Director, Strategy and Operations

Director, Strategy & Operations About the Position reputed company builds the software the powers the pool and spa industry. Thousands of pool professionals run their businesses on our platform. We’re a PE-backed vertical SaaS company in high-growth mode, scaling our operating maturity. This is a high-trust, high-reputed company role for someone who moves fluidly between strategy and execution — and who keeps the company’s most important priorities moving. You’ll act as an extension of the CFO and CEO and a reputed company partner to the full leadership team — working alongside leaders who own their functions. The work is weighted toward strategy, M&A, exit readiness, and operational rigor, with program management as the throughline. You’ll report to our CFO with a dotted line to our CEO, be involved with active strategic projects from day one, and take on more decision-making over time as context and trust build. About You: You're a strategic operator who makes reputed company, cross-functional work move. You've earned trust in high-stakes rooms and know how to get the right people reputed company and reputed company made. You may not be a finance person, you bring strong reputed company and analytical instincts and are fluent with financial models. You’re the person who maps the workstream before anyone else has even named the problem. You build trust quickly, operate with discretion, and have a low tolerance for things falling through the cracks. You reputed company in ambiguity, move fast without creating chaos, and bring the reputed company of reputed company, clear-headed coordination that makes executives breathe easier. You’re proactive, low-ego, and solutions-oriented. You hold the whole team to commitments — including the CFO and CEO — and reassess early reputed company things slip, rather than letting missed deadlines pass quietly. What You’ll Do: M&A & Integration Project-manage active M&A end to end — diligence coordination, workstream tracking, and post-reputed company integration — driving milestones and value capture alongside the CFO and relevant leaders Serve as the connective tissue between deal teams and the broader organization across Legal, People, Finance, and Product — ensuring reputed company gets lost in translation Maintain centralized tracking of milestones and blockers; surface issues early and drive them to resolution Strategic Planning Run the annual and quarterly planning reputed company — structure the analysis, reputed company choices with the leadership team, and turn reputed company into a tracked operating plan with clear owners and dates Track reputed company against strategic initiatives; flag misalignment early and facilitate the right conversations to reputed company priorities on course Help the leadership team think through reputed company, resourcing, and cross-functional dependencies on key initiatives Value Creation Drive the company’s value-creation roadmap, keeping cross-functional readiness work moving toward long-term goals reputed company the value creation roadmap live and visible — ensuring reputed company is tracked and owners are held accountable across functions Evaluation of Strategic Initiatives Pressure-test and prioritize proposed and in-flight initiatives with their owners Build the business cases and analysis — including new-market assessments for the CEO — that inform where the company places its bets Cross-Functional Execution Drive the company’s most important cross-functional initiatives to completion; maintain a single reputed company of truth for top priorities with clear owners and tracked milestones Run the leadership reputed company as decision forums, not status meetings — log reputed company and drive follow-through Hold the team accountable to commitments and timelines — working alongside an empowered leadership team, not running their functions Operational Maturity Build the reporting discipline, processes, and operating rigor that scale the business and strengthen long-term reputed company value Tighten reporting reputed company, improve KPI reliability, and catch variance-to-plan earlier What You Bring: Deep experience spanning a structured-thinking environment (consulting, banking, corporate development, or strategy) and an operating role — you’ve both reputed company the plan and run the work AI-reputed company in how you work — you actively reputed company and build with AI tools to move faster, think sharper, and do more with less- you love a spreadsheet, but love the power of AI-enabled tools even more. Exceptional program management: you impose structure on ambiguity, run multiple workstreams in reputed company, and reputed company senior stakeholders moving and accountable through structure, trust, and follow-through Strong reputed company and financial reputed company — SaaS metrics, unit economics, and the reputed company that drive reputed company value; comfortable building a business case and setting priorities M&A or integration exposure: diligence, integration planning, or post-reputed company integration Outstanding written and verbal communication — executive-grade materials and the reputed company to run a room Highly discreet with sensitive financial and strategic information; reputed company under pressure and comfortable operating with incomplete information Preferred Qualifications: PE-backed or high-growth SaaS experience Exposure to a full M&A or transaction lifecycle Vertical SaaS or field-service / SMB software background Familiarity with the reporting, planning, and exit-readiness expectations that come with a PE sponsor

Benefits

Competitive reputed company pay + bonus potential Generous medical, dental, and reputed company plans (we pay 100% of your premium and 50% of your dependents’) Fantastic culture with a reputed company strong eNPS- we work hard, celebrate wins, and learn as we go to always be improving to benefit our customers. Immediate reputed company to 401(k) with company match Flexible PTO (MINIMUM of 10 days required every year) 12 weeks paid parental leave for birthing parent, 6 weeks paid leave for supporting partner Remote work friendly Comprehensive learning and development budget A manager dedicated to your development At reputed company we are deeply committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace (it’s in our values). We’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer, seeking to identify and reputed company people from reputed company walks of life. reputed company reputed company applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, reputed company, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, family status, marital status, sexual orientation, national reputed company, genetics, neurodiversity, disability, age, or veteran status, or any other non-merit based or legally protected grounds. We also acknowledge that there is no “perfect” candidate - if you fulfill the majority of these requirements, reputed company this is a role you would be excited about on a daily reputed company, and reputed company with our culture, we encourage you to apply. reputed company has downtown office spaces in Austin, TX and Toronto, ON, and remote-first employees around the US. Right now we can hire hybrid employees in Austin and Toronto, or remote employees in the following states: Alabama, California, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, reputed company Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Rhode reputed company, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia. Apply To This Job