Strategy & Operations - Senior Manager or Associate Director

Albert Invent Corp; Oakland (CA); Remote; USD 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Senior Manager or Associate Director for their Strategy & Operations team. This role is pivotal in shaping the company's strategic direction and operational efficiency, leveraging data and innovative processes to drive growth. Ideal candidates will possess a strong foundation in strategy, a knack for problem-solving, and the ability to collaborate effectively across teams. Join a dynamic environment where your contributions will have a significant impact on the future of material invention, working alongside passionate professionals dedicated to advancing technology and sustainability.

Qualifications

• 3-8 years of experience in strategy and operations, preferably in consulting or R&D.
• Strong problem-solving skills with a focus on process improvement.

Responsibilities

• Develop and manage strategic processes including corporate growth and digital strategy.
• Analyze existing processes to identify efficiency gaps and design new workflows.

Skills

Strategic Thinking

Process Optimization

Data Analysis

Problem Solving

Communication Skills

Education

Undergraduate in Hard Science or Business

MBA or Master's in Hard Science

Job description

Strategy & Operations - Senior Manager or Associate Director

About Albert Invent:

Albert‘s mission is to Digitalize the World of Chemistry, using data and machine learning to drastically accelerate the invention of new materials. We are looking for individuals to join our strategy team to shape and execute our value creation strategy. If you're passionate about cutting-edge technology and love working in a fast-paced startup culture, we want you on our team!

Why Albert

We have a huge impact. Albert is a small team with a big reach. Our Platform facilitates the invention of materials for tens of thousands of companies and hundreds of thousands of applications - from coatings used on rockets to adhesives used in electric vehicles to 3D printed medical devices.

We love distributed teams. Albert’s home-base is in the Bay Area, but we have multiple offices and employees sprinkled around the globe. In fact, over 50% of our employees work outside of California! An international remote culture is in our DNA.

We care about you. Albert works hard to create a positive environment for our employees, and we think your life outside of work is important too. We work hard and we play hard.

We value diversity. Growing and maintaining our inclusive and diverse team matters to us. We are committed to being a company where our employees feel comfortable bringing their authentic selves to work and have the ability to be successful -- every day.

We’re always looking for humble, sharp, and creative folks to join the Albert team. If you think you might be a fit please apply!

About the Role:

We are seeking highly skilled and experienced Strategy & Operations team members to join the current Strategy, Partnerships and Services team. The ideal candidate will have a strong foundation in strategy and operational frameworks, a proven track record in delivering strategy and scaling customer operations/services within a fast-paced R&D focused industry environment. This role requires a strategic thinker who can build processes based on identified / foreseeable gaps, operationalize processes and systems to enhance customer operational efficiency, and with the knowhow of tracking and delivering KPIs/OKRs/Success Criteria against the strategic framework. This role will report to the VP of Strategy and Partnership Services.

What you’ll do:

1. Core Strategy: Develop and/or manage the development of the following strategic processes (not exhaustive): Core diligence, digital strategy, digital maturity and enablement strategy, corporate growth strategy and change strategy.
2. Strategy and Operations: Develop and implement strategies to optimize processes, focusing on the optimization of current to future state and technological improvements. Analyze existing processes and identify efficiency gaps, bottlenecks, and automation opportunities. Design new workflows and optimize existing ones for scalability and customer satisfaction.
3. Product Strategy: Develop product strategy in collaboration with our EPD and marketing team, to support the evaluation of horizontal and vertical product growth, market fit, market trends, short and long range planning, and alignment to corporate growth strategy.
4. Partnership Strategy: Develop and build the strategic framework focused on an industry ecosystem of partners that will help grow our ability in Market. Execute on the strategic framework to build, grow and maintain partnership ecosystem to support both market, client and product strategy needs.

You will have:

1. Experience: 3-8 years of work experience within strategy and operations, either in from consulting or R&D related industry.
2. Process Mindset: You're a natural problem solver with a passion for streamlining complex processes, establishing structure, and a keen eye for identifying opportunities for improvement.
3. Data-Driven: You thrive on using metrics to measure success, identify trends, and inform actionable insights to drive continuous optimization.
4. Technologically Savvy: You have a proven track record of being flexible and able to adapt in a fast-growing technology environment, strategizing and executing on a vast array of client needs.
5. Collaborative Leader: You have outstanding communication skills and excel at fostering trust building both internally with cross functionally teams but also externally with client stakeholders/leaders.
6. Educational Background: Preferred undergraduate background in hard science or business. Masters in a hard science related field or an MBA is a plus, but not required.