Business Operations Manager

ZipRecruiter; Palo Alto (CA); Remote; USD 139,000 - 189,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the financial sector seeks a BizOps Manager to drive critical strategic initiatives and enhance operational efficiency. This role emphasizes strong analytical skills and effective communication, offering a competitive salary range based on experience and location. Join a dynamic team dedicated to improving homeownership accessibility with flexible remote working options.

Benefits

Generous health benefits

Unlimited paid time off

Flexible remote & onsite work

Fully paid parental leave

Financial wellness programs

Work/life balance benefits

Qualifications

• 5+ years in strategic, analytical roles like management consulting, startup strategy & operations.
• 1+ years in a startup or tech-driven environment.
• Kompetent communication skills and ability to engage with executive teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead operational and strategic projects to enhance business outcomes.
• Serve as a strategic partner for cross-functional teams.
• Identify high-impact initiatives through research and quantitative analysis.

Skills

Quantitative analysis

Data visualization

Communication

Project management

First-principles thinking

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Microsoft Excel

SQL

Job description

Job DescriptionJob Description

Local or 100% Remote

Who we are

Our mission at Point is to make homeownership more valuable and accessible to all. Every day, we explore, build, and iterate to create innovative financial products that improve the lives of our customers. Together, we're creating the premier full-stack home equity platform to help current homeowners access their home wealth and aspiring ones realize their dream of homeownership. Point has raised over $180M from Andreessen Horowitz, WestCap, Prudential and other leading investors.

About the role

The BizOps team drives meaningful business impact across Point through ownership and execution of complex, cross-functional strategic initiatives. BizOps team members use a first principles approach to problem-solving across multiple topics and leverage data analysis to inform decision-making. Managers are expected to quickly ramp up on new topics, identify the highest impact opportunities, and drive efficient execution. Through project work, Managers should build functional expertise, and provide thought leadership on these topics. BizOps Managers' work is often directly tied to company-wide OKRs and requires a high degree of comfort with communicating with the executive team.

Our culture

We are a people-first, value-driven team. We come from varied backgrounds, experiences, and time zones. Our teams are aligned in service to our goal — to improve the lives of customers. Our culture is built on sharing ideas, supporting each other, and being empowered to do our best work. Find out what you can accomplish as part of an engaged, high-achieving team focused on a common goal.

Your responsibilities

• Lead operational and strategic projects that drive valuable business outcomes:, such as increased operational efficiency, revenue growth, new product launches, cost savings, etc.
• Serve as a strategic partner for cross-functional teams at Point; provide input on functional roadmaps, and evangelize metric-driven prioritization of initiatives.
• Identify new initiatives that deliver an outsized impact through quantitative analysis, industry benchmarks, and competitive research; contribute to setting BizOps OKRs.
• Support Point's ongoing international expansion, collaborating with operational teams, recruiting, compliance, and leadership.
• Contribute to ad hoc high-priority projects (e.g., capital markets, board materials, etc).
• Support the construction of Point's dashboarding and metrics infrastructure and guide teams in using and adopting the dashboards.
• Support go-to-market and growth efforts for Point's new and upcoming product lines, collaborating with sales, ops, marketing, product, and legal.
• Create and effectively communicate compelling presentations and written memos.

About You

• Bachelor's degree required
• 5+ years of experience in strategic, analytical roles such as management consulting, investment banking, or startup strategy & operations.
• 1+ years of experience in a startup or tech-driven environment.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel for financial and data modeling; working knowledge of SQL.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to convey complex concepts clearly and professionally.
• Skilled in data visualization and structuring analysis to inform business decisions.
• Demonstrated ability to apply first-principles thinking to solve complex, ambiguous problems and develop frameworks for decision-making.
• Strong prioritization mindset
• Proven ownership mentality: takes initiative in managing projects and quickly ramping up on new topics to become a subject matter expert.
• Effective at building trusted relationships with cross-functional stakeholders and driving alignment through influence and execution.
• Thrives in fast-paced, dynamic environments and actively seeks opportunities for continuous improvement.

Our benefits

Generous health benefits

• We provide medical, dental, and vision plans with options for flexible spending accounts (FSA) and health savings accounts (HSA).

Unlimited paid time off

• Recharge with unlimited paid time off and 10 company holidays.

Flexible remote & onsite work

• Our teams work from many different locations and time zones. We support fully remote work and also have an amazing in-person environment in our downtown Palo Alto, CA HQ.

Fully paid parental leave

• Point will true-up wages from state-applicable PFL earnings so that the employee's total gross pay will be equivalent to 100% of their regular base pay, as well as two weeks of fully paid leave to be available after exhaustion of state PFL.
• For employees in states without Paid Family Leave, Point will provide up to 8 weeks of paid parental leave.
• In addition, all employees will receive 4 weeks of fully paid transition time. For four weeks after returning from parental leave, and following the use of all other paid leave benefits, you may work part-time, meaning two or three days per week, and receive 100% of regular base pay.

Financial wellness

• We provide 401K retirement plans for employees as well as guaranteed life insurance and short- and long-term coverage. Full-time employees have the opportunity to take ownership in the company through equity options.

Extra work/life benefits

• We provide monthly stipends for internet, mobile plans, and a one-time home office reimbursement.

Point is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. We provide employment opportunities regardless of , , , ancestry, , , , , or expression, , veteran status, or any other protected class. Each individual at Point brings their own perspectives, work experiences, lifestyles, and cultures with them, and we believe that a more diverse team creates more innovative products, provides better services to customers, and helps us all grow and learn.

Compensation at Point will be determined by skills, experience, and geographic location. Point has identified the expected annual base salary for this role at this level based on the market by tiers (Region | Location | Market Salary):

• Tier 1 | San Francisco Bay Area, New York, Los Angeles, & Seattle | $139,300 - $188,500
• Tier 2 | Chicago, Austin, Denver, Boston, Washington DC, San Diego | $118,200 - $159,900
• Tier 3 | All other US metro areas | $111,400 - $150,700

This does not include any other potential components of the compensation package, including equity, benefits, and perks outlined above. At the launch of each position, we benchmark compensation to the appropriate role and level utilizing competitive compensation data from various data sources as references. At the offer stage, we use the signal we received from our interviews, coupled with your experience, location, and other job-related factors to determine final compensation.

Location Requirement: This is a remote position. However, candidates must reside in one of Point's states of operation: AL, AZ, AR, CA, CO, CT, DC, FL, GA, IL, KS, KY, MA, MI, MN, MO, NV, NJ, NY, NC, OH, OR, PA, SC, TN, TX, UT, VA, or WA.

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