Director, Strategy & Operations

Oura Oura · Consumer · San Francisco, CA +1 · Business Operations

This role is a Director of Strategy & Operations for Oura, a consumer health tech company. The primary focus is on translating company priorities into operating plans, managing planning cycles, and building AI-native planning infrastructure. While AI tools are mentioned as a requirement for accelerating analysis and improving output quality, the core craft of the role is not AI/ML model development but rather strategic planning and operational execution within a consumer tech product environment.

What you'd actually do

  1. Partner with the executive team to translate company strategy into clear annual direction, enterprise priorities, and execution frameworks
  2. Lead the annual planning process — setting timelines, aligning cross-functional leaders, and ensuring resources are allocated to the highest-impact opportunities
  3. Build AI-native planning infrastructure that powers Oura’s planning model and portfolio management
  4. Design and run the company's operating rhythms, including annual planning cycles, quarterly OKR reviews, business performance checkpoints, and executive forums
  5. Lead and develop a high-performing planning and operations team — setting clear expectations, providing mentorship, and building a culture of rigor and speed

Skills

Required

  • 10-12+ years of experience in strategy consulting (MBB preferred) and or corporate strategy with direct ownership of enterprise planning processes
  • Executive presence
  • Strong communication skills
  • Ability to drive clarity and alignment without positional authority
  • Experience building operating models and processes in high-growth environments
  • Strong strategic orientation
  • Exceptional operational rigor
  • Proven ability to design and run operating systems from scratch
  • Operate with AI-fluency — you can build scalable planning tools, accelerate analysis, and raise the output quality of the teams around you using AI
  • Worked with C-suite executives on portfolio management and resource allocation

Nice to have

  • Experience in consumer tech
  • Experience in subscription businesses
  • Experience in digital health

What the JD emphasized

  • AI-fluency
  • build scalable planning tools
  • accelerate analysis
  • raise the output quality
  • strategy consulting (MBB preferred)
  • direct ownership of enterprise planning processes
  • design and run operating systems from scratch