Director, Strategic Operations

Business Development & Operations Seattle, Washington, United States

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Summary

Strategic operations leader with 25+ years designing operating structures that connect executive strategy to delivery execution. At Microsoft, led global operations across marketing, localization, support, fraud, analytics, and partner ecosystem functions with 12 direct reports and 40+ matrixed contributors, scaling annual planning engagements from 6,000 to 37,500 while reducing delivery spend from $13M to $7M. At T-Mobile, ran weekly operating cadences through 7 product managers coordinating 100+ contributors to restore sequencing discipline across revenue-critical systems. At Avalara, established governance mechanisms enabling capital sequencing and tradeoff visibility during hypergrowth. Specialize in building tiered operating rhythms that surface capacity constraints and clarify priorities for executive decision-making.

Expectations

I'm looking for a Director of Strategic Operations role where I own the operating infrastructure connecting executive decisions to organizational execution. My ideal environment is a technology company scaling through complexity multiple functions, competing priorities, constrained resources where leadership needs someone to build the operating rhythms that surface what matters and drive accountability. Fully remote from Washington State required. I'm drawn to COO-adjacent or CTO-adjacent roles where I can architect how the organization plans, prioritizes, and executes rather than managing a single functional silo.