Sr. Strategy & Operations Lead

The Team

Pinterests People Strategy & Operations team drives the planning execution and governance that helps our People organization operate as a high-performing data-informed and future-ready function. We partner closely with People leadership Finance and cross-functional teams to ensure our investments in people programs and tools deliver impact for Pinners employees and the business.

The Role

The Sr. Business Operations Lead will initiate and lead activities related to the analysis planning and governance of the People organization. You will manage the People budget and portfolio of work ensure we have the right capacity and resourcing to deliver on our strategy and build the tools frameworks and reporting that improve organizational effectiveness and productivity.

This is a high-visibility highly cross-functional role suited for an experienced operator who is equally comfortable in the details of a $70M budget and the design of scalable processes and systems.

What youll do:

• Budget & Portfolio Management

  • Own end-to-end management of the People organization budget including partnership with People leadership and Finance on monthly forecasting variance analysis and scenario planning for a $70M portfolio of investments.

  • Own quarterly yeartogo (YTG) forecast and reporting for the People budget ensuring clear visibility into risks opportunities and tradeoffs for senior stakeholders.

  • Design and evolve our People Book of Work frameworks and processes ensuring all projects and programs are prioritized resourced and sequenced to deliver intended outcomes.

  • Establish and maintain standards for governance tools and resource utilization across the People portfolio (e.g. intake prioritization criteria status reporting and decision forums).

• Asana Portfolio Roadmap & QBR Execution

  • Own the People Portfolio of Projects in Asana including endtoend setup taxonomy templates workflows and ongoing governance.

  • Build maintain and continuously improve the People roadmap and related reporting in Asana ensuring clear visibility into commitments dependencies and progress for leaders and stakeholders.

  • Project manage the process for People QBR preparation and roadmap reviews: define timelines owners inputs templates and followthrough on decisions and actions.

  • Set the operating cadence formats and followup mechanisms for portfolio and roadmap reviews (e.g. monthly portfolio reviews quarterly deep dives) using recognized portfolio program and project management methods to ensure sound governance and effective resource utilization.

• Strategic Planning & Capacity Resource Management

  • Design and lead the People teams annual planning process in partnership with S&O partners People leadership and Finance including timelines tools and forums for decisionmaking.

  • Own the capacity planning framework for the People organization as part of annual and ongoing planningmodel workloads resourcing scenarios and tradeoffs across teams to ensure alignment with strategic priorities.

  • Integrate headcount and nonheadcount investment forecasts into the functions strategic plan ensuring budget and capacity are aligned with goals and objectives.

• Insights Reporting & Tooling

  • Build govern and continuously improve standard reporting dashboards for the People team in Asana (and related tools as needed) enabling leaders to track execution capacity and outcomes at a glance.

  • Lead the design and execution of complex crossfunctional analyses across the People portfolio (e.g. spend vs. plan program ROI capacity vs. demand) and translate findings into actionable recommendations for senior stakeholders.
    
    

What we are looking for:

• Bachelors degree in a relevant field such as Business Operations or 8 years experience in Business Operations Strategy & Operations FP&A or related roles supporting senior leaders in a complex crossfunctional environment.

• Demonstrated ownership of large complex budgets; experience managing and forecasting a portfolio of spend of at least $25M including monthly/quarterly forecast cycles and variance analysis.

• Proven track record in portfolio program and project management: setting operating cadences defining success metrics sequencing work and driving crossfunctional execution to outcomes.

• Deep handson expertise with Asana including designing and maintaining portfolios custom fields templates workflows and dashboards for large teams or organizations.

• Experience designing and running capacity planning processes and annual planning cycles (headcount and nonHC) ideally within a People/HR or G&A function.

• Strong strategic planning skills: ability to connect functional strategy to a multiquarter roadmap translate strategy into a Book of Work and manage yeartogo (YTG) investment decisions.

• Advanced analytical and business data modeling skills; comfortable structuring ambiguous problems building models and turning data into clear insights recommendations and executiveready narratives.

• Demonstrated ability to design and govern reporting frameworks and dashboards that provide ongoing visibility into initiatives resources spend and outcomes (e.g. Asana dashboards plus Sheets/Slides).

• Strong stakeholder management skills and experience aligning senior leaders across functions; able to influence without authority and drive decisions in ambiguous environments.

• Experience leading complex change including piloting and scaling new ways of working tools and processes (for example migrating a Book of Work from spreadsheets into Asana).

Relocation Statement:

• This position is not eligible for relocation assistance. Visit our PinFlex page to learn more about our working model.
  
  

In-Office Requirement Statement:

• We recognize that the ideal environment for work is situational and may differ across departments. What this looks like day-to-day can vary based on the needs of each organization or role.
• This role will need to be in the office for in-person collaboration 1-2 times every 6-months and therefore can be situated anywhere in the country.
  
  

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Required Experience:

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