Who you are:
You have 6+ years of experience in a combination of strategic and execution-oriented roles including management consulting, program management, or operations and are looking for your next challenge in a hyper-growth, fast-paced, industry disrupting, SaaS company. You are excited to work with emerging technologies and modern tech stack with a collaborative team, where you will have a direct impact on Polly’s roadmap.
Does this sound like you? If so, keep reading and apply today!
What you’ll do:
- Company-wide Planning & Prioritization: Manage biannual and quarterly strategic planning across all functions. Monitor progress on strategic initiatives, proactively identifying risks, dependencies, and opportunities for improvement.
- **Strategic Project Management:**Oversee high impact cross-functional projects, ensuring clear objectives, timelines, and deliverables. Develop and implement systems to track project progress, facilitate collaboration, and resolve roadblocks. Maintain a pulse on organizational capacity and resource allocation to ensure effective execution. Communicate progress, blockers, and key deliverables to teams. Support Operational Excellence teams to launch, deliver, and monitor critical projects.
- **Reporting & Analytics:**Establish and manage reporting mechanisms to track progress on strategic initiatives and key performance metrics. Prepare dashboards, reports, and executive-level summaries to provide clear insights into organizational performance. Use data-driven insights to identify trends, recommend actions, and track the impact of initiatives over time. Analyze ROI and impact of new initiatives and products going to market.
- **Operational Efficiency:**Evaluate and refine internal processes to improve organizational efficiency and effectiveness. Facilitate alignment between leadership and functional teams, ensuring seamless execution of company priorities. Lead initiatives to optimize decision-making and information-sharing across teams.
What you have:
- Proven track record of managing complex projects, driving cross-functional alignment, and leveraging data for decision-making.
- Experience in a fast-paced, high-growth environment, preferably within the SaaS or technology industry.
- Experience working with technical product and engineering teams.
- Strategic thinker who can also dive into operational details when necessary.
- Highly adaptable and able to navigate ambiguity with confidence.
- Results-driven, proactive, and committed to fostering accountability.
- Collaborative leader with a strong focus on building relationships and driving alignment.
- High learning agility. Ability to jump into unfamiliar opportunities and consistently provide clarity, organization, and alignment for other stakeholders.
- Familiarity with data driven decision making and ability to communicate insights and actions to executive stakeholders.
Why join Polly?
- We are attacking a trillion-dollar market with gross inefficiencies and seeking to transform the way an entire industry operates
- We have an experienced leadership team that previously built large and impactful platforms
- Outstanding opportunity for professional growth and upward mobility
- Direct engagement with the decision makers and senior business leaders
- Competitive salaries
- 100% paid medical/vision/dental/disability/life insurance for full time employees
- Flexible vacation
- Hybrid environment; 3x weekly in an innovation hub in San Francisco or Dallas.