
Head of Business Operations
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Salary analysis
Compared with the selected benchmark ("All roles in Helsinki, Finland"), this listing's salary midpoint is about 93% lower. The offer sits below the benchmark range (€2,080–€5,000). The listed pay band (€224–€264) is tighter than the benchmark, which suggests lower salary variability. This benchmark is based on 3028 comparable listings.
| Market | Lower bound (25th percentile) | Median | Upper bound (75th percentile) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All roles in Helsinki, Finland | €2,080/per month | €2,928/per month | €5,000/per month |
| Pay in our data — not quoted in ad (Director) | €224/per month | €244/per month | €264/per month |
Responsibilities - Work closely with Executive Management to translate company strategy into clear priorities and actionable execution plans. - Drive strategic and cross-functional initiatives from definition through to delivery. - Track company-level objectives, milestones, and KPIs, identifying areas that require attention or intervention. - Prepare analysis and recommendations to support key business and operational decisions. - Ensure that decisions and priorities from leadership discussions are translated into clear actions and followed through. - Improve the company’s operating cadence, processes, and ways of working as the organisation scales. - Identify operational bottlenecks and work with functional leaders to resolve them. - Establish and maintain dashboards, reporting, and management routines that improve transparency and accountability. - Coordinate initiatives across Engineering, Delivery, Commercial, Finance, People, and other functions. - Support the development and implementation of scalable business processes. - Act as an execution partner to the CEO on selected strategic and operational priorities. - Prepare materials, analysis, and decision briefs for leadership and board-level discussions. - Follow up on critical commitments and actions across the leadership team. - Support management reviews, strategy sessions, and company planning cycles. - Take ownership of special projects and initiatives assigned by the CEO. - Establish clear ownership, timelines, and success metrics for key company initiatives. - Monitor execution against company objectives and proactively flag risks, blockers, or delays. - Drive structured follow-up across functions while maintaining clear ownership with the relevant functional leaders. - Help strengthen decision-making, accountability, and execution discipline across the organisation.
Job Details
Responsibilities
- Translate strategy into priorities and actionable execution plans.
- Drive cross-functional initiatives from definition to delivery.
- Track objectives, milestones, and KPIs; identify areas needing attention.
- Prepare analyses and recommendations for key decisions.
- Convert leadership discussions into concrete actions and follow through.
- Improve operating cadence, processes, and ways of working as the organization scales.
- Identify bottlenecks and coordinate with functional leaders to resolve them.
- Establish dashboards and reporting for transparency and accountability.
- Coordinate initiatives across Engineering, Delivery, Commercial, Finance, People and other functions.
- Support scalable business processes.
- Act as execution partner to the CEO on strategic priorities.
- Prepare materials for leadership and board-level discussions.
- Follow up on commitments across leadership team.
- Support management reviews, strategy sessions, and planning cycles.
- Own special projects and initiatives from the CEO.
- Define ownership, timelines and success metrics.
- Monitor execution and flag risks, blockers, or delays.
- Drive cross-functional follow-up with clear ownership.
- Strengthen decision-making, accountability and execution discipline.
Requirements
- 8+ years of experience in business operations, strategy, management consulting, corporate development, programme management, or a similar high-ownership role.
- Strong analytical and structured problem-solving skills.
- Demonstrated experience driving complex, cross-functional initiatives from concept to execution.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to work effectively across different functions and levels of seniority.
- Experience working closely with senior executives while remaining comfortable operating hands-on.
- Strong commercial and financial understanding.
- Ability to navigate ambiguity, changing priorities, and demanding timelines.
- A high level of ownership, discretion, and integrity.
- Ability to simplify complex problems and drive them towards clear decisions and execution.
- A proactive and pragmatic mindset, with a strong bias towards action.
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