Strategy and Operations Manager
Impact: Strategic execution and organisational performance through expert strategy and operations management
Drive strategic planning and operational execution for a business unit or organisation. Develop strategic plans, build business cases, design operational frameworks, lead cross-functional initiatives, and ensure the organisation translates strategy into measurable results.
What the day looks like
- People interaction
- Moderate
- Team vs solo
- 60% Team / 40% Solo
- Client facing
- Frequent
- Impact visibility
- Moderate
- Travel
- 10 to 20% for stakeholder meetings and site visits
- Schedule flexibility
- Moderate
- Remote work
- Hybrid
- Typical work hours
- 45 to 60 hours/week
- Stress level
- Moderate
At a glance
- Median salary
- $185,000
- Entry-level
- $100,000 - $135,000
- Senior
- $320,000+
- Growth by 2033
- 12% (faster than average)
- Demand
- Growing
- Freelance potential
- Low
- Salary growth potential
- High - 65 to 80% growth from entry to senior
- Typical student debt
- Low
Skills you'll use
Hard skills
- 65
Soft skills
- 35
Technical complexity: Moderate
How to get there
- Minimum education
- Master's Degree
- Licensing
- No
- Years to mid-career
- 3 to 5 years
- Years to senior
- 7 to 10 years
- Career switching
- Moderate
Where this career leads
How people arrive here
Where you can go from here
Typical progression
- Business Analyst > Strategy Analyst > Strategy and Operations Manager > Head of Strategy > Chief Strategy Officer
Future outlook
- Automation probability
- 20% moderate risk as AI automates some strategic analysis
- AI disruption risk
- Moderate
- Demand trend
- Growing
How people feel about it
- Overall satisfaction
- 7/10
- Meaning
- 7/10
- Work-life balance
- 6.5/10
- Prestige
- 7/10
- Social perception
- High