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At Lyft, our purpose is to serve and connect. We aim to achieve this by cultivating a work environment where all team members belong and have the opportunity to thrive. Sitting within the broader Safety & Customer Care team, Lyft's Customer Care Operations organization manages over 1.7 million monthly customer interactions and serves as the company's primary direct touchpoint with riders, drivers, and businesses — spanning frontline support across multiple customer segments, a global BPO workforce, and the central functions that enable them to operate at scale. The Director of Business Planning & Central Operations is a newly created role at the center of how Customer Care runs and grows. This leader will ensure the org is resourced and positioned for the future, and will own the functions that keep Customer Care financially disciplined and execution-ready. Reporting to the Senior Director of Customer Care Operations, they will lead five functions: Planning & Forecasting, Workforce Management, Readiness & Integration, Vendor Management, and Support Excellence. What You'll Do Business Planning & Strategy Partner with the Senior Director to drive H1 and H2 planning — translating annual objectives into operational plans, investment decisions, and resource models. Lead the investment brief process: sizing opportunities, articulating trade-offs, and building the business cases that secure resourcing for strategic priorities. Drive capacity planning, scenario modeling, and long-range forecasting to ensure the internal and external workforce scales efficiently alongside platform growth and AI adoption. Define and operationalize OKRs across the portfolio, then build the rhythms and infrastructure — scorecards, business reviews, and performance dashboards — that hold teams accountable and give leadership clear visibility into progress and outcomes. Growth & Integrations Lead operational readiness for major product launches, external partnerships, and

At Lyft, our purpose is to serve and connect. We aim to achieve this by cultivating a work environment where all team members belong and have the opportunity to thrive. Sitting within the broader Safety & Customer Care team, Lyft's Customer Care Operations organization manages over 1.7 million monthly customer interactions and serves as the company's primary direct touchpoint with riders, drivers, and businesses — spanning frontline support across multiple customer segments, a global BPO workforce, and the central functions that enable them to operate at scale. The Director of Business Planning & Central Operations is a newly created role at the center of how Customer Care runs and grows. This leader will ensure the org is resourced and positioned for the future, and will own the functions that keep Customer Care financially disciplined and execution-ready. Reporting to the Senior Director of Customer Care Operations, they will lead five functions: Planning & Forecasting, Workforce Management, Readiness & Integration, Vendor Management, and Support Excellence. What You'll Do Business Planning & Strategy Partner with the Senior Director to drive H1 and H2 planning — translating annual objectives into operational plans, investment decisions, and resource models. Lead the investment brief process: sizing opportunities, articulating trade-offs, and building the business cases that secure resourcing for strategic priorities. Drive capacity planning, scenario modeling, and long-range forecasting to ensure the internal and external workforce scales efficiently alongside platform growth and AI adoption. Define and operationalize OKRs across the portfolio, then build the rhythms and infrastructure — scorecards, business reviews, and performance dashboards — that hold teams accountable and give leadership clear visibility into progress and outcomes. Growth & Integrations Lead operational readiness for major product launches, external partnerships, and

Who we are About Stripe Stripe is a financial infrastructure platform for businesses. Millions of companies—from the world’s largest enterprises to the most ambitious startups—use Stripe to accept payments, grow their revenue, and accelerate new business opportunities. Our mission is to increase the GDP of the internet, and we have a staggering amount of work ahead. That means you have an unprecedented opportunity to put the global economy within everyone’s reach while doing the most important work of your career. About the team The CEE team is a highly consultative sales team that is responsible for the growth of Stripe’s largest customers within the region. We work with some of the most ambitious and fastest-growing companies in the world, including Booksy, Maczfit, and ElevenLabs - Stripe’s payments and financial infrastructure unlocks new revenue streams and growth opportunities for their businesses. What you’ll do As an Account Executive (Existing Business), you will create partnerships between Stripe and the most innovative and fastest-growing companies in the world by helping them to understand how Stripe’s online commerce infrastructure can make payments a competitive advantage for their businesses. Specifically, we’re looking for someone who can execute on long-term sales strategies, engage with internal and external stakeholders, align on technical and business requirements with product teams, build value in competitive situations, lead commercial negotiations, and close deals. Responsibilities Work with existing Enterprise Stripe customers to develop and execute long-term sales strategies to expand Stripe’s revenue Own the full sales cycle, from business case development, deal structuring and negotiating, to close and activation Own a named account list and develop account plans for winning and expanding business with high growth technology companies Develop outbound strategies to create and nurture opportunities Drive deal strategy and commercial negotia

