Manager, Strategic Operations
About the role
Manager, Strategic Operations to bridge executive vision and ground-level execution, driving strategic planning, operating rhythm, cross-functional execution, and continuous process improvements as RADAR scales.
Responsibilities
- Strategic planning and alignment - Support the VP Brand Strategy on planning the company’s annual and quarterly strategic planning process. - Translate company strategy into project plans with clear ownership, that connect to meaningful business outcomes - Maintain a cross functional view across the business to ensure alignment to the strategic priorities
- Operating rhythm and accountability - Establish and maintain structured meeting cadences including cross functional strategic priority presentations, business reviews, and project updates. - Track progress against strategic goals and KPIs and drive accountability across teams.
- Cross-functional execution - Serve as a central coordinator across engineering, product, customer, commercial, legal and other functions. - Maintain visibility into risks, interdependencies, and resource constraints, proactively flagging issues and recommending course corrections. - In partnership with the VP of Brand Strategy, shepherd the full portfolio of strategic priorities from planning through execution, working across Engineering, Product, Go-to-Market, Finance, Customer, and Legal teams to maintain alignment and deliver results.
- Process and program management - Introduce and standardize project management tools, templates, and governance frameworks. - Continuously refine processes and workflows to increase efficiency, predictability, and cross-team collaboration.
- Operational Intelligence & Special Projects - Drive highly-cross functional special projects that span multiple teams but do not neatly fit within any of them, defining project scope, success metrics, and execution plans in ambiguous environments - Conduct deep-dive analyses to inform strategic decision-making - Translate insights into clear recommendations and actionable plans for leadership
- Strategic Communication - Develop and maintain an internal communications calendar to track top down strategic messaging to the organization and support culture change
Qualifications
- 7+ years of program management experience, preferably in technology and/or high-growth startup environments, with proven success leading cross-functional programs
- Big picture to tactical execution - can take projects from planning through execution to completion with measurable outcomes
- Solutions-first mindset
- Analytical skills, comfortable conducting deep-dive analyses and translating complex findings into clear recommendations
- Exceptional communication and stakeholder management - Relationship builder across all levels
- Strong business acumen and high emotional intelligence
- Familiarity with program and project management tools and methodologies.
- A builder's mindset: comfortable operating in environments where the structures, processes, and norms are still being established.
Skills
Benefits
- equity
- comprehensive medical and dental coverage
- life and disability benefits
- 401k plan
- flexible time off
- paid parental leave

About RADAR
RADAR is building technology to completely transform the in-store…
RADAR is a platform that combines RFID and computer vision to automate and augment retail store processes. Our technology offers unprecedented speed and location accuracy, which allows stores to: 1) Manage inventory efficiently, through automated inventory counts, improved in-store replenishment and instantaneous customer stock checks 2) Eliminate checkout lines altogether through our autonomous checkout tool. 3) Measure all customer-product interactions, giving physical stores the same insight into consumer behavior and product performance as online stores. https://goradar.com
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