Director, Enterprise Strategy & Operations

GTN Technical Staffing; Dallas (TX); Hybrid; USD 190,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

GTN Technical Staffing is recruiting a Director, Enterprise Strategy & Operations to lead long-range planning, performance governance, and strategic execution for a rapidly growing client.

Reporting to the COO, you will translate strategy into operating plans, drive OKRs, and build governance to ensure accountability across the organization, leading a Strategy & Operations team in a hybrid environment.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of progressive experience in corporate strategy, Strategy & Operations, FP&A, or similar.
• Experience leading multi-year strategic planning and annual operating plans.
• Strong financial and analytical skills and experience preparing executive materials.
• Ability to synthesize complex information into clear recommendations and executive narratives.
• Experience with OKRs and enterprise performance management.
• Experience leading experienced individual contributors and engaging with C-suite leaders.

Responsibilities

• Lead development and refinement of the company’s multi-year strategic plan.
• Translate priorities into initiatives, milestones, and measurable outcomes.
• Own the Annual Operating Plan and coordinate target setting across functions.
• Develop dashboards, scorecards, and executive reporting frameworks.
• Support board and investor materials and executive communications.
• Improve planning, governance, and scaling of enterprise processes.

Skills

Strategic thinking

Executive communication

Financial acumen

Cross-functional leadership

Stakeholder management

Change management

Presentation skills

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business/Finance/Economics/Engineering

MBA or related advanced degree

Job description

Director, Enterprise Strategy & Operations

Employment Type: Direct Hire

Work Arrangement: Hybrid

Reports to: Chief Operating Officer

Overview

Our client is seeking a Director, Enterprise Strategy & Operations to lead enterprise planning, business performance, executive governance, and strategic execution across a rapidly growing organization.

Reporting to the COO, this highly visible role will work closely with the CEO, CFO, and senior leadership team to translate long-term strategy into clear operating plans, measurable priorities, and consistent accountability across the business.

The Director will own core enterprise planning and performance processes including the 3-Year Strategic Plan, Annual Operating Plan, Monthly Business Reviews, OKRs, executive reporting, and board and investor preparation.

This role also leads an experienced Strategy & Operations team and is ideal for someone who combines strategic thinking, financial fluency, executive communication, and strong operating discipline.

Key Responsibilities

Enterprise Strategy & Planning

• Lead development and ongoing refinement of the company’s multi-year strategic plan.
• Translate strategic priorities into clear initiatives, milestones, resource requirements, and measurable outcomes.
• Own the Annual Operating Plan process and coordinate target setting across functions.
• Partner closely with Finance and FP&A to align operating plans, forecasts, and strategic priorities.
• Support scenario planning, value-driver analysis, and enterprise decision‑making.

Business Performance & Governance

• Own the structure and cadence of Monthly Business Reviews.
• Develop dashboards, scorecards, and executive reporting frameworks.
• Synthesize financial and operational performance into clear, decision-ready insights.
• Identify emerging risks, performance gaps, and strategic tradeoffs.
• Drive follow-through on leadership decisions and key business commitments.

OKRs & Organizational Alignment

• Translate enterprise priorities into functional and team-level goals and metrics.
• Maintain alignment between strategic objectives, operating plans, and execution.
• Track progress and help leadership resolve competing priorities or cross-functional dependencies.
• Strengthen accountability and visibility across the organization.

Board & Investor Support

• Lead preparation of board decks, pre-reads, executive briefings, and supporting analysis.
• Partner with leadership and Finance to ensure a consistent business and financial narrative.
• Support investor meeting preparation and executive communications.
• Challenge assumptions, identify gaps, and improve clarity of board-level materials.
• Lead and develop an experienced Strategy & Operations team.
• Set priorities and delegate ownership of major planning and performance workstreams.
• Provide coaching around analysis, executive communication, and strategic problem-solving.
• Support hiring, performance management, development, and succession planning.

Process & Operational Excellence

• Improve planning, reporting, governance, and business-management processes.
• Develop scalable tools, frameworks, templates, and operating standards.
• Create a consistent source of truth for core business processes and planning activities.
• Act as a connector across functions to resolve dependencies and improve execution.
• Represent Strategy & Operations in executive and cross-functional forums.

Required Qualifications

• 8+ years of progressive experience in corporate strategy, Strategy & Operations, strategic finance, FP&A, management consulting, investment banking, or a similar function.
• Experience leading multi-year strategic planning and annual operating planning.
• Strong financial and analytical skills.
• Experience preparing executive, board, or investor-level materials.
• Ability to synthesize complex information into clear recommendations and executive narratives.
• Experience with OKRs, business performance management, or enterprise operating frameworks.
• Experience leading experienced individual contributors.
• Strong executive presence and comfort working directly with C-suite leaders.
• Excellent written, verbal, analytical, and presentation skills.
• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Economics, Engineering, or a related field.

Preferred Qualifications

• MBA or other relevant advanced degree.
• Experience in a high-growth technology, cloud, infrastructure, data center, or related environment.
• Experience building strategy, planning, or governance processes within a scaling organization.
• Background in management consulting, investment banking, corporate development, or strategic finance.
• Experience with scenario modeling, enterprise forecasting, and value-driver analysis.
• Experience within an investment-backed or rapidly scaling company.

Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate is a strategic operator who can move comfortably between long-range planning and day-to-day business performance.

This person should be able to work with executive leadership on enterprise strategy, translate that strategy into measurable operating plans, and build the governance and reporting processes needed to keep teams aligned and accountable.

The strongest candidates will combine strategic thinking, financial acumen, executive communication, and operational discipline with the ability to lead a high-performing team in a fast-moving environment.