Senior Strategy & Planning Manager

Rocket Lab; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 160,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Rocket Lab is seeking a Senior Strategy & Planning Manager to drive strategic clarity and execution for key customer segments. This role will work across various teams to define priorities, contribute to company-wide planning, and improve organizational effectiveness, ideal for a candidate with a strong strategic and analytical background.

Benefits

Competitive salary and equity

Employer-paid medical, dental, and vision insurance

Retirement employer match

Learning & Development stipend

Turo host matching program

Paid time off and holidays

In-office lunches and snacks

Qualifications

• 8+ years in consulting, corporate strategy, product, finance, or operations.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to partner with finance stakeholders.
• Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional projects independently.

Responsibilities

• Lead segment-level strategy and planning for a primary customer segment.
• Collaborate with functional teams to define priorities and manage roadmaps.
• Track business performance against objectives and support strategic reviews.

Skills

Structured thinking

Problem solving

Analytical skills

Commercial acumen

Attention to detail

Education

Bachelor’s degree or MBA preferred

Tools

Excel

SQL

Job description

About the team

Turo is entering an exciting new chapter of growth in the US, and we’re looking for a sharp, thoughtful and versatile Senior Strategy & Planning Manager to help us accelerate our momentum. This high-impact role will support company-wide planning efforts while taking the lead on shaping the end-to-end strategy for one of our key customer segments.

This role will collaborate closely with senior leaders across the business—including product, marketing, data, and finance—to drive strategic clarity, enable cross-functional alignment, and ensure execution is tightly linked to our most important customer and business goals.

You’ll thrive here if you enjoy untangling complex systems, solving ambiguous problems, and translating strategy into action across fast-moving, highly collaborative teams. It’s a high-impact role with strong visibility and influence.

What you will do

• Lead segment-level strategy - Own the strategic narrative and planning approach for one of Turo’s primary customer segments, synthesizing insights across product, marketing, operations, finance, and data.

• Planning & roadmapping - Contribute to the company-wide strategic planning cycle, working with functional teams and leaders to define priorities, identify key initiatives, and map out sequenced roadmaps to support execution.

• Structure problems and drive alignment - Work with cross-functional teams to define key challenges and opportunities, propose solution pathways, and drive shared understanding of tradeoffs, sequencing, and risks.

• Business Performance & Strategic Reviews - Help track progress toward company objectives, support recurring business reviews, and highlight areas where we are over- or under-performing against targets.

• Collaboration & Communication - Build strong relationships across the business and act as a connective tissue between functions, helping to clarify goals, drive alignment, and ensure teams stay focused on what matters most.

• Organizational Effectiveness - Identify opportunities to improve how we plan, communicate, and hold ourselves accountable as a company, helping elevate our performance culture.

Your profile

• 8+ years of experience in consulting, corporate strategy, product, finance, or operations, ideally within a high-growth tech or marketplace environment

• Excellent structured thinking and problem-solving ability—you can break down ambiguity into actionable plans and guide others to clarity

• Skilled in building structured narratives and executive-ready presentations—your decks turn insights into action

• Strong analytical toolkit—fluent in Excel/Sheets, comfortable with data tools (e.g. SQL in a requirement), and able to partner effectively with finance and analytics stakeholders

• Commercial acumen—you understand how strategic decisions influence P&L, growth levers, and our cost base

• Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional projects independently, from problem identification through to execution

• High attention to detail, with the ability to toggle between big picture and ground-level implementation

• Comfortable operating in a fast-paced, evolving environment—you’re adaptable, self-directed, and always looking for ways to improve how things work

• Curious, driven, and motivated to make a meaningful contribution to Turo’s mission

• Exceptional communicator and collaborator, with the ability to influence and align stakeholders across levels, functions, and time zones

Bonus if you have

Bachelor’s degree and/or MBA preferred but not essential

For this role, the target base salary range for the Phoenix and the SF Bay Area is $160,000-$200,000 annually. This role is also eligible for equity and benefits. In general, our ranges reflect the minimum and maximum market-based targets for the role based on its level and location and are subject to change. Within the range, individual pay is determined by objective factors assessed during the application and interview process, such as job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. We encourage you to talk with your recruiter to learn more about the total compensation and benefits available for this role.

Turo highly values having employees working in-office to foster a collaborative work environment and company culture. This role will be in-office on a hybrid schedule — Turists will be expected to work in the office 3 days per week on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. Turo considers working in the office at least 3 days per week to be an essential function of this hybrid role. Your recruiter can share more information about the various in-office perks Turo offers.

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Benefits

• Competitive salary, equity, benefits, and perks for all full-time employees

• Employer-paid medical, dental, and vision insurance (Country specific)

• Retirement employer match

• Learning & Development stipend to invest in your professional development

• Turo host matching program

• Turo travel credit

• Cell phone and internet stipend

• Paid time off to relax and recharge

• Paid holidays, volunteer time off, and parental leave

• For those who are in the office full-time or hybrid we have in-office lunch, office snacks, and fun activities

We are committed to building a diverse team. If you are from a background that's underrepresented in tech, we'd love to meet you.

Aside from an award winning work environment and the opportunity to be part of the world’s largest car sharing marketplace, we are also growing the team quickly - join us! Even if you don't meet every qualification, we are looking for people with enthusiasm for what we do and we will consider you for this and other possibilities.

About Turo

Turo is the world’s largest car sharing marketplace where you can book the perfect car for wherever you’re going from a vibrant community of trusted hosts across the US, UK, Canada, Australia, and France. Whether you're flying in from afar or looking for a car down the street, searching for a rugged truck or something smooth and swanky, Turo puts you in the driver's seat of an extraordinary selection of cars shared by local hosts.

Discover Turo at https://turo.com, the App Store, and Google Play, and check out our blog, Field Notes.

Read more about the Turo culture according to Turo CEO, Andre Haddad.

Turo is an Equal Opportunity Employer and a participant in the U.S. Federal E-Verify program. Women, minorities, individuals with disabilities and protected veterans are encouraged to apply. We welcome people of different backgrounds, experiences, abilities and perspectives.

Turo will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, as applicable.

We welcome candidates with physical, mental, and/or neurological disabilities. If you require assistance applying for an open position, or need accommodation during the recruiting process due to a disability, please submit a request to People Operations by emailing [e-mail].