Jessie Hartke – Senior Program and Operations Leader

Overview

Senior program and operations leader with 10+ years of experience delivering complex, cross-functional initiatives in high-constraint environments.

I specialize in translating ambiguous strategy into clear, executable programs across operations, finance, and product-adjacent teams, with a track record of delivering on fixed deadlines, managing real budgets, and aligning diverse stakeholders toward outcomes.

What I Do Best

Program and portfolio management across complex, parallel workstreams
Cross-functional orchestration and stakeholder alignment
Budget ownership, financial modeling, and cost discipline
Operating model and scalable process design
Executive-level communication and decision support

Selected Case Studies

Somewhere Fest & Conference

Large-scale, multi-venue program delivery under fixed deadlines and multi-million-dollar budget constraints, coordinating cross-functional teams, external partners, and complex dependencies.

Hartke Presents

Portfolio-level program and operations leadership across venues, touring, festivals, and client engagements, standardizing workflows, managing timelines and budgets, and balancing parallel workstreams at scale.

Midtopia

Zero-to-one program creation and operating model design, building governance, operating rhythms, and funding workflows for a mission-driven organization navigating growth, volatility, and constraint.

Crisis Response & Regulatory Operations (SVOG)

Program support and coalition coordination during pandemic shutdowns, navigating regulatory ambiguity, compliance risk, and cash-flow uncertainty across a highly distributed stakeholder environment.