Strategic Growth and Planning Operations Director

We are looking for a senior strategic operator to help shape priorities accelerate decision-making and drive execution across our Growth & Planning organization. As the Strategic Growth & Planning Operations Director you’ll serve as a trusted partner to the SVP of Growth & Planning helping shape how the organization prioritizes makes decisions and executes against its most important opportunities.

You’ll sit at the center of a highly cross-functional environment working closely with Growth Planning Finance CDI Product Engineering Business Development Marketing and regional teams to help leaders allocate attention navigate trade-offs and translate strategic priorities into measurable business outcomes.

• Own the operating rhythm and governance mechanisms for the Growth & Planning leadership team to improve overall organizational effectiveness.
• Ensure leaders have clear visibility into priorities performance risks dependencies and strategic trade-offs.
• Create the management systems that drive accountability alignment and execution across the organization.
• Maintain a portfolio-level view of our highest-priority initiatives helping leaders manage competing priorities and resource allocation.
• Identify organizational friction and cross-functional dependencies driving resolution before they become barriers to progress.
• Ensure critical initiatives move smoothly from discussion to decision to execution with clear ownership and follow-through.
• Develop executive-level presentations leadership updates memos and decision materials that support informed decision-making.
• Translate complex cross-functional inputs into clear narratives recommendations and actions for executive audiences.
• Clarify ownership and escalation paths to help leaders make better faster decisions.
• Own and improve the processes that connect strategic priorities to OKRs planning cycles and business reviews.

We are considering applicants available to work a hybrid schedule with three days each week onsite at our Dallas office.

• 12+ years of experience in management consulting corporate strategy strategic planning growth strategy business planning or similar strategic leadership roles
• Experience in or exposure to streaming media entertainment gaming subscription consumer technology or other digital consumer businesses
• Proven ability to partner directly with senior executives in a fast-paced global and highly cross-functional organization
• Demonstrated success leading high-impact cross-functional initiatives and influencing outcomes across senior stakeholder groups
• Strong executive presence and influencing skills with the ability to drive decisions accountability and alignment without direct authority
• Exceptional communication skills including the ability to synthesize complex information into clear narratives executive presentations memos and decision materials
• Proven success designing and operating executive planning governance and decision-making processes
• Strong business judgment and analytical rigor including the ability to assess performance evaluate trade-offs and inform executive decision-making
• Passion for anime entertainment fandom or youth culture is a plus
• MBA or advanced degree or equivalent experience in strategy operations or leadership roles

In addition to getting to work with fun passionate and inspired colleagues you will also enjoy the following benefits and perks:

• Receive a great compensation package including salary plus performance bonus earning potential paid annually.
• Flexible time off policies allowing you to take the time you need to be your whole self.
• Generous medical dental vision STD LTD and life insurance
• Health Saving Account HSA program
• Health care and dependent care FSA
• 401(k) plan with employer match
• Employer paid commuter benefit
• Support program for new parents
• Pet insurance and some of our offices are pet friendly!

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