About the Team The Product Marketing team shapes how customers understand, adopt, and realize value from OpenAI’s technology. We work across Product, Research, Sales, Solutions, Partnerships, and Customer Success to bring customer insight into our product strategy and translate technical capabilities into clear, credible stories and solutions. About the Role AI becomes meaningful when it helps people do the work that matters to them. For a finance team, that might mean understanding complex information faster. For a healthcare provider, it might mean navigating clinical workflows more effectively. For a sales or marketing team, it might mean creating entirely new ways to reach and serve customers. We’re looking for a senior product marketing leader to shape how OpenAI serves the business functions and industries where our technology can make a meaningful difference. You’ll define how our models and products meet the needs of teams such as sales, marketing, and finance, as well as industries including financial services, healthcare, and retail. Working closely with Product, Research, Sales, Solutions, and Partnerships, you’ll identify important customer problems, influence product strategy, and build relationships with the ecosystem partners and data providers needed to bring complete solutions to market. You’ll also build and lead the product marketing team responsible for turning these opportunities into durable customer value. You might thrive in this role if you: Have 12+ years of experience in product marketing, industry marketing, solutions marketing, or enterprise go-to-market, ideally across enterprise software, cloud, data, developer, or AI platforms. Have built and led high-performing teams, mentored senior marketers, and know how to create clarity in fast-moving, ambiguous environments. Understand how different industries and business functions evaluate technology, adopt new tools, and define value. Have shaped positioning and go-to-market strategies for c

About the team OpenAI’s mission is to build safe artificial general intelligence (AGI) which benefits all of humanity. This long-term undertaking brings the world’s best scientists, engineers, and business professionals into one lab together to accomplish this. In pursuit of this mission, our Go To Market (GTM) team is responsible for helping customers learn how to leverage and deploy our highly capable AI products across their business. The team is made of Sales, Solutions, Support, Marketing, and Partnership professionals that work together to create valuable solutions that will help bring AI to as many users as possible. About the role Our Sales team has a unique mission to help customers understand the deep impact that highly capable AI models can bring to their business and users. This role is a mixture of technical understanding, vision, partnership, and value-driven strategy. You’ll be a key driver of new business opportunities through the entire sales cycle, from pipeline generation to closure. You’ll work with researchers, engineers, and solution strategists to help customers evolve their industry with AI. This role can be based in our San Francisco, New York, or Seattle offices. We are also considering applications to work remotely from within the U.S. We use a hybrid work model of 3 days in the office per week and offer relocation assistance to new employees. In this role, you'll: Build and manage a pipeline of new business opportunities Lead our enterprise prospects’ journeys from consideration to successful deployment Partner with solutions and research engineering to build and execute complex customer programs and projects Own a consumption revenue target Analyze opportunity metrics to create reports and provide insights to internal stakeholders Closely monitor the industry landscape (people, competitors, partners, etc.) to contribute to product roadmap and other corporate strategies Collaborate with solutions, marketing, communications, business opera

About the Role We’re looking for a senior Strategic Finance Lead to help shape and execute OpenAI’s financial strategy across some of the company’s most important long-term investments and growth priorities. This high-impact role sits at the intersection of corporate finance, capital markets, treasury, and cross-functional execution. In this role, you will: Shape financial strategy for major long-term investments, capital structure decisions, and broader strategic decision-making. Build rigorous financial models and scalable frameworks to evaluate strategic initiatives, funding options, tradeoffs, and risk. Structure and help execute complex strategic initiatives in partnership with cross-functional teams. Translate ambiguous technical and business inputs into clear recommendations and decision-ready materials for executives, the board, and other senior stakeholders. Lead high-priority cross-functional workstreams from concept through execution, bringing strong judgment, ownership, and communication in fast-moving situations. Help build an AI-native finance organization by applying AI to improve workflows, decision-making, and execution across finance processes. You might thrive in this role if you have: 12+ years of experience across strategic finance, corporate finance, capital markets, investment banking, infrastructure finance, or related fields. A strong understanding of capital structure, financing strategy, debt markets, and large-scale investment evaluation. Experience operating in high-growth, high-complexity environments with the ability to navigate ambiguity and move quickly. Exceptional financial modeling, strategic thinking, and problem-solving capabilities. Strong executive presence with the ability to communicate clearly across investors, executives, and technical stakeholders. A high-agency operating style that combines strategic perspective with a willingness to build directly. Excitement around using AI as a core operating advantage, with a mindset

