Sr. Manager, Product Operations (contract)

● 6+ years of experience in product operations, program management, portfolio operations, or delivery operations in a cross-functional environment.

● Demonstrated success designing and running operating cadences, including dependency and risk management and executive-ready reporting.

● Strong fluency with work management and reporting tools, including Asana (or equivalent), Smartsheet (or equivalent), Airtable (or equivalent), Google Workspace, and dashboard workflows.

● Experience operationalizing performance measurement, including data definitions, refresh cadences, data quality checks, and recurring reporting routines.

● Systems leadership: design repeatable workflows that scale across multiple products and stakeholders.

● Stakeholder leadership: drive alignment, clarify decision rights, and secure closure on priorities and dependencies.

For this role specifically, we are targeting an hourly rate of $36.06 where the difference in salary is typically determined by several factors, including geography in which the selected candidate resides, and alignment with qualifications and experience.

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Operating Rhythm, Planning, and Portfolio Execution

○ Lead the department’s operating cadence, including bi-weekly sprint planning, weekly execution reviews, monthly portfolio reviews, and quarterly planning support, with clear inputs, outputs, owners, and follow-through.

○ Convert portfolio priorities into executable plans, including milestones, critical paths, dependencies, and delivery checklists that support on-time, high-quality releases.

○ Maintain risk, dependency, and blocker logs; drive resolution by facilitating decision-making and escalating issues with clear options, impacts, and recommendations.

○ Provide capacity and resourcing visibility (load, throughput, constraints) in partnership with Product Management leadership to support transparent tradeoffs and protect delivery commitments.

○ Identify operational gaps and implement process improvements that reduce friction, improve cycle time, and increase delivery predictability across Product Services.

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