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    Business Operations Manager

    OperationsFull-timePosted todayNew

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    Oct 16, 2026

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    About the role

    Motive empowers the people who run physical operations with tools to make their work safer, more productive, and more profitable. Its platform combines industry-leading AI with tools for managing drivers, vehicles, equipment, and fleet-related spend in a single system. Motive serves nearly 100,000 customers across a wide range of industries.

    Business Operations at Motive is a highly cross-functional group responsible for developing go-to-market strategy, improving go-to-market efficiency, and ensuring growth targets are met. The team collaborates with stakeholders across Sales, Marketing, and Customer Success to drive alignment and execution.

    What you'll do

    • Develop go-to-market strategies by analyzing market trends, customer segmentation, and Motive’s competitive landscape.
    • Collaborate with senior leaders to prioritize high-growth opportunities and drive strategic execution, ensuring alignment across all go-to-market functions.
    • Lead high-impact, cross-functional strategic initiatives critical to scaling the business, facilitating communication and collaboration between departments.
    • Create robust analytical models and dashboards to provide actionable insights into go-to-market and product performance.
    • Proactively identify trends, opportunities, and risks, translating data into clear recommendations for optimizing commercial results and leveraging AI to drive scale and efficiency.
    • Champion operational efficiency by continuously identifying and addressing process inefficiencies.
    • Design and implement innovative solutions to streamline workflows, enhance productivity, and drive a culture of continuous improvement.

    What they're looking for

    • 6+ years of relevant experience in consulting, banking, private equity, or Strategy & Operations, combined with in-house experience at a SaaS company.
    • Recent experience at a hypergrowth and rapidly scaling SaaS company.
    • Recent Bachelor's degree required.
    • Advanced communication, presentation, and organization skills.
    • Executive presence and comfort communicating with the C-suite.
    • Exceptional spreadsheet and data management skills.
    • Expert with Google Sheets and Excel, with the ability to build data models.
    • Proficient in AI tools and comfortable leveraging AI to maximize effectiveness of daily work.
    • Intellectual curiosity supported by exceptional analytical skill.
    • Strong, demonstrated leadership capabilities.
    • Experience working on cross-functional projects with various stakeholders and demonstrated expertise in managing such projects.
    • Able to work in ambiguous, fast-paced environments under tight and unpredictable timelines.

    Nice to have

    • MBA is a plus.
    • SQL proficiency preferred.

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    Benefits

    Work from anywhereComprehensive benefitsWorkspace stipendRetirementPaid holidaysPaid parental leave

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