Who Are We? Postman is the world’s leading API platform, used by more than 45 million+ developers and 500,000 organizations, including 98% of the Fortune 500. Postman is helping developers and professionals across the globe build the API-first world by simplifying each step of the API lifecycle and streamlining collaboration—enabling users to create better APIs, faster. The company is headquartered in San Francisco and has offices in Boston, New York, Austin, Tokyo, London, and Bangalore - where Postman was founded. Postman is privately held, with funding from Battery Ventures, BOND, Coatue, CRV, Insight Partners, and Nexus Venture Partners. Learn more at postman.com or connect with Postman on X via @getpostman. P.S: We highly recommend reading The "API-First World" graphic novel to understand the bigger picture and our vision at Postman. The Opportunity As agentic AI becomes the core fabric of how engineering is done worldwide, we want to be the leaders in how agents interact with APIs. This transformation requires solving agentic identity, extending or building new standards and protocols, building agent-to-agent interactions including authorization, licensing, trust delegation, security and monetization. We are looking for an exceptional Staff Engineer to help us build the next generation of our Business Platform to support the agentic era. You will be responsible for setting the vision for the long term architecture of various components in the Business Platform. You’ll be accountable for strategy, technical roadmap and architecture of the platform. You’ll work with multiple teams, overseeing and contributing to delivery and owning critical operational KPIs such as availability and uptime. Your role involves designing, implementing, and running critical tier 0 services for the company. We’re looking for a seasoned individual contributor leader who can work effectively with product management and engineering leaders within the company and build a high quality pla

Every day, tens of millions of people come to Roblox to explore, create, play, learn, and connect with friends in 3D immersive digital experiences– all created by our global community of developers and creators. At Roblox, we’re building the tools and platform that empower our community to bring any experience that they can imagine to life. Our vision is to reimagine the way people come together, from anywhere in the world, and on any device. We’re on a mission to connect a billion people with optimism and civility, and looking for amazing talent to help us get there. A career at Roblox means you’ll be working to shape the future of human interaction, solving unique technical challenges at scale, and helping to create safer, more civil shared experiences for everyone. As a Manager, Public Policy and US State Strategy, you will report to the Senior Director of U.S. Public Policy and State Strategy developing an engagement strategy for the U.S. States. You will help build relationships and promote an environment that best positions Roblox for the future across the U.S. and with our partners globally. You will work internally and externally with a mastery of Roblox's policies and philosophies to advocate firstly on behalf of the Roblox community, and also on behalf of our product and engineering teams and its business. Role is based in our San Mateo, CA headquarters or Washington, DC office You Will Develop relationships with state policymakers and political figures Identify, monitor, and analyze policy issues affecting Roblox in the U.S. States Develop strategies for engaging with state policymakers around issues important to Roblox Assist the wider public policy team on ongoing projects Advise Roblox team members on public policy matters as inputs to the development of our products and business operations Articulate our public policy positions in briefing papers and consultation responses Communicate with external stakeholders on behalf of Roblox on

Perforce is a community of collaborative experts, problem solvers, and possibility seekers who believe work should be both challenging and fun. We are proud to inspire creativity, foster belonging, support collaboration, and encourage wellness. At Perforce, you’ll work with and learn from some of the best and brightest in business. Before you know it, you’ll be in the middle of a rewarding career at a company headed in one direction: upward. With a global footprint spanning more than 80 countries and including over 75% of the Fortune 100, Perforce Software, Inc. is trusted by the world’s leading brands to deliver solutions for the toughest challenges. The best run DevOps teams in the world choose Perforce. Position Summary: At Perforce, we build more than software. We build careers, communities, and impact. Our people are the driving force behind innovation, delighting customers, and global growth. Whether you're a builder or a coach, you’ll find purpose, connection, and opportunity here. We care deeply, move fast, and deliver excellence - together. Over half of the Global 500 rely on Perforce to move their business forward – Join us! We are seeking a strategic and execution-oriented Chief of Staff to partner directly with the CEO in scaling the company's business operations and global programs, while also acting as a high-impact driver of the CEO & Executive Team’s special initiatives and strategic agenda. This role sits at the intersection of strategy and execution, owning critical operating functions including Revenue Operations, Business Systems, Sales Operations, and Global AI Infrastructure while also leading a portfolio of special projects, related to strategic growth of the business. The ideal candidate is a versatile operator who moves fluidly between high-level strategic thinking and hands-on execution, serving as a force multiplier for the CEO and connective tissue across the leadership team.

About the team OpenAI’s mission is to build safe artificial general intelligence (AGI) which benefits all of humanity. This long-term undertaking brings the world’s best scientists, engineers, and business professionals into one lab together to accomplish this. In pursuit of this mission, our Go To Market (GTM) team is responsible for helping customers learn how to leverage and deploy our highly capable AI products across their business. The team is made of Sales, Solutions, Support, Marketing, and Partnership professionals that work together to create valuable solutions that will help bring AI to as many users as possible. About the role OpenAI is seeking a highly motivated and experienced Account Director to join our Startups Go To Market team. You will play a critical role in owning relationships with top startup customers and supporting them in building successfully on the OpenAI platform. We believe that many of the most disruptive and category-defining AI applications will be created by startups. The Startup Go To Market team’s mission is to help startups harness the power of AI models to drive these advances. You will support startups building effectively with OpenAI’s APIs, and provide access to OpenAI teams and expertise to support their growth. This role is a mixture of technical understanding, vision, partnership, and strategy. You’ll be responsible for serving as the primary relationship owner for a set of strategically important startup customers, as well as working across the OpenAI organization to help these startups accelerate their progress and be successful using our models. You’ll work cross-functionality with product, research, engineering, support, and solutions architecture to help customers get the most out of our models. This role is based in San Francisco or New York. We use a hybrid work model of 3 days in the office per week and offer relocation assistance to new employees. In this role, you will: Manage a portfolio of startups accounts, d

Replit is the agentic software creation platform that enables anyone to build applications using natural language. With millions of users worldwide, Replit is democratizing software development by removing traditional barriers to application creation. Replit is seeking a Senior Business Development Manager to lead and scale our outbound sales development team as we expand our go-to-market efforts. This role will oversee a team of BDRs (Business Development Representatives) proactively targeting and engaging high-potential accounts to build a robust pipeline for our Account Executives. The ideal candidate will have hands-on outbound prospecting experience and proven leadership skills, a strong understanding of the modern GTM technology, previous experience in creating systems and orchestrating technology to support an efficient & scalable 0->1 outbound workflow, and previous experience collaborating tightly with marketing and sales ops to build highly-targeted account lists and multi-channel outreach sequences. Experience & interest in vibe coding and/or technical experience is highly valued. This position is critical to our go-to-market strategy, responsible for defining our outbound playbook, identifying key target personas , hiring top-tier talent, coaching team members, and ensuring persistent, high-quality outreach & pipeline generation across all segments from SMB to Enterprise. You'll establish the foundation for scalable revenue growth while architecting a personalized first-touch experience that sets the tone for their Replit journey. We believe this role offers a distinctive opportunity for proven sales development professionals who excel in both strategic account targeting and team leadership, with a passion for technology and AI. You'll leverage your expertise to build a world-class BDR organization that effectively cuts through the noise to communicate Replit's value proposition: a world where anyone can create software using natural langu

About Paytm Paytm, a pioneer of digital payments in India, enables 450 Mn+ consumers & 49 Mn+ merchants to make and accept digital payments, alongside Financial & Commerce services. This scale is built on proprietary, full-stack technology that drives continuous innovation in India's digital economy. Paytm's model has proven successful at acquiring customers and merchants on payments, then cross-selling them financial services. Paytm plans to build on this success to expand internationally, leveraging its proprietary merchant acquiring stack, payment acceptance device, and SME Credit platform. About the Team The international team evaluates, plans, and executes market entry strategy in key international markets, with direct ownership of local execution and operations. Key activities include market research, forming and managing strategic partnerships, liaising with regulators and government authorities, working with consultants and experts, and driving AOP delivery - including launch readiness, operational roll-out, and day-to-day performance management of the local business. About the Role Paytm is looking for an experienced Senior Manager to own and drive its international expansion - from market entry strategy through to on-ground execution. Key Requirements 1. Market Research: Assess market and industry landscape — competitive positioning, pricing, commercial structures, distribution, and operating models — via primary and secondary research, translating findings into actionable market-entry and operating plans. 2. Partner Relationships: Identify and engage potential partners, shape collaboration models, lead negotiations, and close agreements within targeted timelines. 3. Business Plan: Co-develop financial/commercial models and strategic business plans with partners, and own delivery against plan once operations go live. 4. Project Management: Track international projects and AOP delivery, oversee the partner business, take corrective action as neede

