Our client, a large B2B SaaS company in San Francisco, is seeking a Sr. Manager, Corporate Strategy and Operations for a 7-8 month maternity leave cover. This person will help to help orchestrate strategy execution across a complex, global organization. This role will build the frameworks, operating rhythms, and processes that keep teams aligned around strategic priorities while driving high-impact initiatives from inception through delivery. The Sr. Manager will work across strategy, operations, finance, and business functions to size new market opportunities, support M&A integration, identify large-scale opportunities to improve efficiency and reduce operational spend, and ensure critical programs stay on track. This is a highly visible role for a strategic and operationally minded leader who can connect big-picture objectives to detailed execution, manage competing priorities, identify risks and opportunities, and keep stakeholders aligned around measurable outcomes.

• Location: Remote PST
• Duration: 7-8 month maternity leave cover
• Pay Rate: $80-94/hour

Responsibilities:

• Orchestrate the execution of corporate strategy and establish frameworks, processes, and operating rhythms that align a global organization around strategic priorities
• Lead high-priority, cross-functional initiatives from inception through delivery, ensuring clear objectives, ownership, timelines, and success measures
• Evaluate and size new market opportunities, business opportunities, and strategic investments to inform leadership decision-making
• Support M&A integration initiatives, coordinating workstreams, stakeholders, milestones, and dependencies to ensure successful execution
• Identify and develop large-scale opportunities to reduce operational spend, improve performance, and increase organizational efficiency
• Plan and implement program schedules, establish milestones, monitor progress, and ensure initiatives remain on track through completion
• Define and report program roadmap status, development issues, risks, dependencies, and success metrics to senior leadership and key stakeholders
• Identify areas of risk across programs and proactively develop mitigation strategies to protect cost, performance, quality, and schedule
• Continuously assess opportunities to improve processes, operating models, cost structures, and program performance
• Build, manage, and monitor program budgets, forecasts, and resource plans while ensuring alignment with strategic priorities
• Develop clear reporting and governance mechanisms that provide leadership with visibility into progress, performance, risks, and decisions
• Manage stakeholder engagement across functions and levels of the organization, building alignment and maintaining strong stakeholder satisfaction
• Facilitate cross-functional meetings, working sessions, and executive updates to drive decisions, resolve issues, and maintain momentum
• Maintain awareness of market trends, business conditions, organizational priorities, and internal processes and practices that may impact individual projects or the broader program portfolio
• Establish and maintain strong relationships with business leaders and functional partners to understand priorities, anticipate challenges, and drive effective execution
• Translate complex business challenges and strategic objectives into actionable plans, workstreams, and measurable outcomes
• Ensure programs remain aligned with broader corporate strategy and adjust priorities, resources, and timelines as business needs evolve

Required Qualifications:

• 8+ years of experience in corporate strategy, business operations, management consulting, program management, or a related strategic function
• Proven experience leading complex, cross-functional programs and strategic initiatives within a large or global organization
• Strong strategic thinking and business acumen, with the ability to evaluate market opportunities, identify growth or efficiency opportunities, and translate analysis into action
• Experience supporting M&A integration, organizational transformation, cost optimization, or other enterprise-scale initiatives
• Strong program and project management skills, including experience developing roadmaps, schedules, budgets, milestones, governance structures, and success metrics
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple workstreams and competing priorities while maintaining focus on strategic outcomes
• Strong financial acumen and experience building, managing, and monitoring budgets and business cases
• Exceptional analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to identify risks, uncover opportunities, and make data-informed recommendations
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to communicate complex information clearly to senior executives and diverse stakeholder groups
• Proven ability to build relationships, influence without direct authority, and drive alignment across functions and organizational levels
• Highly organized and detail-oriented, with a strong ability to move between strategic thinking and hands-on execution
• Comfortable operating in a fast-paced, ambiguous environment and adapting plans as business conditions and organizational priorities change
• Strong understanding of business operations, organizational processes, and performance improvement methodologies
• Experience working in a global or highly matrixed organization preferred

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