Operations Manager

Location: Hybrid (2 days onsite)

Language: Excellent written and verbal English communication required

Duration: Initial 6-month contract with strong potential for permanent conversion

Background Check Requirement: Background check required. Must be comfortable handling confidential executive, organizational, financial, and technology information.

About the Opportunity

We're recruiting for a highly visible Strategy & Operations Partner opportunity supporting a senior technology executive within a large enterprise organization. Acting as a trusted strategic partner, you'll help strengthen the executive operating model by improving governance, executive decision-making, organizational alignment, and the execution of enterprise priorities.

This role is ideal for someone who enjoys bringing clarity to ambiguity, influencing without authority, and working across complex technology organizations. You'll collaborate with senior leaders across technology, PMO, compliance, architecture, vendor management, operational excellence, finance, HR, and transformation to improve how work gets done and ensure leadership stays focused on the highest-value priorities.

What's In It for You

• Partner directly with executive leadership in a highly strategic role.
• Influence enterprise-wide technology and transformation initiatives.
• Lead high-impact, cross-functional projects that improve organizational effectiveness.
• Gain exposure to executive decision-making, governance, and operating model design.
• Join a collaborative environment that values initiative, sound judgment, and continuous improvement.
• Opportunity to transition into a permanent leadership role.

Your Responsibilities

• You'll design and manage executive operating cadences, including leadership meetings, governance forums, QBRs, and executive decision routines.
• You'll translate strategic priorities and organizational objectives into actionable execution plans, dashboards, and accountability mechanisms.
• You'll prepare executive-ready briefings, leadership updates, presentation materials, board inputs, and strategic communications.
• You'll drive governance by maintaining decision logs, action trackers, issue registers, and executive dashboards.
• You'll identify organizational friction, improve operating models, clarify decision rights, and facilitate alignment across leadership teams.
• You'll lead high-priority cross-functional initiatives and special projects on behalf of executive leadership.

Skills and Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in Strategy & Operations, Chief of Staff, Business Operations, Technology Transformation, Governance, PMO, Management Consulting, or Operational Excellence.
• Demonstrated success partnering directly with senior executives in complex enterprise environments.
• Strong experience developing executive operating cadences, governance processes, dashboards, decision logs, and accountability frameworks.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills with the ability to produce concise, executive-ready materials.
• Proven ability to synthesize complex information into clear recommendations, risks, decisions, and next steps.
• Strong stakeholder management, executive presence, and the ability to influence across matrixed organizations without direct authority.
• Experience supporting enterprise technology organizations, digital transformation, governance, compliance, architecture, vendor management, or M&A activities is considered a strong asset.

Why Partner with Altis

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We appreciate the time and effort all applicants invest in their submissions. Please note that only candidates shortlisted for this role will be contacted directly. However, your profile will remain under consideration for future opportunities that align with your experience and career goals.All qualified applicants will receive fair consideration for employment. We welcome individuals of all backgrounds, experiences, and identities including those who identify as women, members of racialized groups, Indigenous Peoples, persons with disabilities, and 2SLGBTQIA+ communities. If you require an accommodation, please review our accessibility policy and reach out to our accessibility officer with any questions. Our human recruiters review all applications and always make the final hiring decision. On occasion, we also use AI-assisted tools to help review applications.