Opportunity Overview: Lead analytics and clinical configuration strategy for our auto-decisioning platform, driving end-to-end solutions from data gathering through scaled deployment. Partner cross-functionally to translate business needs into analytical frameworks, independently recommending actions that shape product and business outcomes. Own auto-decisioning strategy for new client implementations with minimal oversight, while ensuring explainable, governance-aligned analytics practices. Build and mentor a high-performing team, embedding best practices for scalable, reusable analytics solutions. Ideal for a strategic thinker who thrives at the intersection of hands-on execution and team leadership in a fast-paced, data-driven environment. What you’ll do: Provide thought leadership & strategic thinking to translate business problems into analytical and clinical configuration frameworks,and independently recommend actions and provide business insights Collaborate with cross-functional partners to understand their business needs, formulate and complete end-to-end analytic solutions that includes data gathering, analysis, ongoing scaled deliverables, and presentations Establish and maintain effective performance tracking; identify product and program improvement opportunities, form hypotheses, propose, design and implement tests to drive enhancement and optimization Foster a collaborative and innovative culture, set clear goals, mentor staff. Establish best practices and coach team members to develop and execute complex analytics initiatives with scalability and reusability in minds Develop, implement, and monitor day-to-day operations of analytics and clinical configuration team Execute analytics initiatives that directly impact our auto decisioning roadmap and business outcomes while working as part of a cross-functional team. Partner with Data Governance to ensure tractable and explainable analytics and responsible data Research, design, execute and optimize

The GTM Operations Associate - Channels & Alliances will join a global team driving Datadog's next phase of growth. We are interdisciplinary thinkers with diverse backgrounds across consulting, finance, strategy, operations, and technology. Our team partners directly with GTM leaders to improve operational efficiency, support data-driven decision-making, and scale the processes and systems that enable continued growth. In this role, you will serve as an operational partner to Datadog's Channels & Alliances organization. You will execute critical business operations, support reporting and business systems, and help scale operational processes across the organization. You will work closely with cross-functional teams to ensure our C&A teams have the tools, data, and operational support they need to be successful. Success in this role requires strong attention to detail, systems thinking, and a passion for improving how teams operate. At Datadog, we place value in our office culture - the relationships and collaboration it builds and the creativity it brings to the table. We operate as a hybrid workplace to ensure our Datadogs can create a work-life harmony that best fits them. What you'll do: Own recurring operational processes that support the global Channels & Alliances organization, ensuring execution is timely, accurate, and scalable. Build, maintain, and enhance Salesforce reports and dashboards to provide visibility into pipeline, partner performance, and other key business metrics. Partner with C&A, Revenue Operations, Systems, Sales, and other cross-functional teams to improve operational workflows, resolve business issues, and ensure data integrity across systems. Coordinate with and evaluate external vendors to support operational processes, systems enhancements, and business initiatives. Create and maintain process documentation, playbooks, and standard operating procedures to improve consistency and scalability across the organization.

Who we are About Stripe Stripe is a financial infrastructure platform for businesses. Millions of companies—from the world’s largest enterprises to the most ambitious startups—use Stripe to accept payments, grow their revenue, and accelerate new business opportunities. Our mission is to increase the GDP of the internet, and we have a staggering amount of work ahead. That means you have an unprecedented opportunity to put the global economy within everyone’s reach while doing the most important work of your career. About the team Global Business Services’ (GBS) primary goal is to ensure operational excellence across deal cycles, increase revenue through the development of transformative commercial constructs, and drive closure of Stripe’s deal portfolio. The team's reach is widespread across Stripe, not exclusive to one sales segment or geographical region; GBS drives change across go-to-market, positively impacting Stripe users and cross-functional teams. GBS’s priorities are set through the direction of Stripe leadership and executive vision, partnership with sales and cross-functional organizations, as well as user feedback and market insights. What you’ll do Stripe's Global Business Services (GBS) team is looking for a Deal Strategist to play a pivotal role in shaping our strategy and commercial operation. In this strategic position, you will be a key partner to our go-to-market teams, providing expert guidance, recommendations, and influence on deal structuring, pricing, and commercial strategy to support strategic decision-making across the region. You will be responsible for deal lifecycle management and supporting cross-organizational alignment. This role requires a background in driving custom commercial and pricing deals to closure, a strong understanding of private pricing frameworks, and experience supporting sales through complex negotiations. The candidate will have experience with subscription, usage-based revenue and hybrid pricing models, pricing str