Strategy and Operations Manager

Join Parachute, LLC; Columbus (OH); On-site; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Career growth opportunities

Competitive compensation

Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance

Paid time off

Company paid holidays

Job summary

Join Parachute, LLC in Columbus, OH seeks a Strategy and Operations Manager to drive operational excellence across multiple plasma donation centers. You will act as the primary liaison between Center Leadership and Corporate teams, shaping processes and ensuring regulatory compliance.

You will oversee centers generating $15–$40 million yearly while guiding audits, HR development, and improvements in performance, safety and quality. A fast-moving startup culture awaits a capable strategist.

Qualifications

• Data-driven mindset and ability to turn numbers into actions.
• Strong strategic thinking with execution focus.
• Experience working with multiple departments in a matrixed organization.
• Comfortable in regulated environments and maintaining compliance.
• Excellent critical thinking, decision-making and problem-solving skills.
• Proven ability to lead teams and develop talent.
• Strong organizational skills with attention to detail and priorities.
• Willingness and ability to travel overnight up to 75%.

Responsibilities

• Oversee a portfolio of centers that generate $15mm - $40mm in annual revenue.
• Continuously iterate and re-engineer processes to support rapid growth.
• Monitor adherence to quality policies and regulatory standards across facilities.
• Analyze KPIs and nonconformance events to drive improvements.
• Prepare centers for audits and assist in audit responses with regulatory agencies.
• Guide on HR issues and develop center leadership through initiatives.
• Ensure facilities meet safety, compliance and cleanliness standards.
• Assist with recruitment, training and developing management talent.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

Data-driven

Strategic thinking

Cross-functional

Regulatory awareness

Critical thinking

Problem solving

Organizational skills

People leadership

Ambiguity tolerance

Travel readiness

Job description

Strategy and Operations Manager

Department: Operations

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: Columbus, OH

Description

Who Are We?

Powered by technology and compassionate design, Parachute has reimagined the plasma donation experience into one that is easier and friendlier. Using a simple app, our members can book donations and track earnings from the palm of their hand. In using a tech-forward approach, we're able to offer each member a highly personable and best-in-class experience that’s consistent at each and every visit.

Our vision is to introduce an elevated plasma donation experience to markets with smaller populations that’s grounded in convenience. This model allows us to positively impact the industry supply chain and help patients gain access to the life changing medication they need.

We have grown from 2 to 33+ operations in ~3 years and are looking for new team members to help us scale to 50 centers. We are searching for individuals who share in our passion for helping others and are invigorated by the speed at which our start-up moves. Come join us as we help the world gain access to more plasma - one donation at a time.

What You'll Do

As the Strategy and Operations Manager, you will play a crucial role in driving operational excellence and ensuring quality compliance across multiple facilities. Serving as the primary point of contact between Center Leadership and Corporate departments, you will facilitate seamless communication and alignment between the two.

• Oversee a portfolio of centers that generate $15mm - $40mm in annual revenue.
• Constantly iterate and re-engineer our existing processes. With our rapid growth we need individuals who can continuously evolve our processes and systems to meet larger needs.
• Monitor and assess adherence to quality policies, ensuring facilities maintain compliance with relevant regulations and industry standards.
• Analyze performance metrics, KPIs, and nonconformance events to identify areas for center level or corporate level improvement. As an end to end problem solver, you will take issues diagnosis to solution.
• Prepare centers for audits and assist the Center Leadership Team (CLT) and corporate departments in audit preparation, inspection and audit response actions representing company to regulatory agencies and inspectors.
• Guide and advise on employee-related issues, promoting fairness, and adherence to HR policies while cultivating center leadership through strategic development initiatives.
• Ensure facility maintenance meets the highest safety, compliance, and cleanliness standards in partnership with corporate facilities.
• Assist with recruitment, training, developing management talent through regular meetings, goal check-ins, development plans and on-site visits and assessments.
• Perform other job-related duties as assigned.

Who You Are

• You live at the intersection of strategy and execution. You are able to understand the business from 30,000 feet and know when to nose dive into the weeds to impact outcomes.
• Comfortable working with multiple departments in a complex matrixed organization and experience working in a regulated environment.
• A data led individual, your first reaction is to delve into the numbers as a source of truth.
• Excellent critical reasoning, decision-making and problem-solving skills to analyze situations, determine risks, find solutions to prevent future issues and resolve recurring deficiencies.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to details to handle multiple tasks, short deadlines, frequent interruptions and shifting priorities in support of changing company objectives.
• A natural leader, you have experience and success in managing teams of varying competencies, supporting them to reach progressively larger goals
• Comfortable dealing with a degree of ambiguity and proposing pragmatic solutions to problems.
• Overnight travel required up to 75% of the time without lengthy lead-time.

Benefits

• Career growth opportunities
• Competitive compensation
• Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance
• Paid time off
• Company paid holidays