Strategy & Execution Lead

Full Time
San Francisco, CA, USA
4 months ago

Req #: GAQ125R34

While candidates in the listed location(s) are encouraged for this role, candidates in other locations will be considered.

Databricks is seeking a top-tier Strategy & Execution Lead who is excited about driving insight and accountability across a fast-growing organization. In this role, you’ll own high-visibility efficiency programs E2E, impacting our GTM Ops, Customer Ops, and G&A functions, and informed by our highest priority company initiatives. You’ll also drive ad-hoc analyses around operational performance, surfacing opportunities to rethink our operating models, processes, and performance management. 

This role will report into the newly formed Efficiency Operations team within the central Corporate Operations function.

Impact you’ll have:

  • Design E2E operational performance improvement and scaling solutions, weaving together process re-design, operating model definition, automation, and/or AI levers to optimize your answer.  
  • Formulate your own key questions, and analyze large datasets from multiple sources to identify the highest impact opportunities and actionable insights. 
  • Define critical KPIs and performance management processes to ensure successful execution of operational transformations and continuous improvement. 
  • Conduct competitive assessments and analyze industry trends to incorporate into operational strategies 
  • Develop execution plans, including approach to people management transformation, and drive alignment with senior leadership.
  • Partner with cross-functional operations teams to consult, develop and implement metrics, automated reporting/process solutions, and process improvements to meet business needs.
  • Communicate status on objective progress to Executive Leadership and department stakeholders. 
  • Be self-driven, and show ability to deliver on ambiguous projects with incomplete data. 

Who you are:

  • 8+ years of experience in a business analyst, operations strategy, tech bizops, or corporate strategy role (with a focus on operational performance). Experience at a top tier consulting firm is a plus. 
  • High proficiency with SQL and Excel modeling. Experience with the DataBricks product, as well as, data visualization solutions, such as Tableau, Salesforce, PowerBI, and/or Data Studio is a plus
  • You have advanced research and analysis skills that you can flex to address a complex problem and/or situation 
  • You demonstrate an advanced ability to define and break down ambiguous and complex business problems
  • You communicate complex ideas with authority, influencing stakeholders including Databricks executives and department leadership. 
  • Experience in the enterprise software industry, SaaS and B2B experience preferred.
  • You are a very comfortable and thrive in a rapidly scaling and dynamic startup environment

Benefits 

  • Comprehensive health coverage including medical, dental, and vision

  • 401(k) Plan

  • Equity awards

  • Flexible time off

  • Paid parental leave

  • Family Planning

  • Gym reimbursement

  • Annual personal development fund

  • Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Pay Range Transparency

Databricks is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. The pay range(s) for this role is listed below and represents base salary range for non-commissionable roles or on-target earnings for commissionable roles.  Actual compensation packages are based on several factors that are unique to each candidate, including but not limited to job-related skills, depth of experience, relevant certifications and training, and specific work location. Based on the factors above, Databricks utilizes the full width of the range. The total compensation package for this position may also include eligibility for annual performance bonus, equity, and the benefits listed above. For more information regarding which range your location is in visit our page here.

 

Zone 1 Pay Range$129,500—$229,000 USD

About Databricks

Databricks is the data and AI company. More than 10,000 organizations worldwide — including Comcast, Condé Nast, Grammarly, and over 50% of the Fortune 500 — rely on the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform to unify and democratize data, analytics and AI. Databricks is headquartered in San Francisco, with offices around the globe and was founded by the original creators of Lakehouse, Apache Spark™, Delta Lake and MLflow. To learn more, follow Databricks on Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook.

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