Operations Manager, Process Innovation

We are looking for a mission-driven, hard-working team member who is passionate about making mental health more affordable and is excited by the entrepreneurial challenges of designing and planning operational workflows for a rapidly scaling Core Operations team. 

Today, our Process Innovation team acts as an internal consulting and implementation team to our broader Core Ops teams.  As an Operations Manager of Process Innovation, you will be responsible for building key process optimizations that will enable Alma’s operations teams to scale through our next chapter of growth by using business insights and creativity to drive strategic change. Reporting to the Senior Director of Operations, you will execute on strategic initiatives that drive our overall business objectives. In addition, you will interact regularly with and build strong relationships with cross-functional teams, including Product Engineering, Customer Success, Business Intelligence, and Payer Partnerships.

The ideal candidate has a bias towards action, a strong sense of ownership, thrives in ambiguous situations, and enjoys driving cross-functional projects through to completion. 

What you’ll do: 

• Execute initiatives centered on new projects, process improvements, and customer experience enhancements, overseeing execution from discovery to recommendation and implementation
• Build an expert understanding of the operational and product logic that drives our business
• Foster strong relationships with Business Intelligence, Product, and Operational stakeholders across the organization to identify needs and deliver comprehensive solutions
• Be a key stakeholder for the Ops / prodeng relationship: Standardizing relationship with squads and teams, driving collaboration improvements e.g. documentation improvements, partnering on quarterly planning, support with prioritization of bugs/features
• Collaborate closely with product leaders to foster strong alignment between product and operations teams
• Project manage organization wide initiatives and manage high-priority escalations

Who you are:

• At least 3-4 years experience in healthcare, consulting, investment banking, private equity, strategy, or a high-growth startup preferred
• Proven experience executing complex strategic and operational initiatives with strong business acumen
• Deep understanding of business and financial principles
• Track record of driving results in fast-paced, dynamic environments
• You are a team player who can roll up their sleeves to support the team creatively while balancing the management of other projects through prioritization.  
• Strong problem-solving skills, with the ability to analyze data and provide strategic recommendations
• Expertise in quantitative and qualitative analysis, including building complex Excel models; SQL proficiency is a plus
• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills
• You are relentlessly organized with meticulous attention to detail, exceptional project management and communication skills
• You are passionate about mental health care, our mission at Alma, and diversity, equity, and inclusion

Benefits:

• We’re a remote-first company
• Health insurance plans through Aetna (medical and dental) and MetLife (vision), including FSA and HSA plans
• 401K plan (ADP)
• Monthly therapy and wellness stipends
• Monthly co-working space membership stipend
• Monthly work-from-home stipend
• Financial wellness benefits through Northstar
• Pet discount program through United Pet Care
• Financial perks and rewards through BenefitHub
• EAP access through Aetna
• One-time home office stipend to set up your home office
• Comprehensive parental leave plans
• 11 paid holidays, 1 Alma Mental Health Day, and 1 Alma Volunteering Day
• Flexible PTO 

Salary Band:$123,000 - $175,600

Alma’s compensation philosophy is driven by our company value of building equity. To best ensure pay equity, we typically bring in new hires near the middle of our listed salary bands. The recruiter you work with can provide more details on our philosophy.

All Alma jobs are listed on our careers page. We do not use outside applications or automated text messaging in our recruiting process. We will not ask for any sensitive financial or identification information throughout the recruiting process. Any communication during the recruitment process, including interview requests or job offers, will come directly from a recruiting team member with a helloalma.com email address.