Senior Strategy & Operations Manager

Jobtailor; Hamburg; Vor Ort; EUR 120.000 - 160.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Jobtailor seeks a senior Strategy & Operations leader to align company direction with execution across teams in a fast-growing environment. You will shape planning, governance, and cross-functional programs while driving value through systemic improvements and AI-enabled processes.

The role emphasizes stakeholder management, executive communications, and hands-on design of operating models. Hamburg proximity and EU work eligibility are required, with regular in-person collaboration every 4–8

Qualifikationen

• 5+ years of experience as a strong generalist in strategy, business operations, or transformation environments.
• Experience as Chief of Staff, Strategy & Operations Manager, in PMO, or in a Founders office.
• Ability to structure complex, ambiguous problems into clear, actionable solutions.
• Experience designing or improving systems, processes, or operating models in fast-scaling organizations.
• Track record of leading cross-functional initiatives or programs end-to-end, including PMO discipline.
• Strong analytical and synthesis skills.
• Experience creating executive-ready materials.
• Confident stakeholder management skills, especially with senior leadership.
• High ownership, autonomy, and execution strength.
• Strong judgment balancing strategic ambition and output quality with pragmatic, scalable solutions.
• Experience working closely with founders or senior leadership in fast-paced environments.
• Hands-on exposure to planning systems, company operating models, and change initiatives.
• Comfortable using AI tools and building basic workflows and agents.
• Ability to structure documentation and knowledge environments using tools such as Notion.
• Excellent English communication skills.
• Willingness and ability to regularly join the team and key stakeholders in Hamburg every 4-8 weeks.
• Legal right to work in the EU or the country of the role; visa or work permit sponsorship is unavailable.
• Nice-to-have: experience across multiple startup or scale-up stages, high-stakes workshops, Management sessions, Notion and Slack administration, and fluent German.

Aufgaben

• Build relationships across Management and Leadership and connect perspectives, people, information, and decisions.
• Create insights and decision groundwork for Management and key stakeholders.
• Design and facilitate systems linking company direction with priorities, plans, goals, ownership, dependencies, and follow-through.
• Shape annual planning, goal-setting, company steering, Management rhythms, decision forums, information flows, and follow-up.
• Improve shared processes, communication formats, tooling, automation, AI-enabled workflows, and ways of working.
• Lead high-impact cross-functional initiatives from diagnosis and design through implementation and adoption.
• Improve visibility into priorities, progress, risks, dependencies, and decision needs.
• Own and continuously improve critical company systems and selected cross-functional initiatives.

Kenntnisse

Strategy

Business operations

Cross-functional leadership

Analytical skills

Executive communication

Problem structuring

Workflow automation

PMO discipline

Stakeholder management

Change management

Tools

Notion

Slack

AI tools

Jobbeschreibung

• Build relationships across Management and Leadership and connect perspectives, people, information, and decisions
• Create insights and decision groundwork for Management and key stakeholders
• Design and facilitate systems linking company direction with priorities, plans, goals, ownership, dependencies, and follow-through
• Shape annual planning, goal-setting, company steering, Management rhythms, decision forums, information flows, and follow-up
• Improve shared processes, communication formats, tooling, automation, AI-enabled workflows, and ways of working
• Lead high-impact cross-functional initiatives from diagnosis and design through implementation and adoption
• Improve visibility into priorities, progress, risks, dependencies, and decision needs
• Own and continuously improve critical company systems and selected cross-functional initiatives

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience as a strong generalist in strategy, business operations, or transformation environments
• Experience as Chief of Staff, Strategy & Operations Manager, in PMO, or in a Founders office
• Ability to structure complex, ambiguous problems into clear, actionable solutions
• Experience designing or improving systems, processes, or operating models in fast-scaling organizations
• Track record of leading cross-functional initiatives or programs end-to-end, including PMO discipline
• Strong analytical and synthesis skills
• Experience creating executive-ready materials
• Confident stakeholder management skills, especially with senior leadership
• High ownership, autonomy, and execution strength
• Strong judgment balancing strategic ambition and output quality with pragmatic, scalable solutions
• Experience working closely with founders or senior leadership in fast-paced environments
• Hands-on exposure to planning systems, company operating models, and change initiatives
• Comfortable using AI tools and building basic workflows and agents
• Ability to structure documentation and knowledge environments using tools such as Notion
• Excellent English communication skills
• Willingness and ability to regularly join the team and key stakeholders in Hamburg every 4-8 weeks
• Legal right to work in the EU or the specific country where the role is located; visa or work permit sponsorship is unavailable
• Nice-to-have: experience across multiple startup or scale-up stages, high-stakes workshops, Management sessions, Notion and Slack administration, and fluent German

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in strategy and business operations, with a strong focus on leading cross-functional initiatives and improving systems in fast-scaling organizations. Proficient in stakeholder management and creating executive-ready materials while utilizing AI tools for enhanced workflows.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• 5+ Years Experience In Strategy Or Business Operations
• Cross-Functional Initiative Leadership
• Strong Analytical And Synthesis Skills
• Experience With Planning Systems And Operating Models
• Stakeholder Management Skills

ATS Optimization Keywords

Hard Skills

• Strategy Development
• Business Operations
• Systems Design
• Process Improvement
• Change Management
• Analytical Skills
• Executive Communication
• Problem Structuring
• Workflow Automation
• PMO Discipline

Soft Skills

• High Ownership
• Autonomy
• Execution Strength
• Strong Judgment
• Confident Communication

Industry Keywords

• Fast-Scaling Organizations
• Startup Environments
• Scale-Up Stages
• Management Sessions
• High-Stakes Workshops

Tools & Technologies

• AI Tools
• Notion
• Slack
• Documentation Structuring
• Knowledge Management