BetterUp

Principal Business Operations Manager

BetterUp

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: CaliforniaNew YorkUnited States

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Salary

💰 $202,000 - $349,000 per year

Job Level

About the role

  • Lead BetterUp’s top strategic projects, including annual planning, acquisition integrations, due diligence, and more.
  • Oversee due diligence for partnerships with luminaries such as Brené Brown, Adam Grant, Pau Gasol, and Shaun White.
  • Develop BetterUp’s European market entry strategy.
  • Create BetterUp’s 5-year growth plan for the Board of Directors.
  • Collaborate with Co-Founders on fundraising decks.
  • Revamp pricing and packaging in partnership with a third-party consulting firm.
  • Establish and manage the CHRO Growth Advisory Council.
  • Lead the Davos activation, fostering connections between BetterUp’s CEO and Fortune 100 CXOs.
  • Negotiate and launch cross-selling partnership with Walmart.com.
  • Develop a strategy to expand the engineering team internationally.
  • Co-lead acquisition due diligence on U.S. and European acquisition targets.
  • Lead post-merger integrations.
  • Drive annual planning and manage the company OKR process.

Requirements

  • 5-8 years of experience at Bain & Company, McKinsey, or BCG, with demonstrated success leading complex, high-stakes projects. Additional experience in a lean, high-growth scale-up is a plus.
  • Strategic and Analytical Excellence: You combine creative problem-solving with a structured, analytical approach to business challenges and are adept at developing actionable insights that shape strategy at the highest levels.
  • Cross-functional leadership: Proven ability to work across all organizational levels, particularly with senior executives, to drive alignment, influence decision-making, and deliver measurable results.
  • Execution Mastery: You have a knack for juggling multiple high-priority initiatives while maintaining exceptional attention to detail and organization.
  • Agility and Resilience: Thrive in a fast-paced, ambiguous environment where priorities can shift rapidly, and you remain steadfast in driving impact.
Benefits
  • Access to BetterUp coaching; one for you and one for a friend or family member
  • A competitive compensation plan with opportunity for advancement
  • Medical, dental and vision insurance
  • Flexible paid time off
  • All federal/statutory holidays observed
  • 4 BetterUp Inner Work days (https://www.betterup.co/inner-work)
  • 5 Volunteer Days to give back
  • Learning and Development stipend
  • Company wide Summer & Winter breaks
  • Year-round charitable contribution of your choice on behalf of BetterUp
  • 401(k) self contribution

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

Hard skills
strategic project managementdue diligencemarket entry strategygrowth planningcross-selling strategypost-merger integrationOKR managementacquisition integrationanalytical problem-solvingexecution mastery
Soft skills
cross-functional leadershipcreative problem-solvingattention to detailorganizational skillsagilityresilienceinfluence decision-makingdrive alignmentdeliver measurable resultsadaptability