Business Operations Analyst

It takes powerful technology to connect our brands and partners with an audience of nearly 900 million. Whether you're looking to write mobile app code, engineer the servers behind our massive ad tech stacks, or develop algorithms to help us process trillions of data points a day, what you do here will have a huge impact on our business-and the world. Want in?
A Little About Us
Our brands, including Yahoo, Yahoo Mail, Yahoo Finance, Yahoo Sports, Yahoo News & TechCrunch help people communicate, transact, learn, and play while creating new ways for advertisers and partners to connect. With technologies like XR, AI, machine-learning, and 5G, we're transforming media for tomorrow, too. We're creators and coders, dreamers and doers creating what's next in content, advertising, and technology. What you do here will have a huge impact on our business-and the world
Under the office of the CTO, the Yahoo Platforms Engineering (YPE) group enables all of the Yahoo verticals to develop and deliver the best possible products to our customers globally with the highest standards. Yahoo's Platforms Engineering organization creates modern, secure, and efficient software platforms to power all of Yahoo's brands at scale. Within YPE, the Business Operations and Strategy (BOS) team is responsible for maintaining operational excellence. We develop and execute team strategy, create and maintain best-in-class processes and procedures, and coordinate cross-team priorities and initiatives to ensure the highest quality of service for our business partners and key stakeholders.
A Lot About You
The YPE BOS team is looking for a highly qualified business analyst to work in our Business Operations team. From day one, the business analyst will have an immediate impact on our productivity, coordinating and streamlining initiatives, overseeing and improving business processes, and communicating objectives between departments. The ideal candidate will have proven experience in a business management role, with a special focus on executive-level advising and interdepartmental collaboration.
Responsibilities:

• Work closely with Yahoo Eng, YPE teams, and core functions to align operations with strategy. Effect results by maneuvering through appropriate formal and informal organization channels. Influence executives in the organization.
• Own operational business processes including hiring and onboarding, setting and updating quarterly OKRs, reviewing and approving requests for travel and training, and supporting business operations reviews
• Own the overall creation, implementation and ongoing maintenance process of internal standard operating procedures and documentation that drive efficiency and efficacy
• Maintain and report on your teams' financial metrics (e.g., headcount, OpEx, CapEx) and work closely with key FP&A partners

• Provide CTO-level communications on team wins/progress/status
• Own the overall organizational stakeholder and engagement communication plan for the respective YPE teams

Qualifications:

• 3+ years in a business or executive management role
• Demonstrated expertise in planning, budgeting, and time management
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Nimble business mind with a focus on developing creative solutions

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