Senior Business Operations & Strategy Manager

About the role

This role focuses on shaping Bvnk's strategic direction and ensuring operational clarity. The manager will be responsible for overseeing the company's strategic planning and objectives process, collaborating directly with C-suite stakeholders to align priorities and evaluate trade-offs. A key part of the work involves bridging product, engineering, and commercial teams to ensure product roadmaps support market strategies, including developing expansion and vertical strategies.

The position requires conducting detailed quantitative analysis, market sizing, and financial modeling to assess new growth opportunities, pricing strategies, and resource allocation. The manager will also lead complex, cross-functional initiatives from start to finish, establishing accountability to translate high-level strategies into measurable business results. This includes a focus on deploying AI tools and automation to improve cross-departmental productivity and reduce operational friction.

Success in this role means effectively influencing and advising C-level executives, distilling complex problems into clear, actionable plans, and consistently exceeding expectations on critical strategic initiatives. The ideal candidate will demonstrate an innate curiosity and courage to navigate ambiguity, challenging assumptions to drive organizational understanding and progress at a rapid pace.

The salary for this role ranges from $165,000 to $210,000 annually.

Skills that matter here

• Strategic Planning & Executive Ownership: This involves designing and managing the company's strategic planning process and OKR system, working with senior leadership to align goals.
• Growth Strategy Creation & Implementation: The role requires connecting product development with market strategies, including leading efforts for new market entry and vertical expansion.
• Revenue Sizing & Business Case Modeling: This skill is used for performing detailed financial and market analysis to evaluate new opportunities and resource allocation.
• Large-Scale Program Management & Delivery: The manager will lead significant cross-functional projects, ensuring they achieve measurable business outcomes.
• AI Enablement, Scale, and Implementation: This involves integrating AI tools and automation to enhance operational efficiency across departments.
• Executive presence: The role demands the ability to influence and advise C-level executives, presenting complex information and aligning diverse priorities.

Who this role suits

• A person with 8-12 years of experience in strategy and operations roles within a fast-paced technology environment.
• Someone who thrives on influencing senior leadership and can effectively navigate conflicting priorities to achieve alignment.
• An individual who can break down ambiguous problems into clear, actionable steps and drive complex initiatives to completion.
• A candidate with an AI-native mindset, eager to implement AI tools and automation to boost organizational efficiency.

From the employer

Key Areas of Responsibilities:

• Strategic Planning & Executive Ownership: Architect, govern, and own the company-wide strategic planning process and OKR engine, partnering directly with C-suite stakeholders to drive alignment, evaluate strategic trade-offs, and refresh corporate priorities
• Growth Strategy Creation & Implementation: Bridge product, engineering, and commercial teams to align product roadmaps with go-to-market strategies, including leading on building expansion and vertical strategies where necessary
• Revenue Sizing & Business Case Modeling: Conduct rigorous quantitative analysis, market sizing, and financial modeling to evaluate new growth vectors, strategic bets, pricing strategies, and resource allocation
• Large-Scale Program Management & Delivery: Mobilize and lead complex, mission-critical cross-functional initiatives end-to-end, establishing accountability frameworks to turn enterprise-level strategies into measurable business outcomes
• AI Enablement, Scale, and Implementation: Champion organizational efficiency by deploying AI tools, automation workflows, and scalable operational playbooks to optimize cross-departmental productivity and eliminate operational friction

What we need from you:

• 8 - 12 years experience in a fast-paced Tech environment, with a track record of high performance in strategy & operations (S&O) / business operations (BizOps) roles
• Proven Executive presence: Deep experience directly influencing and advising C-level executives, presenting complex trade-offs, and driving alignment across conflicting priorities
• Experience in leading complex, company-critical strategic initiatives end-to-end, with a solid track record of ownership and exceeding expectations
• Ability to distill ambiguous problems into simple, actionable direction, ensuring organizational understanding of the why, what, and when of any critical initiative
• Intellectual curiosity, innate hunger, and courage to work with high levels of ambiguity and imperfect information, challenging assumptions at all levels of the organization
• AI-native “builder” mindset: bias for AI-first “doing”. Design growth strategies, analyse data, implement solutions, and own everything in between…at uncompromising pace

What you can expect from us:

• Fair and competitive salary at every stage of your growth
• Flexible working hours, with hybrid working at its heart
• A culture built on passionate, growth-minded people
• A flexible approach to holiday
• Opportunities to travel to our offices around the world
• An open and creative environment where you can help us define the future of BVNK, its culture, and its opportunity sets

At BVNK, we are focused on building a diverse and inclusive team. While you may not meet all of our requirements, we’d encourage you to apply if you meet the majority of our expectations. You may be a great fit for this role or another role in our team. Compensation packages are based on candidate experience and relevant certifications.