Strategic Operations Project Manager

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in California.

📋 Description

• Oversee and direct various cross-functional strategic initiatives, encompassing product launches, business development ventures, strategic partnerships, operational enhancements, and executive-sponsored projects.

• Conduct project discovery and planning by establishing objectives, scope, success metrics, risks, stakeholders, and resource needs.

• Create and uphold project plans, timelines, milestones, governance frameworks, and status updates.

• Facilitate project kickoffs, stakeholder discussions, working sessions, and executive reviews.

• Track progress, dependencies, risks, and issues; propose solutions and escalate concerns as needed.

• Act as the main point of contact for assigned projects, providing insights into project health, timelines, and results.

• Collaborate with business leaders and cross-functional teams to implement future-state processes aimed at enhancing efficiency, scalability, and organizational effectiveness.

• Work alongside internal departments, vendors, and external partners to ensure successful project completion.

• Assist with product launches through comprehensive cross-functional planning, milestone tracking, readiness evaluations, and coordination of execution.

• Manage go-to-market schedules, launch deliverables, stakeholder communication, and implementation requirements.

• Coordinate product-launch dependencies across product management, marketing, operations, customer support, sales enablement, and distribution teams.

• Lead comprehensive planning and execution for strategic corporate events and executive programs.

• Oversee event budgets, logistics, registration, vendor management, venue selection, communications, on-site operations, and post-event evaluations.

• Provide operational support for executive meetings, strategic planning sessions, leadership engagements, and organizational programs.

• Create executive-level presentations, reports, dashboards, business reviews, and supplementary materials.

• Manage master calendars, content administration, surveys, reporting, and administrative workflows.

• Lead or assist with special, confidential, and highly sensitive projects for senior leadership.

• Maintain discretion and confidentiality when handling privileged business information and executive requests.

⛳️ Requirements

• Proven experience in leading and coordinating strategic business initiatives.

• Demonstrated ability to manage cross-functional projects from inception through execution.

• Capability to define project objectives, scope, success metrics, risks, assumptions, stakeholders, and resource requirements.

• Experience in developing project plans, timelines, milestones, governance frameworks, and status reporting.

• Proficiency with designated project and portfolio management software.

• Skill in facilitating project kickoffs, stakeholder meetings, working sessions, and executive reviews.

• Experience in monitoring project progress, dependencies, risks, and issues.

• Cross-functional collaboration experience with Sales, Product Management, Marketing, Business Development, Finance, Operations, IT, Legal, HR, and external partners.

• Familiarity with product launch and lifecycle management.

• Experience in event planning and execution, including oversight of budgets, logistics, registration, vendor management, venue selection, communications, and on-site operations.

• Ability to create executive-level presentations, reports, dashboards, business reviews, and communications.

• Sound judgment, discretion, and confidentiality in managing privileged business information and executive requests.

🏝️ Benefits

• Outstanding benefits.

• Inclusive culture.

• Diversity-focused policies and programs.

• Reasonable accommodations for application or interview.

• Bonus.