At **Pathfinder**, the **Strategic Ops Partner** is the Chief Innovation Officer's (CINO) operational co-pilot — managing priorities, coordinating rituals, tracking execution, and making sure nothing slips through the cracks.
You’re not a traditional EA or project coordinator. You’re the *calm in the chaos* — the person who makes innovation execution feel structured, seamless, and scalable.
If you love helping vision become reality and enjoy working across people, product, process, and partners — this is your seat.
KRA1: Operational Enablement**
- Coordinate and facilitate rituals across the innovation org (standups, sprint reviews, retros, demos, etc.)
- Manage the CINO’s calendar, planning cadence, and stakeholder updates
- Track action items, follow-ups, and weekly priorities across teams
KRA2: Strategic Reporting & Doentation**
- Maintain OKR dashboards, decision logs, and release trackers
- Support board presentation decks, product showcase docs, and weekly leadership updates
- Ensure Notion doentation is complete, up-to-date, and accessible
KRA 3: Cross-Functional Sync & Coordination**
- Align with SDA, QA, Strategists, and Program Manager to ensure flow across squads
- Coordinate partner reviews, demo days, enablement sessions, and retrospectives
- Act as the glue between CINO, strategy, delivery, and external execution
**Qualities We Love**
- Obsessed with follow-through
- Clear thinker, faster executor
- Process-minded but people-first
- Understands startup velocity and how to keep up without burning out
**Must-Haves:**
- 3–5 years in executive support, program ops, or strategy operations
- Experience managing projects, calendars, and meeting cadences
- Skilled in Notion, Google Workspace, Slack, and OKR tools
**Bonus:**
- Worked in product, innovation, or growth teams
- Experience supporting C-level stakeholders or founders
- Comfort with dashboards, Jira, and lightweight reporting
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