Transformation Manager

Groupon is embarking on a transformative journey, offering a challenging yet rewarding environment with unparalleled opportunities for personal and professional growth. Our mission is to reignite the company's growth and enhance the value we deliver to local vendors through compelling experiences and services for their customers.

📝 Role Overview

💬 What is our mindset? 

• We compare ourselves to a sports team, striving to assemble the best team with the available resources.

• While maintaining values like fairness, mutual support, and respect, we also focus on performance, aiming to build a top-notch organization capable of delivering excellent results quickly. 

• Our culture is built on courage, ambition, and is strongly meritocratic, allowing the most capable individuals to grow rapidly.

• Deconstruct the system into the smallest building blocks.

• Clearly articulate key issues and communicate next action steps.

• Deliver results under pressure, focusing on weeks rather than years during the transformation period.

• Learn more about us on the landing page.

🔨 Key Responsibilities

• Assist in crafting and executing organizational strategies, change initiatives, and processes.

• Ensure seamless alignment between executive leadership and departmental activities.

• Streamline operations to enhance efficiency and effectiveness.

• Identify and resolve operational issues in collaboration with department heads.

• Develop and implement processes to monitor and evaluate performance.

• Promote effective collaboration and coordination among different departments.

• Develop comprehensive project plans, set milestones, and oversee the successful execution of transformation projects, with a strong emphasis on IT-related initiatives.

• Lead cross-functional projects, ensuring timely and budget-compliant completion.

• Coordinate project activities, manage resources, and monitor timelines.

• Provide regular progress updates to executive leadership.

✏️ Qualifications

• At least 3 years of experience in consulting or a competitive, fast paced, performance driven environment requiring you to quickly grasp new concepts (SaaS, ecommerce, own business, private equity, consulting, ...)

• Excellent spoken and written English communication skills.

• Proficiency in project management methodologies and tools is a must (Jira, Asana, Excel, CRM, ...)

• Strong analytical skills for data-driven decision-making and problem solving

• Proven experience in managing transformation projects, organizational restructuring, and process improvements is highly desirable.

💪 Skills & Competencies

• A hands-on management style with a track record of leading teams and projects.

• Ability to manage high-pressure situations and crises effectively.

• Strong technical or finance background and familiarity with IT projects.

• Capability to drive innovation and foster a performance-driven culture.

• Capacity to manage and thrive under pressure, maintaining focus on objectives.

• Confidence to make decisions and take charge in directing teams and initiatives.

• Clear and rather authoritative in setting expectations and driving execution.
   

Are you ready to take your career to the next level? If you thrive in a fast-paced environment and are eager to make an impact, we want to hear from you! Apply now and be part of a company that values innovation and growth. 🚀

Groupon’s purpose is to build strong communities through thriving small businesses. To learn more about the world’s largest local ecommerce marketplace, click here. You can also find out more about us in the latest Groupon news as well as learning about our DEI approach. If all of this sounds like something that’s a great fit for you, then click apply and join us on a mission to become the ultimate destination for local experiences and services.

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