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Vice President, Strategy

Moveworks

Moveworks

Software Engineering
Mountain View, CA, USA
Posted 6+ months ago

Vice President, Strategy - Onsite in Mountain View

The VP of Strategy is a consulting role reporting directly to the CEO supporting the executive leadership and functional teams as well as key business partners on various strategic and operational initiatives. This position will serve as a leading team member across a variety of project types including assessing progress of business strategies against OKRs, execution of those strategies, solving complex internal operational issues and coordinating among the Extended Leadership Team (ELT). Responsibilities include performing and/or leading various special projects and analysis in support of growth initiatives and operational optimization across the company.

Who We Are

Moveworks is the copilot platform for automating employee support, empowering our customer’s workforce to converse with all of their business systems through natural language. Powered by the world’s most advanced LLMs and our proprietary MoveLM models, our copilot enables users to search information, automate tasks, and create content with generative AI.

Brands such as Databricks, Broadcom, DocuSign, and Palo Alto Networks leverage Moveworks to automate L1 support, enhance the employee experience, and navigate critical business initiatives.

Founded in 2016, Moveworks has raised $315 million in funding, at a valuation of $2.1 billion. We’ve been named to the 2023 Forbes Cloud 100 list as well as the Forbes AI 50 list for five consecutive years, while also earning recognition as the winner of the 2023 Edison Awards for AI Optimized Productivity, and as the Best Bot Solution at the 2022 AI Breakthrough Awards.

Moveworks has over 500 employees in six offices around the world, and is backed by some of the world's most prominent investors, including Kleiner Perkins, Lightspeed, Bain Capital Ventures, Sapphire Ventures, Iconiq, and more.

Come join one of the most innovative teams on the planet!

What you will do

  • Work collaboratively with cross functional teams to analyze issues and develop solutions to improve how we innovate, scale, build and deliver.
  • Uncover opportunities to drive results.
  • Support and help drive business analysis to identify opportunities and inform decisions.
  • Bring clarity of thought to effectively structure, communicate and ensure alignment on our strategies and plans.
  • Serve as an advisor to the leadership team to ensure progress in critical areas.
  • Analyze and understand critical content and market trends and provide thought leadership.
  • Create compelling presentations and other documents supported by strong qualitative and quantitative storytelling.
  • Manage a complex supply chain of information and processes among a broad array of executive stakeholders, including finance, research, strategy, business affairs, legal and the people team.
  • Build detailed models and business plans.
  • Perform various analysis by leveraging resources and insights gathered from a broad range of functional experts and data sources.
  • Deep inspection of the business, projects and how Moveworks is performing against internal OKRs.
  • Challenge the status quo and leadership team in a thought provoking way.
  • Lead and/or be a key participant in special projects and fill in the gaps wherever needed.
  • Establish structure to achieve scale and provide guidance and teachings on how to do so with the rest of the leadership team.

What we are looking for:

  • An excellent communicator who can make the complex simple. Someone comfortable presenting to all levels of executives and stakeholders.
  • A visionary strategist and scaler, adept at connecting the dots between vision, the innovations and the infrastructure required to achieve it.
  • An agile leader with strong project management skills, able to operate at all levels and manage by influence. This role requires you to dive into the details while simultaneously leading transformative initiatives.
  • A creative thinker who is not confined to a traditional approach, willing to explore new and/or unconventional strategies if the impact or doing so is greater than “doing what has always been done”.
  • Someone excited about creating automated workflows and harnessing the power of analytics while also recognizing the importance of building a strong foundation and getting the basics right.
  • A self-starter who is comfortable with change and ambiguity.
  • A data enthusiast who brings a very detail-oriented, yet adaptable approach to problem solving.
  • A lifelong learner who is eager to grow and innovate.

Qualifications:

  • 15+ years’ experience in management consulting, strategic planning and leading across the various domains.
  • High proficiency in communicating complex ideas and data sets.
  • Superior attention to detail.
  • Excellent project management skills.
  • Takes initiative and is a self-starter with the ability to lead projects from inception to completion.
  • Ability to work independently and as a member of a collaborative team.
  • A combination of experience in both high-growth and more established organizations.
  • Experience in both private and public company environments.
  • Demonstrated ability to build capabilities in a fast-paced environment with evolving infrastructure.
  • Exceptional skills in prioritization, managing multiple projects, and fostering effective collaboration.
  • Expertise developing and delivering communications that help internal and external stakeholders understand our strategic direction, initiatives to achieve that strategic direction and progress against OKRs.
  • B.A. or B.S. degree in Finance, Economics, Business, Technology or other relevant subject area.

Compensation Base Range:

Compensation Structure: Base + Equity

*Our compensation package includes a market competitive salary, equity for all full time roles, exceptional benefits, and, for applicable roles, commissions or bonus plans.
Ultimately, in determining pay, final offers may vary from the amount listed based on geography, the role’s scope and complexity, the candidate’s experience and expertise, and other factors.

Moveworks Is An Equal Opportunity Employer
*Moveworks is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We provide employment opportunities without regard to age, race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion, disability, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, veteran status, or any other characteristics protected by law.