Operations Strategist Jobs in Houston, TX (NOW HIRING)

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This role is for someone who thrives at the intersection of execution discipline, strategic enablement, and leadership effectiveness.

As Strategist, Operations & Governance, you will sit at the center of Enterprise Operations (EO), partnering closely with and reporting to the EO Chief of Staff in support of the Chief Enterprise Operations Officer (CEOO). You will own the operating backbone that enables EO leaders to move faster, make better decisions, and stay focused on the work that matters most.

This role acts as the strategytoexecution and performance enablement layer for EO - translating leadership priorities into clear plans, visible metrics, disciplined governance, and reliable followthrough. It is designed for a force multiplier who sees ambiguity as their lane and takes pride in owning outcomes, not just contributing to them.

What You'll Do:

Own the EO Operating System

• Run and continuously improve EO's operating rhythm and governance, including leadership forums, materials, and decision standards.
• Own EO governance artifacts endtoend: operating rhythm playbooks, escalation rules, meeting charters and templates, and the Teams/Smartsheet ecosystem that supports execution.
• Set and enforce a high quality bar for executive materials, decision framing, and followthrough.
• Protect leadership time by shifting conversations from status to decisions, tradeoffs, and actions.

Run the EO LT BPM Forum

• Own and run the EO LT BPM forum as a primary mechanism for staying connected to what's happening across EO.
• Use the forum to surface progress, risks, dependencies, and emerging issues across the organization.
• Ensure information flows effectively down from the Office of the CEOO and back up from the business, creating a tight feedback loop.
• Leverage BPM insights to help EO leaders prepare for upcoming leadership discussions and decision points.

Enable Executive Readiness & FollowThrough

• Partner closely with the EO Chief of Staff and CEOO to prepare for and follow up on key leadership forums, including:
  • EO LT facetofaces (F2Fs)
  • EO LT First Team monthly huddles and F2Fs
  • Monthly extended staff meetings
  • EO QFRs and other enterprise leadership reviews
• Ensure clarity on objectives, decisions, and actions before each forum - and disciplined followthrough afterward.
• Translate leadership outcomes into clear ownership, timelines, and next steps across EO

Strategy & Operating Planning Enablement

• Design and run EO's annual priorities and operating planning processes, including timelines, forums, templates, and readiness standards.
• Translate CEOO and EO LT priorities into a structured Annual Operating Plan, with clearly defined initiatives, owners, milestones, and review cadence.
• Ensure strategic priorities are consistently reflected across EO operating rhythm forums (BPM, QFRs, EO LT) and do not degrade into adhoc tracking.
• Serve as the process owner for strategytoexecution translation - while strategy definition and tradeoff decisions remain with the EO Chief of Staff, CEOO, and EO LT.

Performance Management & Visibility ("Single Pane of Glass")

• Own EO's performance management operating system, including the CEOO dashboard, balanced scorecards, and QFR materials.
• Create and maintain a singlepaneofglass view of EO performance, initiative progress, risks, and actions to support timely, informed leadership decisions.
• Define performance review standards (metrics, refresh cadence, insight vs. status) so forums are decisionoriented rather than reportoriented.
• Orchestrate inputs across Finance, HR, Digital, and functional teams - without duplicating sourceoftruth ownership.

Drive Momentum Across EO

• Identify gaps in ownership, alignment, or execution and step in to close them.
• Drive crossfunctional initiatives from ambiguity to completion - aligning stakeholders, resolving friction, and sustaining momentum.
• Surface tradeoffs and escalate thoughtfully when decisions are required.
• Create structure where none exists and move work forward without waiting for perfect direction.

Shape ExecutiveGrade Narratives

• Design and produce executivelevel content for leadership meetings, keynotes, and customer engagements.
• Translate complex business realities into clear, compelling narratives with a strong point of view.
• Maintain a substancefirst bar: insight, logic, and business understanding come before visuals.

What We're Looking For

Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Communications, Marketing, Business, or related field (Master's preferred)
• 10+ years in operations, program management, consulting, strategy execution, or senior business roles.
• Proven experience running complex operating rhythms, governance mechanisms, and crossfunctional initiatives.
• Comfort operating close to senior leadership and handling sensitive, highstakes work.

Capabilities

Operations & Supply Chain Fluency

• Strong grounding in operations or supply chain environments, with familiarity across core performance dimensions such as service, cost, inventory, cash, and resilience.
• Working knowledge of how key supply chain and operational metrics interrelate (e.g., OTIF / DTFC, lead time, forecast accuracy, inventory days, COGS savings, excess & obsolescence, DPO / DSO).
• Ability to interpret metric movement, understand tradeoffs, and translate performance signals into insight and action - not just reporting.

Execution & Systems Thinking

• Strong systems thinker; able to connect strategy, planning, cadence, performance visibility, and execution.
• Exceptional judgment and discretion; trusted with incomplete information and tight timelines.
• Executivelevel communication skills, including the ability to shape decisionready narratives.
• High execution discipline - you finish what you start and raise the bar for how work gets done.

Mindset

• Ownershipdriven: you take responsibility for outcomes, not just tasks.
• Comfortable in ambiguity and energized by pace.
• Proactive, anticipatory, and continuously learning.
• Willing to flex between strategic thinking and handson execution - whatever it takes to deliver.

What Success Looks Like

• EO runs with a predictable, trusted operating rhythm.
• Leaders spend more time deciding and less time chasing clarity.
• Risks and misalignment surface early - not at the eleventh hour.
• Executive forums are wellprepared, outcomeoriented, and followed through.
• Leadership has a trusted, single view of EO performance and initiative health.
• The EO Chief of Staff Office is seen as a force multiplier for the business.

Disclaimer

This job description describes the general nature and level of work performed in this role. It is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, skills, responsibilities, knowledge, etc. These may be subject to change and additional functions may be assigned as needed by management.

Pay and Benefits

The pay range for this role is $174,350 to $261,550 USD annually with additional

opportunities for pay in the form of bonus and/or equity (applies to United

States of America candidates only). Pay varies by work location, job-related

knowledge, skills, and experience.

Benefits:

HP offers a comprehensive benefits package for this position, including:

• Health insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Long term/short term disability insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Flexible spending account
• Life insurance
• Generous time off policies, including;
• 4-12 weeks fully paid parental leave based on tenure
• 11 paid holidays
• Additional flexible paid vacation and sick leave (US benefits overview

• https://hpbenefits.ce.alight.com/

The compensation and benefits information is accurate as of the date of this

posting. The Company reserves the right to modify this information at any time,

with or without notice, subject to applicable law.

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