Director, BizOps and Strategy - Special Projects

Company: Jerry
Location: Palo Alto
Posted on: March 8, 2025

Job Description:

You could work anywhere. Why us?

• Join a pre-IPO startup with capital, traction, and runway ($240M funded - 40X revenue growth in 4 years - $2T market size)
• Work closely with brilliant leaders and teammates from companies like McKinsey, Bain, BCG, Better, Nerdwallet etc.
• Disrupt a massive market and take us to a $10B business in the next few years
• Be immersed in a talent-dense environment and greatly accelerate your career growthAbout the opportunity:We are looking for a Director, BizOps & Strategy - Special Projects to work directly with our cofounder/CEO, Art Agrawal. You will act as an extension of our CEO and own a variety of projects ranging from solving operational issues, driving alignment and execution on critical initiatives, increasing Art's efficiency by helping him prioritize his most important meetings and communications, making decisions on his behalf, and keeping our teams accountable. You will foster trust and credibility with the rest of the executive team as the CEO's closest proxy and advisor. Your main objective will be to identify and remove bottlenecks for our CEO and partner closely with him to scale our business.As the Sr Manager, BizOps & Strategy, you'll own special projects and will have a unique opportunity to view and understand a company's day-to-day challenges and priorities from the vantage point of a CEO. You will be exposed to every function at Jerry (product, operations, finance, engineering, data, marketing, etc) and learn how to execute big-picture strategies and navigate the intricacies of a complex business. If you're looking for an opportunity to greatly accelerate your career trajectory, we'd love to hear from you!How you will make an impact:
  • Identify and implement process improvements to streamline cross-functional operations, enabling Jerry to scale efficiently while maintaining a high-performance culture.
  • Act as our CEO's liaison, ensuring clear communication with internal teams and external partners, while effectively managing expectations and timelines.
  • Build and maintain reports and dashboards to track company performance metrics, providing actionable insights to our CEO and leadership team to inform decision-making.
  • Lead and oversee high-priority projects from concept to execution, working closely with different teams to ensure alignment with company goals.Preferred experience:
    • 6+ years of experience; ideally a mix of management consulting, venture capital, or private equity, and product, business operations, strategy or growth.
    • Bachelor's degree in a STEM, economics, or related discipline.
    • Must be located in the San Francisco Bay area or willing to relocate (you will be working on-site at our Palo Alto office).What we are looking for:
      • Structured problem-solver: You're a logical thinker and make decisions based on data, but also have good instincts when data is limited.
      • Owner: No challenge is too complex, no issue is too hard.
      • Tenacious: You're comfortable navigating high-stakes, conflict-laden situations, and can act quickly and decisively with diplomacy and tact.
      • Extremely organized: You balance a packed schedule, an endless to-do list, and never let anything drop.
      • Strong communicator: You communicate effectively to a wide range of audiences (from senior executives to entry-level employees) and can masterfully tailor your approach to suit the circumstances.While we appreciate your interest and application, only applicants under consideration will be contacted.Jerry is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We prohibit discrimination based on race, religion, color, national origin, sex, pregnancy, reproductive health decisions or related medical conditions, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or other characteristics protected by applicable local, state or federal laws.Jerry is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities in our job application process. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, please contact us at .About Jerry:Jerry is America's first and only AllCar app. We are redefining and radically improving how people manage owning a car, one of their most expensive and time-consuming assets.Backed by artificial intelligence and machine learning, Jerry simplifies and automates owning and maintaining a car while providing personalized services for all car owners' needs. We spend every day innovating and improving our AI-powered app to provide the best possible experience for our customers. From car insurance and financing to maintenance and safety, Jerry does it all.We are the #1 rated and most downloaded app in our category with a 4.7 star rating in the App Store. We have more than 5 million customers - and we're just getting started.Jerry was founded in 2017 by serial entrepreneurs and has raised more than $240 million in financing.Join our team and work with passionate, curious and egoless people who love solving real-world problems. Help us build a revolutionary product that's disrupting a massive market.
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