Senior Manager, Executive Initiatives

Crunchyroll, LLC; Dallas (TX); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary + bonus

Flexible time off

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

STD/LTD

Life insurance

HSA program

FSA

401(k) match

Parental leave support

Pet friendly offices

Job summary

Crunchyroll, LLC seeks a Senior Manager, Executive Initiatives to drive the Executive Office’s top priorities and ensure leadership moments are thoughtful and well-executed. You will report to the VP, Executive Office and help turn complex topics into clear executive narratives, while planning high-profile leadership events and forums.

You’ll craft agendas, coordinate strategic projects, and work across global teams to advance critical initiatives in a fast-paced, hybrid environment at our

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in management consulting, strategy, Chief of Staff, business transformation, or similar roles.
• Experience working closely with senior executives on complex business questions, recommendations, and decisions.
• Strong analytical and structured problem-solving skills to quickly address ambiguous problems.
• Excellent written and visual communication skills for senior leaders’ briefings and presentations.
• Comfortable moving between strategic work and hands-on execution, including planning high-visibility meetings and events.
• Strong influencing skills to drive work across teams without direct authority.
• High attention to detail, discretion, and sound judgment in a fast-moving executive environment.
• Experience working across global teams or with corporate partners is a plus.
• Strong interest in AI and emerging technology shaping business and consumer behavior.
• MBA or equivalent experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Review strategies and recommendations before they reach the President, identifying gaps and clarifying viewpoints.
• Handle strategic projects and ambiguous business problems with structure and recommendations.
• Create executive presentations, briefings, and decision materials.
• Ensure the President’s meetings focus on the right questions and outcomes.
• Plan and execute SMT offsites, VP+ Summits, and company-wide leadership events.
• Turn Executive Office priorities into purposeful agendas and leadership programming.
• Maintain momentum on decisions after executive discussions.

Skills

Management consulting

Strategy

Executive support

Analytical thinking

Presentation skills

Cross-functional work

Influencing

Attention to detail

Global teams

AI interest

MBA preferred

Education

MBA

Equivalent experience

Job description

Founded by fans, Crunchyroll delivers the art and culture of anime to a passionate community. We super-serve over 100 million anime and manga fans across 200+ countries and territories, and help them connect with the stories and characters they crave. Whether that experience is online or in-person, streaming video, theatrical, games, merchandise, events and more, it’s powered by the anime content we all love.

Join our team, and help us shape the future of anime!

About the role

We're looking for a Senior Manager, Executive Initiatives to help drive the Executive Office's highest-priority work and make sure Crunchyroll's biggest leadership moments are thoughtful, focused, and well executed.

Reporting to the VP, Executive Office across strategic projects, executive decision-making, and company-wide leadership programs. You'll help teams sharpen the thinking and recommendations they bring to the President, turn complex topics into clear executive narratives, and take on ambiguous work that needs structure and a path forward. You'll also roll up your sleeves to plan and execute key leadership events and forums, from SMT offsites and VP+ Summits to our company-wide Hackathon.

Core Areas of Responsibility

• Review strategies and recommendations before they reach the President, pressure-testing the thinking, identifying gaps, and helping teams get to a clear point of view
• Take on strategic projects and ambiguous business problems, bringing structure, analysis, and recommendations
• Build executive presentations, briefings, and decision materials that turn complex topics into clear narratives
• Help ensure the President's most important meetings are focused on the right questions, decisions, and outcomes
• Own the hands-on planning and execution of SMT offsites, VP+ Summits and meetings, the company-wide Hackathon, employee roundtables, and other leadership events
• Turn Executive Office priorities into thoughtful agendas and programming that make the best use of leadership time
• Keep key decisions and commitments moving after executive discussions

We are considering applicants available to work a hybrid schedule, with three days each week onsite at our Dallas office.

About You

We get excited about candidates like you because:

• 8+ years of experience in management consulting, strategy, Chief of Staff, business transformation, or similar roles that require strong problem-solving and business judgment
• Experience working closely with senior executives on complex business questions, recommendations, and decisions
• Strong analytical and structured problem-solving skills, with the ability to quickly make sense of an ambiguous problem and develop a clear point of view
• Excellent written and visual communication skills, with experience creating presentations, briefings, and recommendations for senior leaders
• Comfortable moving between strategic work and hands-on execution, including planning high-visibility leadership meetings, offsites, or events
• Strong influencing skills and the ability to drive work across teams without direct authority
• High attention to detail, discretion, and good judgment in a fast-moving executive environment
• Experience working across global teams or corporate partners is a plus
• Strong interest in AI, emerging technology, and how they are changing business and consumer behavior
• MBA or equivalent experience preferred

About the Team

The Executive Office enables enterprise alignment, executive execution, and strategic acceleration, working to keep Crunchyroll's highest-priority work moving with clarity and speed.

Why you will love working at Crunchyroll

In addition to getting to work with fun, passionate and inspired colleagues, you will also enjoy the following benefits and perks:

• Receive a great compensation package including salary plus performance bonus earning potential, paid annually.
• Flexible time off policies allowing you to take the time you need to be your whole self.
• Generous medical, dental, vision, STD, LTD, and life insurance
• Health Saving Account HSA program
• Health care and dependent care FSA
• 401(k) plan, with employer match
• Support program for new parents
• Pet insurance and some of our offices are pet friendly!

#LifeAtCrunchyroll #LI-Hybrid

About our Values

We want to be everything for someone rather than something for everyone and we do this by living and modeling our values in all that we do. We value

Courage. We believe that when we overcome fear, we enable our best selves.

Curiosity. We are curious, which is the gateway to empathy, inclusion, and understanding.

• Kaizen. We have a growth mindset committed to constant forward progress.

Service. We serve our community with humility, enabling joy and belonging for others.

Our commitment to diversity and inclusion

Our mission of helping people belong reflects our commitment to diversity & inclusion. It's just the way we do business.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at Crunchyroll. Pursuant to applicable law, we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

Crunchyroll, LLC is an independently operated joint venture between US-based Sony Pictures Entertainment, and Japan's Aniplex, a subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) Inc., both subsidiaries of Tokyo-based Sony Group Corporation.

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