Vice President of Business Operations & Enterprise Transformation, Amplify
$240-280k
Offers Equity • Offers Bonus
Occasional travel as required
K-12 curriculum & assessment publisher
Be an early applicant
K-12 curriculum & assessment publisher
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$240-280k
Offers Equity • Offers Bonus
Occasional travel as required
1001+ employees
Company mission
To help educators create the next generation of scientific innovators as well as citizens who are sceptical, curious, and evidence-based thinkers.
Role
Who you are
- Transformation Leadership: Significant experience in Strategy, Business Operations, or Management Consulting with executive-level exposure, including a proven track record leading enterprise-wide transformation programs across multi-functional organizations
- Modern Process Redesign: Demonstrated expertise in process re-engineering—specifically applying modern technologies, AI, and automation to drive measurable efficiency, productivity, and ROI gains
- Track Record of Execution: Proven history of owning and driving complex, cross-functional initiatives from inception to completion—actively building and delivering outcomes rather than simply tracking project milestones
- Builder Mindset: Comfortable operating without a playbook, creating structure out of ambiguity, and constructively holding executive peers accountable
- Executive Presence & Synthesis: Exceptional written and verbal communication skills with the ability to synthesize complex, ambiguous information into clear, persuasive narratives for senior leadership
- Location & Travel: Willingness to work in a hybrid environment with regular in-person presence in our New York City office, along with occasional travel as required
- Education & Experience: 12+ years of relevant experience preferred; MBA or advanced degree preferred
What the job involves
- We are seeking a Vice President of Business Operations & Enterprise Transformation to serve as the critical lynchpin in building Amplify’s next-generation internal operating system
- Reporting directly to the President & COO, you will act as a primary operating partner and strategic catalyst driving our enterprise-wide transformation strategy, aligning business unit leadership around long-term goals, and engineering the playbooks that translate high-level vision into disciplined, measurable execution
- This is not a traditional governance role. You will be an active architect, trusted partner, and hands-on quarterback responsible for aligning senior leaders unblocking business units, and leveraging modern technologies—including AI and process automation—to ensure Amplify moves faster, smarter, and with complete operational cohesion
- Enterprise Strategy & Transformation:
- Define & Scale the Next-Gen Operating Model: Partner with the COO to operationalize Amplify's cross-functional transformation vision. Re-imagine and re-engineer core processes and workstreams by embedding advanced capabilities and automation directly into workflows
- Portfolio & ROI Acceleration: Consolidate isolated, function-level experimentation and initiatives into a unified enterprise framework. Establish a rigorous evidence based framework that determines which transformation priorities scale across the company and which stop
- Capability Integration: Partner with Product, Engineering, and functional leaders to track capability build-outs, ensure seamless technology integration, and keep critical transformation milestones on schedule while the core business runs at full speed
- Enterprise Architecture & Process Optimization:
- Process Re-engineering: Support the introduction of the Global Process Ownership framework supporting senior leaders to define, modernize, and continually improve global end-to-end value streams, including Idea to Launch, Quote to Cash, Plan to Deliver, and Source to Pay
- Cross-Functional Friction Neutralizer: Serve as the objective leader who convenes executive stakeholders across Sales, Product, Marketing, Technology, CX, and Supply Chain to diagnose bottlenecks, resolve handoff friction, and establish clear decision rights and process ownership
- System Modernization: Support the transition of our business systems function into an agile, CIO-driven operating model. Hold process owners accountable for achieving tangible ROI on automation and technology investments
- High-Stakes Initiative Incubation & Execution:
- At-Ready Strategic Quarterback: Step in to lead, design, and launch urgent, highly complex enterprise initiatives and organizational change efforts. Build the initial operating model, achieve steady-state execution, hand it off to a permanent operational owner, and pivot to the next bottleneck
- COO Force Multiplier: Act as the COO’s strategic "eyes and ears" across top-priority initiatives. Manage critical dependencies, resolve cross-departmental friction without functional bias, and ensure executive commitments are rigorously executed
- Executive Strategy, Alignment & Business Intelligence:
- Enterprise Goal Alignment: Support the COO and senior operating leaders with the establishment of multi-year and annual enterprise goals and the cascade of these goals down to functional business units to ensure total alignment across the business
- ELT Cadence & Governance: Support the COO in optimizing senior leadership operations. Design high-leverage "Run the Business" agenda topics, enforce rigorous pre-read standards, and hold leadership accountable to decision follow-throughs
- Single Source of Truth: Build and maintain the Monthly Business Review (MBR) framework and Executive Leadership Team "Operating Book". Synthesize routine operational metrics and initiative tracking into actionable business intelligence, enabling executive leaders to spot cross-functional risks early and drive proactive mitigation
Our take
Since launching as Wireless Generation in the year 2000, before rebranding in 2012 after News Corp acquired the company, Amplify has grown into one of the leading providers of K-12 curricula, assessment and supplemental programs for ELA (English Language Arts), Math and Science.
The EdTech market has been growing rapidly for the last decade and more, and its value is expected to surpass 230 billion by 2030. This growth means that the company has plenty of competition from the likes of Khan Academy and Kaplan Test, but the fact that Amplify is used by around 10 million students puts it in a very strong position.
After a major growth funding round in 2021, Amplify acquired digital math tools developer Desmos. This is in keeping with its commitment to strategically acquire high-performing education companies in order to expand its own tech and product offerings.
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Insights
23% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Oct 2021
$215m
GROWTH EQUITY VC
Mar 2021
$0.1m
GRANT
Total funding: $263.3m
Company benefits
- Full benefits: Our health insurance options include health, dental, and vision coverage for spouses, domestic partners, and children—effective on your date of hire. We make a generous contribution to all employee HSA plans, which can be used to cover eligible health expenses. We offer unlimited paid time off, a 401(k) plan with an employer match, long- and short-term disability, and employer-sponsored employee life insurance. We offer paid parental leave, backup childcare and backup eldercare. On top of all that, we also provide our full-time employees with a robust voluntary benefits program that includes coverage options for everyone in the family, including pets.
- Opportunities for inspiration: Amplify believes in the importance of supporting charitable nonprofits in the communities where we live and work. We encourage employees to support organizations that promote the welfare of children and families in the areas of education, health, and social services. One way for employees to give back is through our Volunteer Time Off program, which allows employees to take 16 hours each year to contribute to an eligible charitable or nonprofit organization.
- Tuition reimbursement: Full-time employees who are enrolled in an accredited college or university course related to their areas of work are eligible to receive tuition reimbursement.
Company HQ
Dumbo, NY
Leadership
Larry Berger
(Co-Founder & CEO)Co-founded Wireless Generation in 2000 and was CEO until News Corp bought the company in 2010, becoming President and then CEO of Amplify post-acquisition. Serves on the boards of Touch Press, the Academy of American Poets, Lapham’s Quarterly, the Institute for Sustained Attention, and the Southern Education Foundation.
Catherine Mackay
(COO & President)Catherine joined Amplify in 2014 as a Consultant of Amplify Learning. She quickly moved into the role of GM and SVP of Middle School ELA, then CEO of Amp,ify New Curriculum before becoming COO in 2018. Prior to Amplify, she spent 8 years at Tablet Hotels (acquired by Michelin) as the Head of Business Development and Director of the Operating Board.
LaShon Ormond
(CIO)LaShon joined Amplify in 2011 as a Project Manager. While at the company, she's held a number of roles and moved into the role of Chief Impact Officer in 2023.
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