Principal – Business Operations and Strategy

🕒 April 3

🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $145k - $180k / year

⏰ Full Time

🔴 Lead

⚙️ Business Operations

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Instructure

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1001 - 5000 employees

📚 Education

☁️ SaaS

🤝 B2B

💰 Private Equity Round - Instructure on 2024-07

Education • SaaS • B2B

Instructure is an education-technology company that builds cloud-based learning and assessment platforms, best known for Canvas LMS. It provides an integrated ecosystem of SaaS products and services — including learning management, standards-aligned assessment (Mastery), credentialing and records (Parchment), analytics, and tools for K–12, higher education, and business/government training. Instructure focuses on student success, partner integrations, and scalable solutions for institutions and organizations to deliver, assess, and credential learning.

📋 Description

• Lead Enterprise Strategy & Planning: Own the annual strategy and planning cycle — from long-range vision to yearly investment allocation. • Drive Strategic Execution: Govern the company’s OKR and business review process to ensure accountability and measurable progress toward strategy. • Oversee Strategic Initiative Portfolio: Manage cross-functional initiatives that advance Instructure’s strategic priorities; align resources and resolve execution bottlenecks. • Operationalize Visibility: Build and continuously evolve the enterprise “Strategy Scorecard” and shared dashboards to quantify progress and impact. • Build Organizational Maturity: Establish consistent systems, processes, and decision-rights frameworks to move the company from reactive to managed to strategic. • Coach & Influence: Serve as a trusted advisor to senior leadership; lead, mentor, and scale the BizOps team; drive cultural adoption of data-informed, strategy-driven execution.

🎯 Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in management consulting, corporate strategy, or business operations at a high-growth SaaS company. • Proven success leading large-scale cross-functional programs with executive visibility. • Analytical and structured problem solver who can convert insight into action. • Highly skilled communicator able to influence at the executive level. • Track record of building operational systems and governance models at scale. • Comfortable balancing enterprise strategic thinking with hands-on execution.

🏖️ Benefits

• Competitive compensation, plus all full-time employees participate in our ownership program - because everyone should have a stake in our success. • Flexible work culture. Our remote, hybrid and in-office collaboration spaces vary by role, team and location. • Generous time off, including local holidays and our annual “Dim the Lights” period in late December, when teams are encouraged to step back and recharge based on departmental needs. • Comprehensive wellness programs and mental health support • Annual learning and development stipends to support your growth • The technology and tools you need to do your best work • Motivosity employee recognition program • A culture rooted in inclusivity, support, and meaningful connection