Strategic Operations Project Manager

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

📋 Description

• Lead and oversee strategic initiatives such as product launches, business development prospects, strategic partnerships, operational enhancements, and projects sponsored by executives.

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

• Create and sustain project plans, schedules, milestones, governance frameworks, and status reports.

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

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

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

• Collaborate with business leaders and cross-functional teams to execute future-state processes and enhance efficiency, scalability, and organizational effectiveness.

• Cultivate relationships with project sponsors, business leaders, vendors, and external partners.

• Assist in product launch and lifecycle management through planning, milestone tracking, readiness reviews, and execution coordination.

• Manage go-to-market schedules, launch deliverables, stakeholder communications, and implementation prerequisites.

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

• Oversee the comprehensive planning and execution of strategic corporate events and executive programs.

• Administer event budgets, logistics, registration, vendor relations, 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 related materials.

• Assist with master calendar coordination, content management, survey administration, reporting, and administrative workflows.

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

⛳️ Requirements

• Proven experience in leading and coordinating strategic business initiatives.

• Capable of managing multiple cross-functional projects from inception through to implementation.

• Ability to define project objectives, scope, success metrics, risks, assumptions, stakeholders, and resource allocations.

• Experience in developing project plans, schedules, milestones, governance frameworks, and status reports.

• Proficient in designated project and portfolio management tools.

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

• Skilled in monitoring dependencies, risks, and issues, with the ability to escalate concerns appropriately.

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

• Familiarity with product launch and lifecycle management, go-to-market timelines, readiness reviews, and launch deliverables.

• Background in planning and executing corporate events, including budget management, logistics, registration, vendor coordination, venue selection, communications, and on-site operations.

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

• Demonstrated sound judgment, discretion, and confidentiality when handling sensitive business information and executive requests.

🏝️ Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits package.

• A culture that promotes inclusivity.

• Diversity-driven policies and programs.

• Reasonable accommodations available for applicants and interviewees.

• Bonus compensation opportunities.