Director, Strategy & Operations - Growth

Swooped; United States; Remote; USD 195,000 - 234,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading fintech company is seeking a Director of Strategy & Operations to drive growth initiatives and enhance operational alignment. This role requires a strategic thinker with over 10 years of experience in high-growth environments, strong analytical abilities, and a proven track record in financial modeling. The position offers direct exposure to executive leaders and the opportunity to shape the company's strategic direction.

Benefits

100% company-paid medical, dental, and vision

401(k) + company equity

Unlimited paid time off + 13 company paid holidays

Parental leave

Non-profit company match

Qualifications

• 10+ years of relevant work experience in strategy or operations.
• Experience in high-growth tech/fintech companies is preferred.
• Strong conceptual skills and ability to work in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute growth programs based on experimentation and analysis.
• Collaborate with leadership to set and achieve strategic objectives.
• Drive decisions through well-researched and reasoned proposals.

Skills

Entrepreneurial mindset

Financial modeling

Interpersonal skills

Analytical skills

Operational excellence

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Base pay range

$195,000.00/yr - $234,000.00/yr

About the Role

The Strategy & Operations team serves as the “API” through which company strategy, ways of working, and culture are transmitted to the departments. Your responsibilities will span both departmental strategy and operations, including framework development, project planning, financial modeling, research, and analysis. This role positions you at the very heart of the business, collaborating closely with Strategy & Operations peers, as well as with company and departmental leadership. This is an exceptional opportunity for a gritty, entrepreneurial problem solver able to toggle between strategy and execution. This role will provide frequent exposure to the Founders and Executive Team, giving hands-on experience of what it takes to lead and operate a world-class consumer fintech.

As the Strategy & Operations lead deployed to the Growth organization, you’ll help set strategy and long-range objectives for one of the largest and fastest growing departments. You will work in close partnership with the Chief Strategy Officer, Head of Growth and SVP of Risk — to define and execute against channel strategy to drive growth, as well as supporting strategy and coordination across the Growth organization.

What You’ll Do

• Define, lead and execute growth programs (eg. unlock a new channel) underpinned by experimentation, quantitative analysis, operational excellence, and continuous iteration
• Collaborate closely with cross-functional partners to ensure that growth initiatives align with product development cycles and engineering capabilities, maintaining a tight feedback loop.
• Partner with your department leader to set long-range strategy and translate it into tangible near-term goals and milestones that ensure tight execution
• Level up internal processes to drive tighter alignment between the Growth org and the larger company
• Drive critical decisions through well researched and reasoned proposals, leveraging frameworks and data to uplevel the process by quick deliberation
• Distill progress into executive-facing monthly memos, facilitating the review meetings to ensure the right strategic conversations are had
• Operate at top-decile levels of speed and productivity, dealing constructively with pressure and debate

Who You Are

• Ideally 10+ years of relevant work experience (e.g., investment banking, management consulting, start-up role in strategy, growth, biz ops, or chief of staff function)
• Direct work (or advisory experience) with a high-growth tech/fintech company preferred
• Entrepreneurial - finds the messiness of 0-to-1 building exhilarating
• Strong conceptual facility; extremely fast thinker
• Comfort “fog sculpting,” making amorphous projects tractable
• Well honed interpersonal skills; able to drive results through others without compromising relationships and rapport
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced (and at times chaotic) environment
• Obsessive attention to detail; high bar for your own work product
• Advanced financial modeling skills

Salary Range

The compensation range for this role will be commensurate with the candidate's experience and the hiring company's internal leveling guidelines and benchmarks. For working locations in NY/NJ/CA, the base salary pay range will be $217,000 - $234,000. For all other states, the base salary pay range will be $195,000 - $211,000.

Life at the Company:

It is understood that it takes a diverse team of highly intelligent, curious, determined, empathetic, and self aware people to grow a successful company. The company's HQ is located in New York City, but they have employees located throughout the US, Australia, Canada and South America. They are growing quickly, but deliberately, with a focus on building an inclusive culture. The dynamic team has incredible perspectives to share, just as they know you do, and they take great pride in being an equal opportunity workplace.

The company offers many employee benefits. For full time, U.S. based employees they offer:

• Competitive pay
• 100% company-paid medical, dental, and vision
• 401(k) + company equity
• Unlimited paid time off + 13 company paid holidays
• Parental leave
• Cares Program: Non-profit company match + pet adoption coverage
• Free subscription to the company's services

For full time non-US employees, the company offers:

• Competitive Pay
• Company Equity
• Unlimited PTO

Note:

“We are not the EOR (Employer of Record) for this position. Our role in this specific opportunity is to connect outstanding candidates with a top-tier employer. Swooped helps candidates around the world to discover and stay focused on the jobs they want until they can complete a full application in the hiring company career page/ATS.”

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Director

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Strategy/Planning, Business Development, and Management

• Industries

  Computer and Network Security and Technology, Information and Media

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