Strategic Operations Manager

Accepting applications until: 

9 October 2026

Job Description

Your Role: Strategic Operations Manager 

This is a rare opportunity for an ambitious, analytically minded early-career professional to support the running of the entire AdPower operation. You'll support the Head of Business Operations with data analysis, delivering “deep-dive” strategic projects, and project management. It's an ideal role for someone who is comfortable in data, intellectually curious, highly organised and hungry to make a real impact in a fast-growing media business. 

 

As a Strategic Operations Manager at Global, you will: 

Key Responsibilities 

Data & Reporting (40%) 

• Consolidate data and reporting across AdPower, replacing piecemeal processes with a single, reliable view of performance 

• Build and maintain dashboards and reporting frameworks that surface the right insight at the right time for leadership 

• Work closely with Finance and other functions to ensure commercial data is accurate, up-to-date and accessible 

• Proactively identify gaps in reporting and drive improvements that reduce manual effort and increase confidence in numbers 

• Support the wider team with BI requirements to support strategic insight and operational progress 

Project-based Analysis & Insights (30%) 

• Writing, refining, and delivering data & insight briefs��for ‘special projects’ – analyses that look to answer business-critical questions on a range of subjects from product funnel performance, through to pricing and revenue analysis 

• Working with other teams and functions across the business to understand context and problems in depth, and reach the best conclusion for both AdPower & Global 

• Present conclusions and results to Senior Leadership Team and Stakeholders 

Project Support & Programme Coordination (30%) 

• Support the development, execution and ongoing tracking of core projects ongoing for AdPower, whether that’s developing a new pricing strategy, or launching a brand campaign 

• Build and edit high-quality presentations, translating complex ideas and data into clear, compelling narratives for senior audiences 

• Act as a connector to cross-functional partners, particularly Finance, pulling together forecasts, numbers and commercial inputs as needed 

• Maintain action logs and follow up between meetings to keep things moving  

• Maintain a forward-looking view of key meetings, milestones and decisions, flagging preparation needs in advance 

• Draft briefing notes, action summaries and follow-up communications from key meetings 

 

What You'll Love About This Role 

1. Think Big: You'll work directly alongside the Head of Business Operations on some of the most important strategic questions facing the business. 

2. Own It: From data infrastructure to pricing analysis, you'll have real ownership of meaningful work from day one. 

3. Keep it Simple: You have a gift for making the complex clear — turning data and ambiguity into sharp narratives for senior audiences. 

4. Better Together: You'll build relationships across Marketing, Finance, Customer Success and Operations, becoming a trusted connector across the business. 

What Success Looks Like 

In your first few months, you'll have: 

• Built strong working relationships across key cross-functional partners 

• Taken on ownership of creating a reporting framework and process that gives leadership a clear, reliable view of AdPower performance and operations 

• Supported projects hands-on, developed unique insights through data, helping them drive to completion quickly 

• Become a trusted, proactive presence in executive preparation and planning sessions 

What You'll Need 

• Strong analytical mindset and skillset: You're advanced in Excel and comfortable with: structured data, BI tools (Tableau, Lookr, Power BI) and SQL (3+ years preferred) and can turncomplex numbers into clear insight and action. 

• Commercial curiosity: You're genuinely interested in how businesses make commercial decisions, and you ask the right questions. 

• Technical Communication and strong storytelling: You can translate complex technical details into easy clear messages, build a sharp deck, write a concise briefing note and hold a room with your ideas. 

• Stakeholder confidence: You're comfortable building relationships across functions and at different levels of seniority. 

• Proactivity and initiative: You don't wait to be told, you spot what needs doing and get on with it. 

• Organised and detail-oriented: You can juggle multiple workstreams without letting things slip. 

• Education and experience: A business-related degree is preferred; an MBA or equivalent postgraduate qualification is welcome. We're looking for someone with 3+ years of professional experience, ideally in a commercial, strategy, consulting or an analytical environment.