Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Monarch is a powerful, all-in-one personal finance platform designed to simplify finances for its users. They are seeking a Principal, Strategic Operations to design and implement effective operating systems that align company strategy with execution, working closely with the leadership team.
Responsibilities
- Design and continuously improve Monarch's leadership operating system, including planning cadences, decision-making frameworks, and operating rhythms
- Own the operating mechanics behind quarterly and annual planning, ensuring priorities, dependencies, and execution remain aligned across the company
- Drive execution of the company's highest-priority cross-functional initiatives by improving coordination, accountability, and follow-through
- Build and evolve the operating mechanisms, documentation, and planning artifacts that enable teams to execute effectively at scale
- Partner closely with founders and functional leaders to identify organizational friction, improve decision-making, and continuously strengthen how Monarch operates
Skills
- 7+ years of experience in Business Operations, Strategic Operations, Chief of Staff, Management Consulting, or a similar operational leadership role
- Demonstrated experience designing or scaling operating systems, planning processes, or company-wide execution mechanisms in a high-growth environment
- Experience partnering directly with founders and senior leaders on company-wide initiatives
- Exceptional written communication skills and the ability to synthesize complexity into clear decisions, frameworks, and operating mechanisms
- Strong systems thinking with the ability to identify root causes, simplify complexity, and design durable solutions
- Outstanding judgment, executive presence, and the ability to influence senior leaders without formal authority
- Proven ability to operate autonomously in ambiguous, fast-moving environments while maintaining an exceptionally high quality bar
- Demonstrated AI Fluency: you use AI regularly in your work, have a clear point of view on where it helps and where it doesn't, and are continuously raising your own bar
- Experience leading company planning (OKRs, annual planning, quarterly planning, etc.)
- Background in management consulting followed by an operating role
- Experience supporting founder-led organizations through rapid scaling
- Familiarity with tools such as Notion, Linear, Omni / Looker, Slack, and modern AI platforms (e.g., ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini)
Benefits
- Work wherever you want! As a fully remote company with no central office, we want you to work wherever you are happiest and most productive. Whether that’s out of your home, a co-working space, or elsewhere.
- Stipend to set-up your ideal working environment.
- Competitive Benefit Plans for employees based on your location (e.g. in the US we offer: Medical, dental and vision benefits and the ability to contribute to a 401k plan).
- Unlimited PTO.
- 3 day weekend every month! We take off the “First Friday” every month to focus on rest, recuperation, or just having fun!
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