Business Operations And Strategy
Posted 2 Oct 2026
Advertised as “Senior Associate, Business Operations & Strategy”
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- Expected experience
- 3–5 yrs
- Management level
- Individual contributor
No salary listed for this role.
Field of studyBusiness, Economics, Engineering, Finance, Operations (or related)
Study levelBachelor's
Field of studyBusiness, Economics, Engineering, Finance (or related)
Study levelMaster's
As Business Operations & Strategy Senior Specialist, you’ll help turn information from across the business into clear insights, executive materials, and coordinated action. Reporting to the Director of HRBP and supporting the SVP of Operations, you’ll analyze business performance, research competitors, prepare leadership presentations, and track strategic priorities across functions.
This newly created position offers the opportunity to shape how leadership reviews performance and follows through on decisions. You’ll gain exposure to senior leaders and partner with Operations, Finance, QHSE, and other teams, building a broad understanding of the business. With direction and support from your manager, you’ll bring curiosity, analytical judgment, and initiative to work that helps leaders identify risks, focus attention, and make better-informed decisions.
Responsibilities
Operating Rhythm, Meeting Coordination & Follow-ThroughPrimary Skills: Project Management • Business Process Management • Task Prioritization • Documentation Management
- Support the weekly and monthly operations and business-review cadence by preparing agendas, collecting pre-reads and inputs, tracking deadlines, and maintaining decision logs and follow-up records.
- Maintain an action and initiative tracker covering strategic priorities, TapRooT corrective actions, audit findings, and regional commitments; follow up with accountable owners on dates, dependencies, and closure evidence.
- Prepare concise status summaries and flag stalled actions, unresolved dependencies, or material risks for escalation to the SVP of Operations.
- Maintain repeatable templates and records that reduce ad hoc preparation and preserve a reliable source of truth for commitments and decisions.
Planning Support, Performance Analysis & Market ResearchPrimary Skills: Corporate Strategy • Performance Analysis • Market Analysis • Conducting Research • Business Judgment
- Collect and consolidate inputs for annual strategic planning, budget, and operating-plan cycles and organize them for leadership review.
- Compile rig count, utilization, day rate, margin, safety, service-quality, and other approved operating data into clear analyses and summaries for review.
- Conduct structured market and peer research, including peer rig activity and market-share indicators, in partnership with Sales and other data owners.
- Identify trends, outliers, and information gaps and present fact-based observations for leadership consideration without displacing Finance, Sales, or operational decision rights.
Executive Materials & CommunicationsPrimary Skills: Business Writing • Business Presentations • Communication Strategy • Report Writing