Senior Director, Business Operations

Engine, a rapidly growing fintech and corporate travel platform, is hiring a Senior Director of Business Operations for a full-time, remote position within the United States.

What This Role Involves

As Senior Director of Business Operations at Engine, you'll architect the systems, processes, and governance structures that enable the company to grow with intention and discipline. Your mandate spans planning and prioritization, leadership alignment, and cross-functional strategic execution. You'll work directly with the Chief People Officer, CEO, and executive leadership team to ensure Engine's growth remains rapid and sustainable. This is a partnership role at the highest levels, not a support function.

Core Duties

• Architect and facilitate the company's planning rhythms—monthly, quarterly, and annual cycles—ensuring departmental alignment and shifting toward data-driven async reporting so leadership time focuses on decisions.
• Translate corporate strategy into actionable financial models, headcount forecasts, and measurable enterprise objectives in collaboration with Finance and People teams.
• Own accountability for cross-functional strategic initiatives from conception through delivery, ensuring resource alignment and removing obstacles that impede progress.
• Construct dashboards and executive-level analytics that provide visibility into business health and initiative progress.
• Analyze data patterns across product, revenue, and operations to surface misalignments and provide executives with intelligence for rapid decision-making.
• Build and develop a high-capacity operations team of program managers and business analysts, deploying them flexibly to solve the organization's highest-friction challenges.
• Establish automation and AI-powered workflows throughout the operations function, freeing human capacity for higher-value strategic work as the company scales.

Skills & Qualifications

• Minimum 12 years in business operations, corporate strategy, program management, or Chief of Staff roles at high-velocity technology or SaaS companies.
• Demonstrated expertise designing and running planning processes at organizations navigating significant growth and organizational change.
• Ability to build efficient operating models that maintain momentum without bureaucratic overhead; expertise in pragmatic rather than rigid approaches.
• Strong executive presence with capability to distill complex data into clear strategic narratives and debate constructively with senior leaders.
• Comfortable navigating and thriving within high-candor, high-standards cultures that value directness, intellectual rigor, and difficult tradeoff decisions.
• Track record of hiring, organizing, and coaching diverse, high-performing operations and program management teams.
• Inherent ability to function effectively amid simultaneous change, ambiguous priorities, and evolving systems without sacrificing execution speed or quality.

More About Engine

Engine is reimagining corporate travel and spend management by unifying travel booking, financial infrastructure, and expense visibility on a single platform. The company serves over 30,000 clients managing 1 million business travelers and processing billions in annual bookings. Backed by Telescope Partners, Blackstone, and Permira, Engine combines proprietary travel rates, category-leading rewards, and smart automation to drive cost savings and superior user experience. The company is cash-flow positive and growing rapidly, recognized as a fastest-growing fintech platform in North America, including honors from Deloitte's Fast 500 and Built In's Best Workplaces.

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