Interim Strategy & Operations Associate

Gofractional; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Juniper is seeking a Strategy & Operations Associate to cover a maternity leave on a 12-month fixed-term contract in London. The role focuses on turning strategy into execution within the Services team, shaping processes, systems, and ways of working to deliver excellent coaching outcomes at scale.

You will collaborate across product, operations, and clinical teams, driving projects end-to-end while managing stakeholder expectations and maintaining a high bar for pace and quality.

Qualifications

• 3+ years in operations, strategy, or a similar generalist role.
• Confident with data and able to draw practical conclusions from numbers.
• Hands-on operational experience, proven process improvement and project delivery.
• Strong communicator, able to work with senior stakeholders and align teams.
• Creative, positive problem-solver who takes initiative and stays flexible.

Responsibilities

• Own a mix of projects and ongoing operational work to improve patient outcomes and drive business value.
• Be accountable for engagement, retention, quality of service, and safe practices within the Health Coaching team.
• Lead cross-functional initiatives end-to-end with product, clinical, and operations teams.
• Translate strategic priorities into clear execution plans and timelines.
• Track performance metrics and use data to inform decisions and future service design.

Skills

Operations

Data analysis

Project management

Communication

Problem solving

Collaboration

Commercial awareness

Tools

Google Sheets

Job description

Service Manager (12-month Fixed Term Contract)

Location: UK - HQ - London

About The Role

The Services team is at the heart of how Juniper delivers outcomes for patients. We run one of the world's fastest-scaling health coaching operations — directly responsible for the engagement, retention, and weight loss outcomes of our patient base — and we're looking for a Strategy & Operations Associate to cover a maternity leave on a 1-year fixed-term contract.

This is a project-heavy, cross-functional role with a lot of variety. You'll work on pressing operational and strategic challenges in the Services function, translating strategy into execution and reporting to the Head of Services. In practice, that means designing and improving the systems, processes, and ways of working that allow us to deliver a great coaching experience at scale.

This role does not include direct people management, but you'll work closely with Health Coaching Team Leads and other cross-functional stakeholders (products/ operations/ clinical team) to drive projects from hypothesis to completion.

No two weeks will look the same. If you're someone who gets stuck in, enjoys problem solving, thrives in ambiguity and wants to do work that improves how we deliver care at scale and affects patient outcomes — this role is for you.

What You'll Do

You'll own a mix of projects and ongoing operational work (typically 2-3+ things at a time) that improve patient outcomes and drive meaningful business value for Eucalyptus.

You'll be accountable for moving core team metrics like engagement with our services, retention, quality of support, and safe practicing within the Health Coaching team.

Drive operational excellence in how we deliver coaching at scale

• Design and optimise the systems and processes coaching teams use day-to-day, to improve efficiency and scalability and ensure we can deliver a consistent, high-quality service as we continue to grow
• Contribute to effective capacity planning, coverage, and resource allocation across the team to meet demand and maintain quality standards
• Spot inefficiencies and fix them — whether that's a broken process, a gap in our tooling, or something that worked at a smaller scale but doesn't anymore
• Translate patient and commercial problems into clear hypotheses, measurable success metrics, and execution plans that ship improvements fast
• Use data and operational insights to inform future service design, ensuring the function scales effectively with business growth

Lead cross-functional initiatives end-to-end

• Act as a primary point of contact for mid-level and senior stakeholders, translating strategic priorities into clear execution plans across the HC team, taking priorities and turning them into clear plans the team can actually deliver
• Work with product, clinical, and operations teams to improve how coaching fits into the broader patient experience
• Own projects end-to-end: define what needs to happen, keep things on track, remove blockers, and see them through to completion - holding a high bar for pace and quality.

Be a strategic thought partner to Services leadership

• Track and improve key performance metrics (engagement, retention, quality, safety), intervening where needed to drive results
• Use data to make the case for what we should prioritise, and to inform decisions about how the team is structured and resourced
• Feed into planning cycles with practical insights grounded in internal team context relevant to your work

About You

• 3+ years in operations, strategy, or a similar generalist role — ideally at a fast-growing company
• Confident with data — proficient in Google Sheets and able to draw practical conclusions from numbers to inform decisions and plans
• Hands-on operational experience — you've improved processes, managed systems, and run projects from start to finish
• Strong communicator — comfortable working with senior stakeholders, translating goals into clear plans, and keeping people aligned as things change
• A creative, positive problem-solver — you take initiative, find solutions, and stay constructive and flexible when things get complicated
• Strong collaborator — you care more about getting things done than getting credit, and you're happy to do the unglamorous work when it's needed
• Commercially aware — you understand how the business makes money and can connect your work to what actually matters

Bonus points

• Familiarity with health coaching, nutrition, or patient-facing services
• Experience in digital health or a health-adjacent industry
• Background at a startup or scale-up
• People management experience (not a requirement, but useful — some project management elements form part of the role)

Why This Role Is Exciting

• Work on things that matter. The Services team is directly responsible for patient outcomes — your work will have a real impact on the health and wellbeing of thousands of people.
• Own work end-to-end. You'll drive operational and strategic projects from problem definition through to delivery, with accountability for the outcome.
• Grow quickly. You'll get a lot of variety, real ownership, and the chance to work across strategy, operations, and delivery in a fast-moving environment.
• Work with great people. You'll be part of a high-performance team that cares deeply about patients and holds a high bar for quality.