & Communication 

• Serve as the central coordination point across corporate functions to ensure clarity of priorities, sequencing, and resource allocation. 

• Communicate program progress, risks, dependencies, and recommendations to senior leadership. 

• Drive structured communication channels to ensure transparency, accountability, and informed decision-making. 

Education: Bachelor's degree in project management, Business Administration, or related field. 

Other duties:  

Please note that this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice. 

Experience: 

• 12-15+ years of experience managing large, complex projects across multiple functions. 

• Proven experience leading organizational initiatives involving multiple stakeholders and competing priorities. 

• Certifications: PMP, PgMP, or equivalent strongly preferred. 

Skills: 

• Strong enterprise-level leadership and cross-functional influence without direct authority. 

• Advanced organizational and systems thinking capabilities. 

• Expertise project and portfolio management tools and methodologies. 

• Proven ability to manage multiple concurrent initiatives in a fast-paced environment. 

• Exceptional stakeholder alignment and negotiation skills. 

• Strategic thinker with strong analytical and problem-solving skills. 

• Skilled at managing ambiguity, resolving interdependencies, and driving clarity in complex environments. 

• Consistently delivers high-impact outcomes on time and within budget. 

• Builds trusted relationships across all organizational levels. 

• Operates effectively with minimal supervision. 

Working Conditions/Physical Demands: 

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.   

• Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer. 

• Must be able to lift up to 15 pounds at times. 

• Must be able to travel frequently. 

Working Location(s):  

• Remote (within the U.S.) 

Travel Requirements:  

• Up to 25% Travel 

 Compensation: 

• $185,000 - $215,000 

Equity Grant: The candidate selected for this role will be recommended for a stock option grant commensurate with the position and the candidate’s qualifications.   

AMP provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. 

Applicants who identify with a historically underrepresented group are encouraged to apply. Equal employment opportunity will be extended to all persons in all aspects of the employer-employee relationship, including recruitment, hiring, upgrading, training, promotion, transfer, compensation, benefits, discipline, layoff, recall, and termination.  

Benefits Information:  

• Medical - The company covers up 77% to 100% of the premium for Cigna medical healthcare plans depending on the selection. Employees pay the difference in premium if they select a more expensive plan. Up to 75% for dependents. 

• Dental, Vision, Short- and Long-Term Disability 

• Life Insurance: The company covers the cost of Basic Life / AD&D 1 x Salary, option to purchase additional through New York Life 

• Benefits start the day you start 

• HSA Eligible Health Plans, Employer Monthly Contributions on Dependent and Individual Plans 

• 401(k) retirement plan (non-matching) 

• FTO - Flexible Time Off 

• 6 Accrued Sick Days 

• Eight (8) paid holidays 

We'll consider applications on an ongoing basis.