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Business Operations Manager
Why this is a great job
Here’s an idea that makes sense. Almanac has a good amount of funding, impressive traction, and ambitions to be huge. If you’re in this role, you can help it get there.
The nitty gritty
Company website: askalmanac.com
Where this role is based: SF
Almanac’s mission is to democratize access to 21st century skills, insights, and tools so that no one is limited by knowledge in pursuit of their potential. We do this with a new kind of document editor that saves you time and helps you do your best work. We’ve built:
A user-created library of templated docs, so you never have to start from scratch
Workspaces that bring your team together in a single home for your work
Powerful search that gets you to the right doc, every time
Linked document versions, so you can merge or update multiple docs in one tap
Approvals to keep your team aligned and on track through complex workflows
We've seen professionals waste too much time managing information across disorganized documents instead of doing meaningful work. We believe this problem isn’t rooted in a lack of knowledge in the world, but in the deficiencies of tools we rely on to access, share, and improve how work gets done.
We’ve been moving fast since we founded Almanac in January 2019. Almanac is now used by over 4,000 teams and sees over 50,000 visitors per month to its public Core of knowledge. We’ve raised a $8M+ from leading Silicon Valley investors with a lean (not mean) team of 10 people.
That’s where you come in: we’re now looking for a Business Operations Manager to help us scale Almanac’s contributor who loves solving hard problems through insightful analysis, fast action, and amazing teamwork.
About the Role
As Business Operations Manager, you’ll play a critical role in driving and enabling growth across our business.
Business Operations at Almanac leads mission-critical, cross-functional efforts, delivers actionable analysis and insights, incubates new roles and teams, and drives results on our highest strategic priorities.
You may dig into building new growth channels, winning over new customer segments, designing new business systems to scale Almanac, or unlocking new revenue opportunities. Whatever it is, you’ll work on projects that move the needle most for Almanac.
Specifically, you will:
Devise and run tests via new growth channels or partners that grow Almanac’s users and customers, and expand our base to new segments
Work with cross-functional teams to prioritize and launch features that create an extraordinary experience for our key customer and user segments
Design and implement continuously better business and operational systems to make Almanac hum
Perform analyses and research that help us make great strategic decisions
Incubate and help run new teams that expand our organizational footprint and products that increase our revenue and engagement
Partner with other teams to help them execute on important strategic initiatives or drive operational scale and efficiency
About you
Experiences that will make you stand out:
Working in (or founding!) an earlier-stage, high-growth startup
Career training on a Biz Ops team at a leading SaaS company
3+ years of tenure at a top strategy consulting firm, or an MBA
Expert-level depth in Excel and Powerpoint
Running growth experimentation processes around acquisition or engagement
Experience taking high-priority projects from concept to launch
Devising and implementing systems that have helped teams run better
Closing strategic partnerships or launching new channels
Skills that make you extraordinary:
An inclination to structured, strategic thinking from first principles
A commitment to analytical rigor and “seeking the truth” through data
An obsession with delivering results that can be seen and measured
A comfort with ambiguity
Flexibility and scrappiness, and happiness when things are constantly on the move
A proven track record of working well across teams and leading through influence
Ability to Get Things Done faster than anyone expects you to
Working at Almanac
At Almanac, we’re looking for structured thinkers full of passion, ambition, and kindness. We’d love for you apply even if your experience doesn't precisely match the job description. Your experience, skills, and interests will help you stand out—especially if your career has taken some extraordinary twists and turns. At Almanac, we welcome people of diverse backgrounds and perspectives who aren’t afraid to challenge assumptions and the status quo. Join us.
At Almanac, we:
Are fundamental optimists who believe we’re still only at the start of the digital age.
Go to extraordinary lengths to distinguish ourselves through world-class work.
Prioritize quality over speed, and speed over scope.
Desire working with deeply kind, mission-driven people.
Strive to make the complex simple.
Use first principles to debate ideas, test assumptions, and make decisions.
Seek the truth by putting data above opinions.
Assume good intent and give tactical feedback to help each other get better.
Hold no ego—when our customers win, we all win.
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