Strategy & Operations Lead

Palta; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading health tech company is seeking a Strategy & Operations Lead to enhance organizational excellence. This role involves driving performance management, cross-functional collaboration, and strategic alignment within a dynamic and growing environment. Ideal candidates will have experience in business operations and a strong analytical mindset, contributing to the company's mission to empower users towards better health.

Benefits

Competitive salary package

Stock options

In-office, remote and hybrid work opportunities

Relocation package (Cyprus) - optional

Premium SIMPLE subscription

21 days annual leave, plus bank holidays

Support to learn English

Flexible hours

Qualifications

• 3–6 years of experience in business operations or strategy.
• Experience in a startup or scale-up environment.

Responsibilities

• Own and improve performance management framework.
• Work with leadership to translate priorities into operational plans.
• Lead goal-setting process across teams.

Skills

Analytical Mindset

Project Management

Communication

Job description

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SIMPLE is a successful mobile product with over 15 million unique downloads, more than 300K 5-star reviews, and over 50% year-over-year revenue growth.

It offers judgment-free, gentle guidance toward balanced nutrition, a healthy relationship with food, and ultimately, improved health and well-being. Built with flexibility and convenience in mind, the app is a safe and supportive space to get actionable feedback, learn, and increase confidence. SIMPLE’s method is shaped by a global team of nutrition, behavior change, digital health, and medical experts. The journey is enhanced through Avo, a personal wellness assistant within the app that provides timely suggestions and real-time answers.
With SIMPLE as a partner in their pocket, users feel cared for and empowered to embrace — and stick to — new healthy habits. To learn more, visit simple.life.

We’re looking for a highly organized, proactive leader to build and lead a world-class executive operations function at our 180-person (Series B, profitable) tech scale-up. As an Strategy & Operations Lead, your mission is to drive organizational excellence by implementing systematic, data-driven approaches to goal setting, performance management, and talent development.

This role is central to fostering a high-performance culture—one that identifies, develops, and retains great people through clear goals and deep cross-functional alignment.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Own and continuously improve our performance management framework, including company-wide OKRs, progress tracking, and team-level alignment;
2. Work closely with the leadership team to translate strategic priorities into operational plans, supporting execution across departments;
3. Lead the goal-setting process across teams, ensuring clarity of ownership, alignment with business impact, and transparency in progress;
4. Build and maintain cross-functional operating cadences, including: weekly leadership meetings, quarterly business reviews, annual planning sessions and strategy offsites;
5. Identify and resolve cross-functional bottlenecks, working with team leads to improve collaboration and unblock execution;
6. Collaborate with Finance and Analytics to support board reporting, investor updates, and internal dashboards;
7. Partner with HR to support performance reviews, talent calibration, and leadership development efforts;
8. Act as a thought partner to the CEO and leadership team, bringing clarity, structure, and follow-through to company-wide initiatives.

Qualifications:

1. Have 3–6 years of experience in business operations, strategy, or financial roles, ideally in a fast-paced or high-growth environment;
2. Have worked in a startup or scale-up and are comfortable building from scratch and operating in ambiguity;
3. Bring a structured, analytical mindset — experience in top-tier consulting (e.g., MBB) is a strong plus;
4. Are confident working with OKRs/KPIs and have hands-on experience implementing goal-setting frameworks;
5. Know how to translate company strategy into clear, actionable plans across multiple teams;
6. Have a strong grasp of business and financial metrics, including interpreting a P&L and linking data to operational priorities;
7. Possess excellent project management skills, with the ability to juggle multiple priorities and lead cross-functional initiatives;
8. Think in systems, not just tasks — and can bring clarity and structure to complex or messy processes;
9. Communicate clearly and effectively across all levels, from individual contributors to senior leadership;
10. Are self-driven, highly organized, and proactive — someone who takes ownership and follows through.

Perks and Benefits:

1. Open-minded teams, a welcoming and inclusive company culture, plus the opportunity to make a real difference with a game-changing health tech product;
2. A competitive salary package based on your unique expertise, skillset, and impact on the product plus stock options;
3. In-office, remote and hybrid work opportunities;
4. Relocation package (Cyprus) - optional;
5. The equipment whatever you need to be happy and productive;
6. A premium SIMPLE subscription;
7. 21 days annual leave, plus bank holidays (those observed where you live);
8. Support to learn English, should you need (or want) to;
9. Flexible hours. We focus on your results, not how long you spend at your desk.

Seniority level

• Not Applicable

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Management and Manufacturing
• Software Development

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