Strategy & Business Operations Manager (Remote)

THE PURPOSE:

As a Strategy & Business Operations Manager you will lead commercialization and business development for Slickdeals’ coupons, deals, and data lines of business. You will generate ideas to grow revenue and product growth and build effective partnerships with some of the most influential brands in the world. We seek an experienced Strategy and Business Operations lead to research, prioritize and drive partnerships based on Slickdeals unique ecommerce assets.

As the first strategy hire dedicated to product-based business development, you’ll partner closely with leaders across sales, product, finance, analytics, marketing, and engineering. The Strategy and Business Operations Manager will develop industry maps, build go-to-market models, and set strategic goals for emerging partnerships. You’ll use quantitative and qualitative insights to provide recommendations to senior leadership on the viability of new partnership opportunities, you will pursue the opportunities, close them, and maintain them. You will do all this with the support of product and engineering teams to support your success.

The ideal candidate has extensive experience advising senior leadership and is comfortable with analytics, modeling and data-based insights. This individual should know how to coordinate effectively with internal cross-functional partners, and have a strong grasp of business economics and P&Ls. A deep sense of ownership, drive, and entrepreneurship is essential.

Slickdeals’ rich history, thousands of merchant partnerships, and millions of community members provide fertile ground for unlimited success in your role

THE ROLE:

• Set strategic priorities: Conduct analyses that establish the strategic priorities for product and data partnerships. Subsequently inform product development, deal models, and resourcing / budgeting
• Inform deal strategy: Build business cases, refine product pricing, and develop incentive structures for partnerships in collaboration with finance and product leads
• Build analytical tools: Surface data-based insights through dashboards, automated reporting, and presentations that give both our partners and internal stakeholders real-time information critical to understand both the performance of our partnerships and the health of our business
• Prospect, Close, Delight, Grow: You are responsible for sourcing new partnerships, maintaining existing relationships, and growing your book of business. You will inherit a portfolio of existing partnerships that will serve as a model for future deals you put in place

THE CANDIDATE:

• 3+ years of strategy and business operations experience, preferably in management consulting or a fast-moving technology company
• Business acumen and a strong understanding of product strategy. You excel at identifying business opportunities and navigating commercial challenges
• Distinctive problem-solving, strategic and analytical capabilities, and experience building trusted relationships with executive stakeholders
• Ability to communicate, present, and craft compelling narratives to influence internal and external technical and business stakeholders across diverse teams at all levels
• Deep comfort operating in the ambiguity of an ever-evolving product that operates at scale globally
• Ability to effectively model, manipulate data and work with analytics tools turning them into insightful business recommendations to optimize strategy
• Ability to work independently and drive strategic projects from ideation to execution with support from product managers, engineers, and senior leadership

Remote work is available in: Alabama, Arizona, California, Connecticut, Florida, Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, North Carolina, New Jersey, Nevada, New York (does not include NYC), Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina,Tennessee, Texas, Utah, and Washington.