Senior Manager, Strategy & Operations

Carvana • Tempe, AZ

8h • Onsite

About The Position

This role will provide countless opportunities to tackle our most pressing operations challenges and opportunities. A successful candidate will bring strong business judgment, critical thinking, analytical rigor, and managerial aptitude to operations execution and decision making. Strong candidates will be excited to lead in researching, advising on, and implementing key initiatives. This leader will analyze data, prepare frameworks and collaborate with cross-functional business partners to drive operating strategy and decision making. This includes the ability to connect the dots, see interrelations and impacts between complex systems, and clearly communicate recommendations, available options, and implications. We have no shortage of data, resources, or ambition at Carvana, and we are excited to bring on people who share our desire to leverage data and technology to accelerate our disruption of the traditional car buying experience. The individual coming into this role would have exposure to senior leadership and the chance to make a significant impact in a short amount of time.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree from a top-tier institution with a strong academic record in business, operations management, statistics/mathematics, analytics or related fields required.
• 5-7+ years of work experience in analytics, consulting, operations, startups, banking, strategy, or other client-facing roles.
• Demonstrated ability to use AI tools (e.g., ChatGPT, Claude, Copilot) to enhance productivity in analysis, writing, and problem structuring.
• Comfort working in a rapidly evolving AI tooling landscape with a mindset of continuous experimentation.
• A self-starter and owner mentality - you can lead “first time” assignments with no playbook from initial question development to rollout.
• A proven ability to track, prioritize, and drive projects: you are known as someone who “gets stuff done”.
• Strong Excel skills.
• Excellent ability to collaborate and apply a cross-functional mindset.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to learn quickly and transfer knowledge.
• Interest in learning SQL and Tableau and leading analytical projects.
• Driven by working hard, being challenged in a fast-paced environment, and having fun while doing so.
• Must be able to read, write, speak, and understand English.

Nice To Haves

• MBA or Master’s Degree equivalent.
• Knowledge and understanding of key operations principles.
• Proven track record of driving strategies in a fast growing start-up atmosphere.
• In depth knowledge of diverse business functions and principles.

Responsibilities

• Learn the business and identify opportunities for improvement via technology, process, or systems enhancements.
• Build models, perform cost-benefit analysis, and provide thoughtful well-researched recommendations that answer key business questions.
• Use AI-powered tools to accelerate data analysis, surface trends, and generate insights from large operational datasets faster than traditional methods
• Leverage AI assistants to draft frameworks, synthesize research, and prepare executive-ready recommendations and presentations.
• Partner with Product, Analytics, and Operations teams to develop and design plans. Then, work with operations to gain user adoption, execute the plan and assess its impact.
• Engage with internal business partners to align priorities and develop strategic plans.
• Build tools to analyze and test process improvements.
• Help plan change communication and participate in organizational change management.
• Mentor and develop operations analysts and project managers.
• Oversee the management, organization, presentation, and reporting of key department data, records, resources, performance and documents.
• Other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Full-Time Salary Position with a competitive salary.
• Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits.
• 401K with company match.
• A multitude of perks including student loan payments, discounts on vehicles, benefits for your pets, and much more.
• A great wellness program to keep you healthy and happy both physically and mentally.
• Access to opportunities to expand your skillset and share your knowledge with others across the organization.
• A company culture of promotions from within, with a start-up atmosphere allowing for varied and rapid career development.
• A seat in one of the fastest-growing companies in the country.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior