Buildforce

Strategy & Operations Manager

Buildforce Houston, TX

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Base pay range

$75,000.00/yr - $90,000.00/yr
About The Role

As Strategy & Operations Manager, you’ll work directly with our COO and Strategy & Operations Lead. You’ll take ownership of critical cross-functional initiatives, manage strategic planning processes, and ensure we’re tracking against company-wide priorities. This role is part operator, part strategic project manager, and part problem-solver. You’ll have visibility across the entire company and play a key role in making important operational decisions.

If you’re looking for a front-row seat to how a venture-backed startup operates and want to accelerate your impact and learning, this is it.

We’re Looking For Someone Who Is

  • 2–4 years into their career, ideally with experience in:
    • Management consulting or investment banking
    • Early-stage startups in Chief of Staff, BizOps, or strategy roles
    • Operations or finance roles with high ownership and visibility
  • A structured thinker with a bias for action — able to break down complex problems, drive clarity, and execute quickly.
  • You can operate both at 30,000 feet and in the weeds.
  • Highly resourceful — you don’t wait for direction; you anticipate, unblock, and move
  • Process-minded — you notice inefficiencies and create systems that scale. You have excellent pattern matching, and you know how to use your learnings to optimize a system or process.
  • Low ego, high horsepower — you do what needs to be done, from recruiting team members to strategic projects to shadowing field ops.
What You’ll Own

  • Company Operations
  • Co-pilot the business alongside the COO
  • Help manage cross-functional alignment across our Sales, Recruiting, Support, & Back Office functions (screenshot below)
  • Become a subject-matter expert who can both handle escalations and build processes to mitigate future escalations
  • Identify and address organizational bottlenecks
  • Work with our data and product teams to track critical KPIs and make data-driven operational decisions
  • Strategic Projects (both Product & Process)
  • Own high-priority initiatives across the different “domains” of the business (screenshot below) – from improving our Top of
  • Funnel spend on the Recruiting side of the business to improving our Support Knowledge Base to managing multi-state compliance
  • Work with the leadership team to prioritize the highest-impact initiatives
  • Product Innovation
  • Transform front-line insights into product requirements
  • Partner with our Product team to identify and solve operational and scaling challenge
  • Chief of Staff 1

You Might Be a Fit If

  • You’ve thrived in fast-paced, ambiguous environments
  • You’re both analytical and scrappy — Excel is second nature, but you’re also not afraid to pick up the phone
  • You’re comfortable managing up, down, and sideways
  • You’re hungry to learn and grow, but humble enough to take notes and iterate quickly

This Role Is Not For You If

  • You’re looking for a highly structured or siloed role
  • You’re not interested in owning multiple workstreams or jumping into unfamiliar territory
  • You need to be told what to do — we need someone who can spot problems before they happen

What We Offer

  • Ownership & autonomy –We’re a small team, so there is the opportunity to take “Complete Ownership” and focus on the highest-impact initiatives. You will work directly with the COO.
  • Large amount of exposure and impact across all areas of the business
  • Competitive comp and benefits package
  • Equity ownership – meaningful upside as we scale
  • Transparent leadership and strong mentorship from seasoned startup operators
  • Ability to work out of our Houston HQ with a hybrid work schedule

Compensation Range: $75K - $90K

  • Seniority level

    Executive
  • Employment type

    Full-time
  • Job function

    Management and Manufacturing
  • Industries

    Construction

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