Senior Manager, Strategy & Operations

Edmunds offers flexibility to work fully remote, from our Edquarters, or a combination of both

At Edmunds we’re driven to make car buying easier. Ever since we began publishing printed car guides in the 60’s, the company has been in the business of trust, innovating ways to empower and support car shoppers. When Edmunds launched the car industry’s first Internet site in 1994, we established a leadership position online and have never looked back. Now, as one of the most trusted review sites on the Internet, millions of visitors use our research, shopping and buying tools every month to make an easy and informed decision on their next car. For consumers, we bring peace of mind. For dealers, we make tools to help them solve their problems and sell more cars. How do we do it, you ask? The key ingredients are our enthusiastic employees, progressive company culture and cutting-edge technology. Want to join the team? Read on to find out how!

What You’re Applying For:

Edmunds is looking for a Strategy & Business Operations Senior Manager to join the corporate strategy team to drive the long-term strategy of Edmunds and support management of key business operations. You will manage and execute core operational processes such as business planning, revenue management, and financial reporting, as well as strategy projects around corporate priorities. This is a highly visible and cross-functional role that collaborates across Edmunds’ business, product, and marketing teams.

What You’ll Do:

This role will include a mix of corporate strategy, strategic & financial planning, and business operations responsibilities. Key responsibilities include:

• Corporate Strategy
  • Assess long-term growth strategy in the automotive space
  • Track and utilize automotive, tech, and competitive trends in the market to inform and shape Edmunds’ market positioning
  • Build high level strategic opportunity and financial models to develop insights and drive recommendations
  • Identify and lead ad hoc strategic projects
•  Strategic & Financial Planning
  • Manage long-term strategy planning initiatives with key stakeholders
  • Support annual strategic, operations, and financial planning processes
• Business Operations
  • Work with cross-functional teams to achieve business priorities, meet revenue goals, and manage budgets
  • Develop analytical frameworks, tools, and techniques to optimize and improve business operations
  • Drives operational cadence, including marketing optimization, measuring progress against OKRs, and leading monthly/quarterly planning

What You Need:

• Bachelor’s degree
• 5-8 Years of Strategy Experience, with at least 2 years in Management Consulting or a top-tier strategy department
• Ability to translate vision, trends, and opportunities into effective and executable strategies
• Analytical and metrics-driven; ability to draw insights from data and leverage data in decision-making process
• Strong interpersonal, communication, and collaboration skills; ability to effectively communicate and collaborate with both internal and external stakeholders
• Willingness to get “hands dirty” and drive outcomes needed to achieve business, revenue, and budget goals

Edmunds Perks:

• Flexible time off

• 13 Paid Holidays

• Comprehensive Health Benefits (medical, dental, vision, life and disability)

• Flexible Spending Accounts (Employees) and Health Savings Accounts (Employee and Employer Contributions)

• 401K Plan with Company Matching at 50%, up to 6% of employee eligible contribution and vesting after 1 year

• Up to 4 months Paid Parental Leave

• HeartCash matches employee donations to the causes that are important to them 

• 2 Days of Paid Time Off for time to dedicate to social impact causes

• FitCash covers a portion of gym or fitness activity fees 

• Well being sessions and events such as yoga, meditation and walking challenges 

• On-going career development sessions and an annual learning event

• Pet insurance

• Sabbatical leave

• Education Reimbursement

• Plus a coffee bar, frozen yogurt and more!

Working @ Edmunds.com:

Employees think it’s a pretty great place to work and some pretty impressive publications think it is too: we have been recognized as one of the best places to work by the Fortune Magazine and Great Places to Work, LA Business Journal (for the last 6 years!), Computerworld, Built in LA and Inc. Magazine. We've also been identified as one of the best workplaces specifically in Technology and also for Diversity and Asian Americans. If you’re interested in learning more and joining our mission, we’d love to hear from you!

Edmunds will consider for employment qualified candidates with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of all applicable laws.

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