# Principal, Strategic Operations

**Company:** [Monarch](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/monarch)
**Location:** Remote
**Role:** Business Operations
**Salary:** $170k – $205k/yr
**Experience:** 7+ years
**Skills:** Business Operations, strategic operations, management consulting, okrs, Notion, Linear, Looker, Slack, ChatGPT, Claude, gemini
**Posted:** 2026-07-24

> Design and improve Monarch's company operating system, planning cadences, and cross-functional execution mechanisms. Partner with founders and leadership in a high-growth, fully remote fintech environment; requires 7+ years in strategic operations or equivalent plus AI fluency.

## Job Description

## What You’ll Do
- Design and continuously improve Monarch's leadership operating system, including planning cadences, decision-making frameworks, and operating rhythms.
- Own the operating mechanics behind quarterly and annual planning, ensuring priorities, dependencies, and execution remain aligned across the company.
- Drive execution of the company's highest-priority cross-functional initiatives by improving coordination, accountability, and follow-through.
- Build and evolve the operating mechanisms, documentation, and planning artifacts that enable teams to execute effectively at scale.
- Partner closely with founders and functional leaders to identify organizational friction, improve decision-making, and continuously strengthen how Monarch operates.

## What You’ll Bring
- 7+ years of experience in Business Operations, Strategic Operations, Chief of Staff, Management Consulting, or a similar operational leadership role.
- Demonstrated experience designing or scaling operating systems, planning processes, or company-wide execution mechanisms in a high-growth environment.
- Experience partnering directly with founders and senior leaders on company-wide initiatives.
- Exceptional written communication skills and the ability to synthesize complexity into clear decisions, frameworks, and operating mechanisms.
- Strong systems thinking with the ability to identify root causes, simplify complexity, and design durable solutions.
- Outstanding judgment, executive presence, and the ability to influence senior leaders without formal authority.
- Proven ability to operate autonomously in ambiguous, fast-moving environments while maintaining an exceptionally high quality bar.
- Demonstrated AI Fluency: you use AI regularly in your work, have a clear point of view on where it helps and where it doesn't, and are continuously raising your own bar.

## Nice to Haves
- Experience leading company planning (OKRs, annual planning, quarterly planning, etc.).
- Background in management consulting followed by an operating role.
- Experience supporting founder-led organizations through rapid scaling.
- Familiarity with tools such as Notion, Linear, Omni / Looker, Slack, and modern AI platforms (e.g., ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini).

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