Business Operations Lead

Motive; United States; On-site; USD 137,000 - 209,000; Full time

Job summary

Motive is seeking a Business Operations professional to develop go-to-market strategies and lead cross-functional initiatives. The ideal candidate will have 6+ years of experience in SaaS, strong analytical skills, and the ability to communicate effectively with senior leadership. This role offers a competitive salary and the opportunity to work in a dynamic environment focused on operational efficiency and growth.

Benefits

Health benefits

Paid time off

401k contribution

Short term and long term disability coverage

Life insurance

Qualifications

• 6+ years of relevant experience in banking, consulting, or private equity.
• Recent experience at a hyper-growth SaaS company.
• Exceptional spreadsheet/data management skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop go-to-market strategies by analyzing market trends.
• Lead cross-functional initiatives to drive alignment and execution.
• Create analytical models and dashboards for actionable insights.

Skills

Communication

Leadership

Analytical skills

Data management

Education

Bachelor's degree

MBA

Tools

Google Sheets

Excel

SQL

Job description

Who we are:

Motive empowers the people who run physical operations with tools to make their work safer, more productive, and more profitable. For the first time ever, safety, operations and finance teams can manage their drivers, vehicles, equipment, and fleet related spend in a single system. Combined with industry leading AI, the Motive platform gives you complete visibility and control, and significantly reduces manual workloads by automating and simplifying tasks.

Motive serves more than 120,000 customers – from Fortune 500 enterprises to small businesses – across a wide range of industries, including transportation and logistics, construction, energy, field service, manufacturing, agriculture, food and beverage, retail, and the public sector.

Visit gomotive.com to learn more.

About the Role:

Business Operations at Motive is a highly cross-functional group that is responsible for developing our go-to-market strategy, improving go-to-market efficiency, and ensuring that we are hitting our growth targets. Our team is maniacal about and energized by the challenge of getting our hands dirty in any problem across Sales, Marketing, or Customer Success, and finding ways to help us scale more efficiently. We are a low-ego, highly-motivated group that collaborates with cross-functional stakeholders to drive alignment and execution. Examples of major strategic initiatives Business Operations takes on are optimizing the structure of our sales force, experimenting with new sales and marketing motions, and determining how we can leverage AI to improve operations.

What You'll Do:

• Develop go-to-market strategies by analyzing market trends, customer segmentation, and Motive’s competitive landscape. Collaborate with senior leaders to prioritize high-growth opportunities and drive strategic execution, ensuring alignment across all go-to-market functions.
• Lead cross-functional initiatives that connect the dots across different functions and stakeholders. You will be the driving force behind high-impact, strategic initiatives that are critical to scaling our business by facilitating communication and collaboration between departments to ensure alignment and effective execution.
• Create robust analytical models and dashboards to provide actionable insights into go-to-market and product performance. You will take a hands-on approach to proactively identify trends, opportunities, and risks, translating data into clear recommendations for optimizing commercial results.
• Champion operational efficiency by continuously identifying and addressing process inefficiencies - you never stop asking “can we be doing this better?” Design and implement innovative solutions to streamline workflows, enhance productivity, and drive a culture of continuous improvement across the organization.

What We're Looking For:

• 6+ years of relevant experience in banking, consulting or private equity combined with in-house experience at a SaaS company
• Recent experience at a hyper-growth and rapidly scaling SaaS company
• Recent Bachelor's degree required; MBA is a plus
• Advanced communication, presentation, and organization skills
• Executive presence and comfort communicating with the C-suite
• Exceptional spreadsheet / data management skills, SQL proficiency preferred
• Expert with Google Sheets & Excel, with the ability to build and create data & analytical models
• Intellectual curiosity supported by exceptional analytical skill
• Strong, demonstrated leadership capabilities
• Experience working on cross-functional projects with various stakeholders and a demonstrated expertise in managing such projects
• Able to work in ambiguous, fast paced, environments under tight and unpredictable timelines
• Located in San Francisco Bay Area a plus

Pay Transparency
Your compensation may be based on several factors, including education, work experience, and certifications. For certain roles, total compensation may include restricted stock units. Motive offers benefits including health, pharmacy, optical and dental care benefits, paid time off, sick time off, short term and long term disability coverage, life insurance as well as 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). Learn more about our benefits by visiting Motive Perks & Benefits.
The compensation range for this position will depend on where you reside. For this role, the compensation range is:

United States

$137,000—$209,000 USD

Creating a diverse and inclusive workplace is one of Motive's core values. We are an equal opportunity employer and welcome people of different backgrounds, experiences, abilities and perspectives.

Please review our Candidate Privacy Noticehere .

UK Candidate Privacy Notice here.

The applicant must be authorized to receive and access those commodities and technologies controlled under U.S. Export Administration Regulations.It is Motive's policy to require that employees be authorized to receive access to Motive products and technology.

#LI-Remote