Senior Manager, Executive Initiatives

Crunchyroll, LLC; Los Angeles (CA); Hybrid; USD 169,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary plus bonus potential

Flexible time off

Medical, dental, vision insurance

401(k) plan with employer match

Life insurance

Job summary

Crunchyroll, LLC in Los Angeles is seeking a Senior Manager, Executive Initiatives to drive the Executive Office's highest-priority work and shape leadership events. You will turn complex topics into clear executive narratives and plan SMT offsites, VP+ Summits, and the company-wide Hackathon.

The role collaborates with senior executives, crafts decision materials, and coordinates cross-team initiatives in a fast-moving environment. MBA or equivalent experience is preferred.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in management consulting, strategy, Chief of Staff, business transformation, or similar roles requiring strong problem-solving and business judgment.
• Experience working closely with senior executives on complex questions, recommendations, and decisions.
• Strong analytical and structured problem-solving skills with the ability to render ambiguity into a clear point of view.
• Excellent written and visual communication skills with experience creating presentations for senior leaders.

Responsibilities

• Review strategies and recommendations before they reach the President, pressure-test the thinking and identify gaps.
• Tackle strategic projects and ambiguous business problems with structure and recommendations.
• Build executive presentations, briefings, and decision materials that turn complex topics into clear narratives.
• Ensure the President's meetings focus on the right questions, decisions, and outcomes.
• Own planning and execution of SMT offsites, VP+ Summits, and company-wide events.

Skills

Management consulting

Strategy

Chief of Staff

Business transformation

Problem-solving

Executive communication

Cross-functional work

Education

MBA

Tools

PowerPoint

Excel

Keynote

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 Los Angeles 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

The Pay Range for this position is listed. Actual pay will vary based on factors including, but not limited to location, experience, and performance. The range listed is just one component of Crunchyroll’s Total Rewards offerings for employees. Other rewards may include performance bonuses, employer matched retirement savings, time-off programs, and progressive health benefits and perks.

$169,000 - $200,000 USD

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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As set forth in Crunchyroll, LLC’s Equal Employment Opportunity policy,we do not discriminate on the basis of any protected group status under any applicable law.

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