Head of Strategy & Operations to the COO Office

The Company is seeking a Head of Strategy & Operations to partner with the COO and strengthen company-wide planning, decision-making, and execution. The role will run core operating processes, including planning, goal-setting, and performance reviews, while keeping them efficient and focused. Responsibilities include monitoring company priorities, diagnosing execution issues, bringing forward recommendations, and ensuring decisions have clear owners and timelines. The successful candidate will also resolve high-stakes cross-functional challenges and work with people and finance teams to support organizational structure, hiring, and productivity. Candidates should have executive-level operating experience, such as leading operations, strategy, or a business unit, and a record of delivering measurable outcomes. They should have owned company-wide planning or review processes and worked directly with senior executives at a rapidly growing organization, including making decisions on an executive’s behalf. The role requires strong strategic problem-solving, exceptional writing and communication, experience hiring senior talent, and the ability to develop board or investor materials. Skill in using AI and automation to streamline work is important; a degree is not specified, and Chief of Staff or consulting experience is welcome but not required.