Manager of Systems Strategy, AlphaSense
$135.7-174k
OTE
$115-145k
BASE
+ 18% - 20% Bonus
3 days a week in office
Market intelligence and search platform
Open for applications
Market intelligence and search platform
1001+ employees
Open for applications
$135.7-174k
OTE
$115-145k
BASE
+ 18% - 20% Bonus
3 days a week in office
1001+ employees
Company mission
AlphaSense's mission is to organise the world’s business information and leverage technology to enable companies to make smarter, faster, and more confident decisions.
Role
Who you are
- 4+ years driving operational excellence in business operations, internal strategy, and/or enablement or related high-impact roles; experience leading teams or large cross-functional initiatives
- Track record of partnering with Product, Engineering, IT, and Legal to design and implement tools and processes
- Experience managing budgets, optimizing vendor costs, and negotiating contracts
- Experienced in systems strategy, roadmapping, implementation, and architecture design
- Strong communicator with change management experience; able to translate complex topics for cross-functional audiences
- Experience with Data/BI Tools (Excel, Tableau, Snowflake), No-Code Tools (Zapier, Make), and Sales Engagement tools (Salesforce, Simon Data, Gong, Mixmax, etc)
- Demonstrated ability to operate at both a strategic and executional level; comfortable doing the work and shaping the direction
- Has grown within or across roles, taking on increasing scope and ownership over time
- Brings a leadership presence; can influence and align stakeholders without direct authority
- Curious, data-driven, and adaptable; comfortable with ambiguity in a fast-paced environment
What the job involves
- As the Manager, Systems Strategy, you'll own the operational infrastructure behind the Expert Insights team
- You'll lead systems strategy, evaluate and manage the vendor tool stack, and drive initiatives that improve speed, quality, and cost-effectiveness across the business
- This role sits at the intersection of strategy, technology, and operations
- You'll partner closely with Product, Engineering, IT, Legal, and leadership to identify smarter tools, automate key processes, and build the roadmap for how work gets done
- You'll also manage a team of two Associates and serve as the go-to partner for cross-functional teams on all things systems and tooling
- This is a high-impact, execution-oriented role for someone who's curious, data-driven, and energized by turning ambiguity into clarity
- Build and execute the strategy for Expert Insights systems and internal tooling
- Manage and own relationships with cross-functional groups such as IT, Procurement, Accounting, Engineering and Product, serving as an advocate for Expert Insight users
- Lead high-impact optimization initiatives by identifying and executing automation opportunities that reduce costs and unlock operational efficiency at scale
- Build and document systems and processes with scalability and knowledge transfer in mind
- Own the Expert Insights vendor tool stack end to end, running procurement, budgeting, cost management, and system administration activities
- Support and contribute to team and org-wide strategic planning cycles
- Own the operational health of a 400+ person organization; setting the standard for how support functions run, scale, and improve over time
- Lead and manage a team of two Associates
Our take
Manual research can be a serious pain: financial analysts spend hours every week searching through PDFs one keyword at a time, just to find a single usable insight. To remedy this, AlphaSense has built a smart search engine that slashes research time for analysts, using thousands of sources and a semantic indexing layer that can effectively query finance-specific language.
As a disruptor and market leader in this field, AlphaSense has few direct competitors, being most closely compared to Wolfram Alpha or LexisNexis. It helps that its tools are undoubtedly effective and valued by knowledge professionals: the company counts about 85% of the S&P 100 as customers and is trusted by J.P.Morgan, Microsoft, Credit Suisse and Google, among other major enterprises.
Having raised a large amount of funding over 2022 and 2023, AlphaSense has moved quickly to double down on its expansion in European markets, opening an office in Berlin to support this. With 2024 seeing investment from Singaporean EDBI, it has now set its sights on the Asia-Pacific region. As business intelligence will remain key for enterprises as they compete for market share, AlphaSense is well-placed for additional future growth.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
13% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 11 rounds)
Jun 2024
$650m
LATE VC
Sep 2023
$150m
SERIES E
Total funding: $1.3bn
Company benefits
- Work from home opportunities
Company HQ
Union Square, New York, NY
Leadership
Jaakko Kokko
(Co-Founder & CEO)Co-founder of Silecs (materials used in the microelectronics industry).
Raj Neervannan
(Co-Founder & CTO)Experienced executive. Previously CTO at Mastek and ChoicePoint, and CEO at Framesoft. Has an MBA from Wharton.
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