Senior Strategy & Operations Manager

Snorkel AI; Redwood City (CA); On-site; USD 130,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision insurance

401(k)

Job summary

Snorkel AI in Redwood City, CA, is hiring a Senior Strategy & Operations Manager to lead the Data-as-a-Service (DaaS) operations in a high-growth environment. You will own operating cadences, planning cycles, capacity planning, and end-to-end initiatives across Supply, Delivery, GTM, Innovation, Finance, and Engineering.

You will translate strategy into structured execution, balance ambiguity with hands-on delivery, and partner with functional leaders to drive measurable outcomes in a rapidly

Qualifications

• 7+ years in strategy, operations, or similar roles.
• Experience partnering with operational leaders in high-growth or complex environments.
• Ability to drive cross-functional initiatives end-to-end.
• Strong analytical skills with data-driven decision making.
• Ability to bring structure to ambiguous problem spaces.
• Proven track record of influencing without authority.
• Excellent written and verbal communication with senior stakeholders.
• Strong prioritization and bias toward action.
• Comfortable operating in imperfect systems while building scalable processes.
• Entrepreneurial mindset with high ownership.

Responsibilities

• Partner with leaders across DaaS to bring operational clarity, execution rigor, and alignment to their highest-priority initiatives
• Own the operating cadence of the business — weekly, monthly, and quarterly reviews — and ensure goals, metrics, and reporting tell a clear story to leadership
• Drive cross-functional initiatives end-to-end, especially the ones that span multiple teams or sit in the gaps between them
• Lead annual planning and quarterly business review inputs across DaaS, translating strategic priorities into structured operating plans and measurable milestones
• Diagnose performance issues across the business — capacity, quality, throughput, customer outcomes, cost — and partner with the right function to fix them
• Step in to own ambiguous workstreams or new problem areas as they emerge, and drive them to outcomes
• Improve operational processes and build durable systems that reduce friction and increase throughput as the business scales
• Identify execution risks early and proactively surface trade-offs to leadership
• Serve as a thought partner and executor to DaaS leadership and adjacent teams

Skills

Strategic thinking

Cross-functional collaboration

Data-driven decisions

Project management

Excellent communication

Prioritization

Ownership

Job description

About Snorkel

At Snorkel, we believe meaningful AI doesn’t start with the model, it starts with the data.

We’re on a mission to help enterprises transform expert knowledge into specialized AI at scale. The AI landscape has gone through incredible changes since 2015, when Snorkel started as a research project in the Stanford AI Lab, to the generative AI breakthroughs of today. But one thing has remained constant: the data you use to build AI is the key to achieving differentiation, high performance, and production-ready systems. We work with some of the world’s largest organizations to empower scientists, engineers, financial experts, product creators, journalists, and more to build custom AI with their data faster than ever before. Excited to help us redefine how AI is built? Apply to be the newest Snorkeler!

About the Role

We are hiring a Senior Strategy & Operations Manager to help run Snorkel’s rapidly scaling Data-as-a-Service (DaaS) business. DaaS Operations is the centralized Strategy & Operations team reporting into the Head of Strategy and Operations, partnering across Supply, Delivery, GTM, Innovation, Finance, and Engineering to keep the business running with rigor and scaling efficiently as complexity grows.

In this role, you will move fluidly across the most important problems in the business — operating cadences and planning cycles, capacity and supply planning, project execution and quality, customer outcomes, and the new operating functions we are standing up as DaaS scales. You will own end-to-end workstreams that don’t have a clear home, build the operating systems behind them, and partner closely with the leaders of each function to turn strategy into measurable execution.

This is a high-impact role suited for a strong operator who thrives in ambiguity, brings structure to fast-moving environments, and can balance strategic thinking with hands-on execution.

What You’ll Do

• Partner with leaders across DaaS — Supply, Delivery, GTM, Innovation, Finance, and Engineering — to bring operational clarity, execution rigor, and alignment to their highest-priority initiatives
• Own the operating cadence of the business — weekly, monthly, and quarterly reviews — and ensure goals, metrics, and reporting tell a clear story to leadership
• Drive cross-functional initiatives end-to-end, especially the ones that span multiple teams or sit in the gaps between them
• Lead annual planning and quarterly business review inputs across DaaS, translating strategic priorities into structured operating plans and measurable milestones
• Diagnose performance issues across the business — capacity, quality, throughput, customer outcomes, cost — and partner with the right function to fix them
• Step in to own ambiguous workstreams or new problem areas as they emerge, and drive them to outcomes
• Improve operational processes and build durable systems that reduce friction and increase throughput as the business scales
• Identify execution risks early and proactively surface trade-offs to leadership
• Serve as a thought partner and executor to DaaS leadership and adjacent teams

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in strategy, operations, consulting, or similar roles
• Experience partnering closely with operational leaders in high-growth or complex environments
• Demonstrated ability to drive cross-functional initiatives and deliver outcomes end-to-end
• Strong analytical skills with comfort using data to inform decisions and track performance
• Ability to bring structure and clarity to ambiguous problem spaces
• Proven track record of influencing without authority
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with experience presenting to senior stakeholders
• Strong prioritization skills and bias toward action
• Comfortable operating in imperfect systems while building scalable processes
• Entrepreneurial mindset with high ownership and accountability

Bonus Points

• Experience in services, marketplace, or data-driven businesses
• Exposure to delivery, operations, or workforce-based execution models
• Experience supporting planning cycles and executive reporting

Pay Transparency Notice: Depending on your work location, the target annual salary for this position can range as detailed below. Snorkel also includes benefits (including medical, dental, vision and 401(k)).

Pay Range $130,000-$200,000

Be Your Best at Snorkel

Joining Snorkel AI means becoming part of a company that has market proven solutions, robust funding, and is scaling rapidly—offering a unique combination of stability and the excitement of high growth. As a member of our team, you’ll have meaningful opportunities to shape priorities and initiatives, influence key strategic decisions, and directly impact our ongoing success. Whether you’re looking to deepen your technical expertise, explore leadership opportunities, or learn new skills across multiple functions, you’re fully supported in building your career in an environment designed for growth, learning, and shared success.

Snorkel AI is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and is committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. Snorkel AI embraces diversity and provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment. Snorkel AI prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type on the basis of race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, performance, merit, and business need.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.