Director, Strategy & Operations
United StatesRemote8+ YOE
Summary
First Strategy & Operations hire building the function from scratch. Own end-to-end strategic initiatives, partner with department leaders on operational scale, and establish analytical foundations for a Series C healthcare startup.
About the role
Responsibilities
- Own end-to-end strategic and operational initiatives from problem definition through implementation and measurement
- Partner with department leaders to diagnose operational needs for scale and co-own improvement work, including designing lighter-touch workflows with clinical leadership
- Build analytical frameworks for measuring operational performance across functions
- Lead specific workstreams including driving company efficiency, measuring AI integration impact, and identifying upstream drivers of CX volume
- Run cross-functional projects and take ownership of scale initiatives
- Shape the Strategy & Operations function, define team operations, engagement model, and future hiring profiles
Requirements
- Strong analytical foundation: structure ambiguous problems, build models/frameworks, and pressure-test conclusions
- Operational instincts with bias toward closing the gap between recommendations and working operations
- Credibility with highly specialized experts; ability to challenge department heads constructively
- Bias to ownership; measure success by whether changes remain durable six months later
- Comfort with ambiguity and white space; make judgment calls on scope and completion
- Strong written and verbal communication for executive one-pagers and cross-functional working sessions
Nice-to-Haves
- Experience in healthcare, regulated industries, or services businesses with human delivery models
- Experience building an S&O, BizOps, or Chief of Staff function from scratch
Skills
strategic planningoperational diagnosticscross-functional project managementdata analysisframework developmentprocess improvementstakeholder managementexecutive communicationAI integration measurementperformance metrics