Senior Strategy & Operations Program Manager
Role Description
At Dropbox, we believe in simplifying the way people work together. We provide a range of innovative cloud-based solutions to empower individuals and businesses to share, access, and collaborate on their files seamlessly. We’re looking for an experienced Senior Strategy & Operations Program Manager to partner across the organization to develop our strategy and develop the operational mechanisms to ensure we successfully deliver against our goals.
As a Senior Strategy & Operations Program Manager, you will join a small, high-impact team that partners across Product, Engineering, Design, GTM, and Executive leadership to drive end-to-end operational excellence: from shaping long-term strategy and business planning to overseeing execution, removing operational friction, and enabling rapid product development cycles. This is a senior individual-contributor role, and requires the ability to work effectively with executive leaders, EPD teams (engineering, product, design), and across organizational boundaries. The ideal candidate brings deep program management chops, a strategic mindset, and the ability to translate high-level vision into clear, actionable plans and operational cadence.
Responsibilities
Partner with senior leadership and executives to define the strategic vision and then translate it into prioritized goals and concrete execution roadmaps.
Define, implement, and manage operating cadences for the division (e.g. goals, QBRs, roadmap reviews, launch planning, regular exec-level briefings) to ensure alignment, accountability, and transparency.
Build and maintain frameworks for tracking performance metrics, KPIs, business outcomes, and post-mortems — enabling continuous improvement and iterative learning.
Facilitate cross-functional alignment and communication across Product, Engineering, Design, GTM, and other teams; surface and resolve interdependencies, resource constraints, and blockers.
Lead cross-functional strategic initiatives from ideation and opportunity sizing, through planning, execution and measurement — blending strategy, program management, and operational execution.
Produce high-quality executive-level deliverables and presentations (strategic plans, business reviews, board-ready materials) that distill complexity into clarity for leadership.
Act as an operational “glue”: identify inefficiencies, implement process improvements, and build scalable workflows and systems that support fast-moving, high-growth product development cycles.
Requirements
10+ years of experience in program management, business operations, strategy, or related roles at a high-growth tech company (SaaS/product-led)
Proven track record of successfully leading multi-function, cross-organizational programs from concept through delivery, including leading stakeholder alignment across teams (Product, Engineering, Design, GTM, Finance, etc)
Demonstrated ability to use data to drive decision making and identify business opportunities, including experience with Excel, Tableau, Amplitude, or other analytics tools
Experience leading strategic planning cycles, goal setting, business rhythms, and daily operations in a large organization
Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills; proven experience preparing executive-level presentations, business reviews, and strategic narratives for senior leadership or board audiences
Ability to switch between high-level strategic thinking and detail-oriented execution
Strong bias for action, high ownership mindset, and comfort navigating ambiguity and complexity
Preferred Qualifications
Prior experience in product management or corporate strategy, especially for technology companies
Prior experience in a product-led SaaS company, ideally with exposure to building or scaling core platform/business-critical systems
Demonstrated success designing and running SMART goals or similar operating cadence frameworks at scale
Skilled at stakeholder management: building relationships and consensus across diverse functional teams — Product, Engineering, GTM, Finance, etc
Prior exposure to building systems, processes, or tooling to support program management, cross-functional execution, or operational scaling
Compensation
US Zone 1
This role is not available in Zone 1
US Zone 2
$174,400—$236,000 USD
US Zone 3
$155,000—$209,800 USD
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Senior Strategy & Operations Program Manager
Role Description
At Dropbox, we believe in simplifying the way people work together. We provide a range of innovative cloud-based solutions to empower individuals and businesses to share, access, and collaborate on their files seamlessly. We’re looking for an experienced Senior Strategy & Operations Program Manager to partner across the organization to develop our strategy and develop the operational mechanisms to ensure we successfully deliver against our goals.
As a Senior Strategy & Operations Program Manager, you will join a small, high-impact team that partners across Product, Engineering, Design, GTM, and Executive leadership to drive end-to-end operational excellence: from shaping long-term strategy and business planning to overseeing execution, removing operational friction, and enabling rapid product development cycles. This is a senior individual-contributor role, and requires the ability to work effectively with executive leaders, EPD teams (engineering, product, design), and across organizational boundaries. The ideal candidate brings deep program management chops, a strategic mindset, and the ability to translate high-level vision into clear, actionable plans and operational cadence.
Responsibilities
Partner with senior leadership and executives to define the strategic vision and then translate it into prioritized goals and concrete execution roadmaps.
Define, implement, and manage operating cadences for the division (e.g. goals, QBRs, roadmap reviews, launch planning, regular exec-level briefings) to ensure alignment, accountability, and transparency.
Build and maintain frameworks for tracking performance metrics, KPIs, business outcomes, and post-mortems — enabling continuous improvement and iterative learning.
Facilitate cross-functional alignment and communication across Product, Engineering, Design, GTM, and other teams; surface and resolve interdependencies, resource constraints, and blockers.
Lead cross-functional strategic initiatives from ideation and opportunity sizing, through planning, execution and measurement — blending strategy, program management, and operational execution.
Produce high-quality executive-level deliverables and presentations (strategic plans, business reviews, board-ready materials) that distill complexity into clarity for leadership.
Act as an operational “glue”: identify inefficiencies, implement process improvements, and build scalable workflows and systems that support fast-moving, high-growth product development cycles.
Requirements
10+ years of experience in program management, business operations, strategy, or related roles at a high-growth tech company (SaaS/product-led)
Proven track record of successfully leading multi-function, cross-organizational programs from concept through delivery, including leading stakeholder alignment across teams (Product, Engineering, Design, GTM, Finance, etc)
Demonstrated ability to use data to drive decision making and identify business opportunities, including experience with Excel, Tableau, Amplitude, or other analytics tools
Experience leading strategic planning cycles, goal setting, business rhythms, and daily operations in a large organization
Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills; proven experience preparing executive-level presentations, business reviews, and strategic narratives for senior leadership or board audiences
Ability to switch between high-level strategic thinking and detail-oriented execution
Strong bias for action, high ownership mindset, and comfort navigating ambiguity and complexity
Preferred Qualifications
Prior experience in product management or corporate strategy, especially for technology companies
Prior experience in a product-led SaaS company, ideally with exposure to building or scaling core platform/business-critical systems
Demonstrated success designing and running SMART goals or similar operating cadence frameworks at scale
Skilled at stakeholder management: building relationships and consensus across diverse functional teams — Product, Engineering, GTM, Finance, etc
Prior exposure to building systems, processes, or tooling to support program management, cross-functional execution, or operational scaling
Compensation
US Zone 1
This role is not available in Zone 1
US Zone 2
$174,400—$236,000 USD
US Zone 3
$155,000—$209,800 USD