Strategy & Programs Manager, PhysicsX

• Experience: 3-6 years of experience in strategic operations, program management or project management within fast-growing tech companies, consultancies, or product operations teams
• Strategic Execution: Proven ability to translate high-level strategy into clear, executable plans
• Data-Driven Mindset: A "data-first" approach, with the skills to define key metrics, instrument those metrics, build performance dashboards, and interpret trends to inform decisions
• Strong communication skills: An engaging and clear communicator, comfortable leading sync-ups, writing concise updates, and delivering impactful presentations
• Stakeholder Management: Strong stakeholder management skills, with a track record of driving alignment without direct authority and adapting your message for various audiences, from team members to executive leadership

Desirable

• As a Program Manager, you will be a key driver of organisational effectiveness. You will proactively identify and address critical process gaps, owning the delivery of high-impact initiatives from planning through to completion — unlocking team potential and preparing us for scalable, sustainable growth
• You will act as a strategic partner to senior leadership and functional leads across our different functions and teams, from Forward Deployed Engineering, to People, to Product, translating high-level business needs into tangible, impactful programs and ensuring they are executed to a high standard. This is a unique opportunity for a dynamic individual passionate about building, optimising, and empowering teams
• Lead Outcome-Driven Programs: Partner with functional leaders to own and execute time-boxed programs that directly amplify team performance and tie back to company-wide goals — ensuring delivery on time, within scope, and to agreed quality standards
• Translate Strategy to Action: Break down broad strategic objectives into measurable steps and key metrics, then drive them through to completion. You’ll run milestone-based plans, manage risks and issues, and lead status syncs to ensure clear execution
• Solve Pain Points: Proactively surface company and team-level challenges, then translate those insights into structured programs that drive our continual improvement
• Facilitate Cross-Functional Alignment: Foster collaboration across Delivery, Product, Research, and Operations to remove blockers and drive alignment as we scale
• Communicate Impact: Build trust and momentum by clearly communicating wins through internal briefs, retrospective reports, and program status updates
• Measure Success: Close the loop on every program by collecting feedback, quantifying ROI, and providing leaders with the bandwidth and leverage they need to achieve their ambitious goals
• Example programs of work include:*
• Scaling our team for the future — e.g. partnering with Recruitment to redesign the hiring funnel, cut average time-to-hire by weeks, and secure the talent needed to hit aggressive growth targets
• Supercharging productivity with AI — e.g. rolling out AI tooling to automate document prep, meeting summaries, and reporting, saving teams hours each week and enabling scale without proportional headcount growth
• Exploring new frontiers — e.g. working with commercial leaders to assess entirely new markets for growth, building the business case and action plan for entry
• Shaping our story and ambition — e.g. preparing investor reports that weave performance data with a compelling growth narrative, ensuring our progress and vision land with maximum impact