Senior Strategy & Operations Manager (mfd) Romania-based (Remote)

A small piece of paper with numbers that have the power to change a life forever! Okay... lets replace the paper with an app and one person with 500000 monthly users. This is our business!

Your Mission

Be the hands-on owner of our executive performance narrative and decision cadence: run high-quality weekly and monthly reporting for C-level and investors develop decision-ready business cases and models and maintain a clear view on competitors and market dynamics. You aggregate inputs from team analysts and team leads across Product Marketing and Finance and turn them into clear executive narrativesso leadership always knows what changed why it changed what it means and what we do next. You own the preparation and storyline quality for monthly company reviews board meetings and investor presentations combining rigorous thinking with crisp investor-grade communication.

Your Tasks & Responsibilities

• Own the weekly executive performance cadence: Plan vs. Actual vs. Forecast key KPI movements drivers risks and actionsdelivered as a clear decision-ready pack.
  

• Own monthly company reviews: prepare agenda pre-read decisions and follow-ups; ensure leadership-grade output quality.
  

• Prepare and follow up board/advisory meetings: create prereads storyline KPI views decision asks; document outcomes and track follow-ups.
  

• Own C-level reporting cadence: daily mini-brief weekly performance pack and investor/board packs as needed (structure narrative visuals).
  

• Run the daily anomaly triage: highlight only the few critical movements capture the likely drivers from domain owners and define next actions/owners (no deep dives in the daily).
  

• Set up and run a weekly synthesis loop with team analysts and team leads to collect inputs validate explanations and create one coherent exec storyline.
  

• Develop business cases and models for strategic initiatives (market sizing scenarios ROI risks milestones resourcing) and drive them to decision.
  

• Run systematic market & competitor intelligence (competitor moves offers/pricing channel shifts key signals) and integrate into planning and cases.
  

• Create investor-grade presentations: crisp storyline defensible numbers clean visuals; ensure consistent narrative across decks and periods.
  

• Maintain a single source of truth for executive templates KPI definitions used in packs and decision logs (measurement/attribution interpretation rules are owned by the Marketing Analyst).
  

• Coordinate with Data/Analytics Engineering and domain owners to ensure data correctness reproducibility and fast access to the right cuts.
  

• Document processes templates and decision logs (AI-assisted drafting encouraged; correctness and clarity are non-negotiable).

Your Key Competencies

Must-have

• Strong analytical capability: SQL literacy spreadsheet modeling; ability to interpret data and translate it into executive insights
  

• Strong understanding of cross-functional KPIs: product funnels/cohorts/retention marketing efficiency unit economics and finance basics
  

• Forecasting literacy: ability to build and maintain Plan vs. Actual vs. Forecast views and explain deltas clearly
  

• Business case building: ROI logic scenarios sensitivity analysis assumption hygiene
  

• Executive communication: ability to create investor-/board-grade decks & prereads (structured storyline clear charts high visual quality)
  

• Strong stakeholder synthesis: ability to collect inputs from specialists and convert them into one coherent executive narrative

Nice-to-have

• Python for analysis/automation; familiarity with modern data stacks/warehouses
  

• Exposure to MMM/incrementality concepts (not the owner of interpretation rules)
  

• Market intelligence processes/tooling experience

• Extreme ownership and reliability (weekly and board cadence cannot slip)
  

• High quality bar for clarity and visuals; strong attention to detail
  

• Calm under pressure; strong prioritization and time management
  

• Very strong facilitation and follow-up discipline (closes loops documents decisions)
  

• Discretion and trustworthiness (investor-/board-sensitive information)
  

• Low-ego collaborator; effective without people-management scope

Your Impact in This Role

• Weekly leadership steering improves because Plan vs. Actual vs. Forecast is consistently explained with clear actions and owners.
  

• Board/advisory meetings become efficient and decision-oriented through high-quality prereads clear decision asks and tracked follow-ups.
  

• Faster strategic execution because business cases and models are decision-ready.
  

• Improved investor readiness through consistent defensible reporting and presentation quality.
  

• Better strategic positioning by keeping leadership continuously informed about competitors and market signals.

Your Background Education & Experience

• 812 years in Big 4 consulting (Strategy / Deal Advisory / Performance Improvement / Analytics / CFO Advisory) with a proven track record of C-level and board-facing deliverables (weekly packs board prereads investor decks business cases).
  

• Senior IC profile (Senior Manager-equivalent capability) who is comfortable staying hands-on and does not require people leadership scope.
  

• Demonstrated ownership of weekly performance cadences (Plan vs. Actual vs. Forecast) and board/investor preparation and follow-up (decision asks minutes action tracking).
  

• Degree in Business Administration Economics Finance Business Informatics Statistics or a comparable quantitative field.

What we offer you:

Remuneration & work-life balance:

• Competitive salary and trust-based working hours.

• Private health insurance.

• Generous training budget.

• 2 extraordinary team events (4 days) per year.

• Meal benefit.

Communication & trust:

• Open honest and direct communication. Your ideas are welcome!

• A feedback meeting every quarter to help us grow together.

• We encourage innovation and are open to new ideas that push the boundaries.

Modern working:

• Everything you need for your daily work: MacBook monitor headphones and more.

Individual training:

• One training day per month and a generous training budget for your personal development.

Buddy program:

• An experienced team member will support you from day one to help you get started.

The team

• We are a colorful bunch from different nations and backgrounds. We dont distinguish by religion gender age marital status... For us the focus is on what you can do!

Our values:

MAKE IT HAPPEN

• Drive results - Own the problem the goal and the outcome through self-organization and decisions backed by data

• Speak up with courage - Challenge ideas and raise issues directly when it matters

• Getting things done - Be pragmatic keep momentum and bring the energy

• Deliver quality impact - Ship solutions that move our mission and strategic goals forward

WIN TOGETHER

• Communicate openly and respectfully - Be transparent assume positive intent and set aside own ego when interacting with others

• Help others win - Proactively share knowledge time and strengths in an interdisciplinary set-up

• Work across cultures - Learn from others perspectives and actively refine own style for trust-based collaboration in a diverse team

• Bring team spirit - Create moments of joy and belonging that fuel big outcomes together

SHAPE THE FUTURE

• Experiment to learn - Run tests measure outcomes treat mistakes as an invitation to learn and adapt insights into action

• Spot opportunities - Stay close to customers and market trends to identify whats next

• Build user-first innovation - Deliver trustworthy data-driven solutions and services that set the bar

• Grow yourself - Challenge and reflect on the way you work seek feedback and keep developing your skills
  
  
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