Director of Strategic Operations - Global Software Company

SalesFirst Recruiting-1

Portland, Oregon

JOB DETAILS
SKILLS
Analysis Skills, Business Operations, Business Strategy, Communication Skills, Consulting, Cross-Functional, Customer Relations, Decision Support, High Tech Industry, Identify Issues, Leadership, Legal, Operational Improvement, Operational Strategy, Problem Solving Skills, Risk, Software as a Service (SaaS)
LOCATION
Portland, Oregon
POSTED
7 days ago

THE COMPANY:

Our client is a leading provider of comprehensive integrated risk and compliance software / SaaS, serving HR and Legal departments worldwide. The company serves companies of all sizes, including a large enterprise customer base. Its platform helps leadership teams identify issues earlier, make better-informed decisions, and create safer, more transparent workplaces.


The company is in a stage of growth and transformation, with continued global expansion. The executive team has a strong focus on operational excellence, customer impact, commercial execution, and value creation. This is a high-performance environment where leaders move quickly, communicate directly, and expect meaningful ownership from the people around them.


THE JOB:

This software company's Strategic Operations team is growing. The right person for this opportunity will be located in the greater Portland, Oregon area, with 5+ years of recent professional Consulting, Business Operations, and/or Corporate Strategy/Transformation experience in software or technology.This is a highly visible role working closely with senior leadership.


Your goal in this job will be to drive stakeholder alignment and execution for high-priority operational initiatives across the business.


Key responsibilities include:

  • Leading high-priority strategic operations and operational excellence initiatives from planning through execution.
  • Learning the business by actively seeking information, asking strong questions, and connecting dots across teams.
  • Serving as the point person for assigned business priorities and driving progress against meaningful outcomes.
  • Working directly with senior leaders and cross-functional stakeholders to create alignment and momentum.
  • Taking ambiguous business problems and turning them into clear workstreams, plans, milestones, and actions.
  • Using analytics, business insight, and stakeholder input to identify operational gaps and improvement opportunities.
  • Supporting go-to-market, customer-facing, commercial, and operational initiatives.
  • Coordinating across departments to ensure initiatives move forward and accountability is maintained.
  • Developing executive-ready updates, recommendations, presentations, and decision-support materials.
  • Driving measurable outcomes rather than simply tracking activity or producing recommendations.
  • Bringing urgency, structure, and business judgment to initiatives that matter to the company’s future direction.



THE QUALIFICATIONS:

  • 5+ years of recent professional Consulting, Business Operations, and/or Corporate Strategy/Transformation experience in software or technology.
  • Able to own mission-critical strategic operations initiatives from problem definition through implementation.
  • Strong analytical skills and structured problem-solving ability.
  • Experience leading enterprise-wide initiatives with executive visibility.
  • Strong executive communication and board-level presentation experience.
  • Bachelor's Degree
  • Must live in the Portland, Oregon metro area. Comfortable working hybrid remote/in office for team collaboration and trainings


THE BENEFITS:

  • $216K in total annual earnings = ($180K starting salary + performance bonuses)
  • Medical, Dental, Vision, and Life benefit package
  • 401K + match retirement plan
  • Flexible time off + paid holidays
  • Joining a growing, global software company that has been recognized as a top employer


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