Senior Strategy & Operations Manager

Preply; United States; Remote; USD 120.000 - 180.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Preply is building a central Strategy team focused on clarity, focus, and disciplined execution. We are seeking a Senior Strategy Operations Manager to own transformation projects across the company, from improving retention and monetization to expanding beyond languages into new learning categories.

You’ll work with senior leaders and cross-functional partners to turn strategy into measurable outcomes. This role offers the chance to scale globally as Preply accelerates its growth, with a focus

Aufgaben

• Strategic Initiatives transformation end-to-end, typically spanning 3-12 months, with real business impact across the company. Lead cross-functional teams to define strategy, scope workstreams, and drive accountability to outcomes.
• Conduct data-driven analysis and market research to identify growth opportunities, diagnose root causes of business challenges, and recommend new strategic directions.
• Assess and prioritize market opportunities, potential partnerships, or M A targets based on strategic fit and business impact.
• Influence senior leaders without formal authority - navigating competing priorities, building shared ownership, and driving decisions rather than endless discussion.
• Coordinate complex initiatives across product, marketing, operations, and other functions - managing stakeholder alignment and proactively flagging and resolving risks.
• Translate ambiguity into clear scopes and action plans.
• Manage parallel workstreams while maintaining focus on measurable business outcomes, not just

Jobbeschreibung

We power people’s progress.At Preply, we’re all about creating life-changing learning experiences. We help people discover the magic of the perfect tutor, craft a personalised learning journey, and stay motivated to keep growing. Our approach is human-led, tech-enabled - and it’s creating real impact.

We’ve just reached unicorn status with a $150M Series D, accelerating our vision to transform education through human-led, AI-enhanced learning. Today, 100,000+ tutors teach 90+ languages to learners in 180 countries - and we’re only getting started. As a category-defining company, we’re shaping what the future of learning looks like at global scale.

Every Preply lesson sparks change, fuels ambition, and drives progress that matters. Joining Preply means helping define the future of education at global scale, and building something that truly matters for millions of people, every day.

Meet the team

We’re building a central Strategy team at the heart of Preply, driving clarity, focus, and disciplined execution across the company. Reporting directly to our Director of Strategy Operations, the Strategy team will work with the executive team to define company direction, shape strategic priorities, and lead the cross-functional initiatives that turn strategy into measurable business outcomes.

Senior Strategy Operations Manager

As Preply scales globally and prepares for its next growth chapter, we’re looking for Senior Strategy Operations Managers to own strategic transformation projects – from improving customer retention and lifetime value to expanding beyond languages into new learning categories. You’ll work on projects that have genuine impact across the entire business.

What you’ll be doing

• Strategic Initiatives Transformation Own strategic transformation projects end-to-end, typically spanning 3-12 months, with real business impact across the company. Lead cross-functional teams to define strategy, scope workstreams, and drive accountability to outcomes. Examples include improving customer retention and reducing churn, growing customer lifetime value through better monetization and engagement, and evaluating new market segments and product offerings as we expand beyond languages.
• Conduct data-driven analysis and market research to identify growth opportunities, diagnose root causes of business challenges, and recommend new strategic directions.
• Assess and prioritize market opportunities, potential partnerships, or M A targets based on strategic fit and business impact.
• Influence senior leaders without formal authority - navigating competing priorities, building shared ownership, and driving decisions rather than endless discussion.
• Coordinate complex initiatives across product, marketing, operations, and other functions - managing stakeholder alignment and proactively flagging and resolving risks.
• Translate ambiguity into clear scopes and action plans.
• Manage parallel workstreams while maintaining focus on measurable business outcomes, not just