Strategy & Ops (Founder's Office)
TLDR
Own the company-wide operational rhythm, run OKRs and quarterly planning, and lead cross-functional strategic initiatives with the CEO.
Three things make this seat genuinely rare.
You get the full view. Most people spend a decade seeing one function. You will see all of them at once, from the vantage point of the executive team, inside a company growing fast enough to teach you something new every week.
You work on first of a kind problems. Nearly every problem you solve will be one you have not solved before. There is no playbook handed to you. You build the playbook. For the right person, that is the most fun part of the job.
You build an operator's judgment. Custodian of rhythm, owner of strategic projects, thought partner to leadership. That is the exact muscle set strong operators and founders are made of. You will leave this role with judgment most people take many more years to develop.
What you will need to bring:We hire for abilities first, because knowledge and skills can be taught and abilities are far harder to build. Here is what we are really looking for.
1. Stakeholder management. You build trust with people at every level and quickly read what actually drives them. People want to work with you, and they tell you the truth.
2. People leadership. You understand what good leadership looks like up close. You know how to find the right levers and use them to bring out strong performance, and you have nudged teams into action in a way that energized them.
3. First principles problem solving. You are sharp with data, analytics, and reasoning. You break unfamiliar problems down to their fundamentals and build your way back up to a clear answer.
4. Ownership. You take a problem and you get it solved, full stop. You enjoy the wins, you own the misses, and you fix them. High accountability, no excuses.
5. Outwork and outsmart. You bring operational rigour and intensity. You find the smarter path, and you also do the work.
6. Independent thinking. You form your own point of view from the inputs in front of you, build conviction, and have the courage to make the call.
7. High agency. You move things forward mostly through influence, rarely through authority. You align people around the company wide goal by convincing them, not commanding them.
Who tends to thrive here:The people who do exceptionally well in this seat usually share a pattern. They are intensely curious about how businesses work. They are comfortable being thrown into something they have never done and figuring it out. They care more about the outcome than the credit. And they have the energy to keep going when a problem turns out to be harder than it first looked, because that is usually where the most interesting work begins.
Hevo Data builds a no-code data pipeline platform that helps companies seamlessly consolidate data from various sources for faster analytics. Targeting data-driven organizations across multiple industries, Hevo stands out for its intuitive interface and efficiency, enabling over 2000 companies, like Zepto and Napster, to unlock the power of their data without the complexity.
- Founded
- Founded 2017
- Employees
- 201-500 employees
- Industry
- IT Services
- Total raised
- $43M raised