Manager, Strategic Planning
About The Position
Grow Therapy is seeking a Manager, Strategic Planning to join their Business Operations team. This role focuses on owning the systems and rhythms that enable effective planning and operation as the company scales. The position involves designing, building, and running processes such as Biweekly Business Reviews, OKR planning cycles, executive meetings, offsites, Town Halls, and internal communications. The ideal candidate will be an operator with ownership depth, a systems thinker, a strong project manager, comfortable with both strategic design and hands-on execution, a senior communicator, AI-forward, and mission-driven.
Requirements
- 5 to 7 years of experience in business operations, strategic operations, or a chief of staff function, ideally at a high-growth tech or healthcare company.
- Experience building and running recurring operating processes.
- Ability to diagnose operational breakdowns, propose fixes, and implement them with limited oversight.
- Strong project management skills: ability to build a project plan, manage complex timelines, coordinate across senior stakeholders, and ensure execution.
- Comfortable with both strategic process design and hands-on execution, including scheduling, logistics, and note-taking.
- Strong communication skills: ability to design facilitation agendas and draft company-wide communications, influence without authority, manage up effectively, and hold senior stakeholders to process expectations.
- Actively use AI tools to improve productivity and the quality of processes.
- Mission-driven mindset.
Nice To Haves
- Experience in a high-growth tech or healthcare company.
Responsibilities
- Own and continuously improve Grow's core operating rhythms -- including the Biweekly Business Review, OKR planning cycles, executive meeting cadences, and Town Halls -- ensuring they run with consistency, quality, and increasing efficiency over time.
- Design and facilitate executive offsites end to end: structure, pre-work, logistics, facilitation support, and post-offsite documentation and follow-through.
- Manage OKR planning cycles from kickoff to completion: build the framework, own the timeline, facilitate cross-functional working sessions, and maintain the system of record.
- Serve as the primary operational counterpart to Chiefs of Staff across Grow's functions, coordinating on cross-functional planning processes and company-wide initiatives.
- Leverage AI tools to improve the efficiency and quality of operating processes -- from automating coordination workflows to streamlining how information flows across the organization.
Benefits
- Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life, and disability coverage.
- No cost access to therapy through the Grow platform (available to US employees).
- Retirement savings programs and equity opportunities.
- Flexible time off, company paid holidays, and a full company wide Winter Break.
- Up to 18 weeks of paid parental leave and a new child stipend.
- Dedicated weekly flexible time for self care (Mental Health Mornings/Afternoons).
- Annual stipend to support personal wellbeing and professional growth (Wellness & Development Stipend).
- Pre tax commuter benefits.
- Support for home workspace and meal benefits.
- Variety of wellbeing benefits, including wellness memberships, virtual care, pet insurance discounts (where available), and global travel assistance.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
