Head of Operations Planning

Location: Cedar Rapids, Iowa; Denver, Colorado; Baltimore, Maryland; or Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Office environment required; occasional travel of less than 10%.

Salary: $200,000–$250,000 annually, plus potential eligibility for an annual bonus.

Company

hirify.global is a financial services company providing insurance, retirement, investment, employee benefits, and related financial solutions as part of the Aegon group.

What you will do

• Establish and lead long-range planning, annual planning, strategic prioritization, and performance monitoring.
• Advise executive leadership on priorities, strategic alternatives, emerging risks, investment decisions, and business performance.
• Translate company objectives into strategies, operating plans, performance measures, and governance practices.
• Partner with the PMO, IT, Finance, and business leaders on enterprise portfolio management and initiative prioritization.
• Oversee strategic programs, resolving dependencies, milestones, resource constraints, scope changes, and execution risks.
• Build executive dashboards, performance reviews, planning methodologies, decision rights, governance forums, and organizational planning capabilities.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in business, finance, strategy, economics, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• 15 years of progressively responsible experience in strategic planning, corporate strategy, business transformation, portfolio management, or a related discipline.
• Experience leading complex enterprise-wide initiatives involving multiple business areas, systems, stakeholders, and competing priorities.
• Experience advising executive leaders and influencing enterprise strategy, investment decisions, and organizational priorities.
• Experience developing long-range plans, business cases, operating models, performance measures, and benefits realization frameworks.
• Advanced knowledge of strategic planning, portfolio governance, program management, organizational change, and business performance practices.
• Ability to evaluate complex business issues, synthesize qualitative and quantitative information, develop recommendations, influence decisions, resolve conflict, and build alignment.
• Exceptional executive communication, facilitation, negotiation, and presentation skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office and strategic planning, portfolio management, and data visualization tools.

Nice to have

• Master’s degree in business, finance, strategy, or a related field.
• Experience leading strategy or transformation within a complex, regulated organization.
• Experience developing or transforming an enterprise strategic planning function.
• Experience with scenario planning, financial modeling, market analysis, and operating model design.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time employment in an office environment with occasional travel for strategic planning sessions, leadership meetings, and enterprise initiatives.
• Benefits may include medical, dental, vision, disability insurance, pension, 401(k) match, employee stock purchase plan, paid time off, paid holidays, and parental leave.
• Tuition reimbursement, career training, wellness programs, employee assistance, backup care, and employee discounts are available to eligible employees.
• Employee resource groups, inclusion and diversity programs, volunteer time, matching gifts, recognition programs, and referral bonuses are offered.
• Applicants must have legal authorization to work in the United States without immigration sponsorship or employer-of-record immigration support.