Director, International Business Operations
Oura, United States
Job Description
Oura is an award-winning and fast-growing startup that helps people track all stages of sleep and activity using the Oura Ring and connected app. By providing daily feedback and practical steps to inspire healthy lifestyles, we’ve helped quarter of a million people improve their sleep, understand their bodies, and transform their health. We’re on a mission to empower every person to own their inner potential, and we’re seeking candidates who want to make an impact on our journey.
The Director, International Business Operations will be responsible for prioritizing and planning global expansion and new market entry.
The ideal candidate has both a strategic business background, as well as a deep understanding of country specific rollout planning, localization efforts, sales, product, operations, finance, and marketing functions. In past roles, you’ve demonstrated an ability to think strategically about business challenges, and are able to build and convey compelling plans and frameworks. You thrive when solving complex and ambiguous problems, are comfortable challenging the status quo and have a proven track record of managing large programs. You are able to identify and communicate a clear vision to a diverse group of stakeholders, including senior leaders, and drive ideas to completion.
This role will begin as a hybrid of remote/in-person but eventually will be in our San Francisco office.
Requirements
What you will do:
- Oversee the development of Oura’s international expansion programs and go-to-market playbook in close partnership with our sales, operations, finance, product and marketing functions.
- Work with key stakeholders across all functions to deliver against strategy and requirements to ensure successful and efficient expansion rollouts.
- Partner closely with many other teams at Oura - to ensure we’re thoughtful and consistent in our planning and execution.
- Evaluate and communicate the progress of ongoing market expansion projects on a regular basis to key stakeholders, achieving cross-functional alignment around goals and objectives.
- Provide in-depth analysis of key business drivers to measure progress towards international growth goals and develop recommendations for maximizing international performance.
- Actively identify and resolve issues that may impair the team’s ability to meet strategic, financial, and technical goals. Your program management skills allow you to efficiently coordinate and track work across multiple teams. Your start-up mentality enables you to find work-arounds for any business challenge.
We would love to have you on our team, if you have:
- 6+ years of experience in corporate international expansion, business strategy, and / or management consulting focused on large scale complex operational and strategic initiatives.
- You’re a shrewd written and verbal communicator, lead meetings with program stakeholders efficiently, and bring clarity to ambiguous situations.
- Excellent verbal and interpersonal communication skills.
- Detail-oriented, organized, and proactive.
- Comfort working in a fast-paced environment, positive, solution-oriented, and easy-going.
- An unyielding commitment to ride in the quality of your work, with an ability to to achieve precise and measurable results with your efforts.
Benefits
At Oura, we care about you and your wellbeing. Everyone here at Oura has a ring of their own and is continually looking to improve their health. What you’ll get:
- A competitive salary and equity
- Health, dental, and vision insurance
- Wellness benefits
- Flexible working hours + work-life balance,
- An Oura ring of your own
- Beautiful workspace in San Francisco by Pier 31
- 20 days of PTO
- Amazing culture of collaborative and passionate coworkers
Oura is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. Individuals seeking employment at Oura are considered without regards to age, socioeconomic status, ancestry, color, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, mental or physical disability, national origin, protected family care or medical leave status, race, religion (including beliefs and practices or the absence thereof), sexual orientation, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. We will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics.