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Instructure is seeking a Principal, Business Operations and Strategy to lead high-impact initiatives across the organization. This role partners directly with executive leadership to drive growth, efficiency, and execution across the enterprise, connecting strategy to execution and ensuring organizational alignment on priorities, rationale, and progress.
You will lead the annual strategy and planning cycle from long-range vision through yearly investment allocation. You'll govern the company's OKR and business review process to ensure accountability and measurable progress toward strategic objectives. As the owner of the enterprise initiative portfolio, you'll manage cross-functional programs that advance Instructure's strategic priorities, align resources, and resolve execution bottlenecks.
Key responsibilities include building and evolving the enterprise "Strategy Scorecard" and shared dashboards to quantify progress and impact, establishing consistent systems, processes, and decision-rights frameworks to mature the organization from reactive to managed to strategic. You'll serve as a trusted advisor to senior leadership, leading and mentoring the BizOps team while driving cultural adoption of data-informed, strategy-driven execution.
The ideal candidate brings 5+ years of experience in management consulting, corporate strategy, or business operations at a high-growth SaaS company, with proven success leading large-scale cross-functional programs with executive visibility. You're an analytical, structured problem solver who converts insights into action, with strong executive communication and influence skills. You have a track record of building operational systems and governance models at scale and are comfortable balancing enterprise strategic thinking with hands-on execution.
Instructure offers competitive compensation with ownership program participation, flexible work culture (remote, hybrid, and in-office options), generous time off including an annual recharge period in December, comprehensive wellness and mental health support, learning and development resources with tuition reimbursement, and a culture rooted in inclusivity and meaningful connection.
