Strategy & Operations Lead
Simple Life is the #1 AI-powered health coaching app for adults who want to lose weight and enjoy a healthier lifestyle—without the stress or extremes. Our mission is to empower people to feel their best every day. By challenging traditional, restrictive approaches, Simple offers a more sustainable method grounded in ease, personalization, and real-life support.
Simple has had over 17 million downloads and more than 300,000 5-star reviews, having helped millions lose weight successfully and sustainably. Simple has earned recognition as Best Virtual Coach and one of the Top 100 AI companies — all thanks to a dedicated global team driving real impact.
With Simple Life as a partner in their pocket, users feel cared for and empowered to embrace — and stick to — new healthy habits. To learn more, visit simple.life.
We’re looking for a highly organized, proactive leader to build and lead a world-class executive operations function at our 180-person (Series B, profitable) tech scale-up. As an Strategy & Operations Lead, your mission is to drive organizational excellence by implementing systematic, data-driven approaches to goal setting, performance management, and talent development.
This role is central to fostering a high-performance culture—one that identifies, develops, and retains great people through clear goals and deep cross-functional alignment.
Key Responsibilities:
- Own and continuously improve our performance management framework, including company-wide OKRs, progress tracking, and team-level alignment;
- Work closely with the leadership team to translate strategic priorities into operational plans, supporting execution across departments;
- Lead the goal-setting process across teams, ensuring clarity of ownership, alignment with business impact, and transparency in progress;
- Build and maintain cross-functional operating cadences, including: weekly leadership meetings, quarterly business reviews, annual planning sessions and strategy offsites;
- Identify and resolve cross-functional bottlenecks, working with team leads to improve collaboration and unblock execution;
- Collaborate with Finance and Analytics to support board reporting, investor updates, and internal dashboards;
- Partner with HR to support performance reviews, talent calibration, and leadership development efforts;
- Act as a thought partner to the CEO and leadership team, bringing clarity, structure, and follow-through to company-wide initiatives.
Qualifications:
- Have 3–6 years of experience in business operations, strategy, or financial roles, ideally in a fast-paced or high-growth environment;
- Have worked in a startup or scale-up and are comfortable building from scratch and operating in ambiguity;
- Bring a structured, analytical mindset — experience in top-tier consulting (e.g., MBB) is a strong plus;
- Are confident working with OKRs/KPIs and have hands-on experience implementing goal-setting frameworks;
- Know how to translate company strategy into clear, actionable plans across multiple teams;
- Have a strong grasp of business and financial metrics, including interpreting a P&L and linking data to operational priorities;
- Possess excellent project management skills, with the ability to juggle multiple priorities and lead cross-functional initiatives;
- Think in systems, not just tasks — and can bring clarity and structure to complex or messy processes:
- Communicate clearly and effectively across all levels, from individual contributors to senior leadership;
- Are self-driven, highly organized, and proactive — someone who takes ownership and follows through.
Perks and Benefits:
- Open-minded teams, a welcoming and inclusive company culture, plus the opportunity to make a real difference with a game-changing health tech product;
- A competitive salary package based on your unique expertise, skillset, and impact on the product plus stock options;
- In-office, remote and hybrid work opportunities;
- Relocation package (Cyprus) - optional;
- The equipment whatever you need to be happy and productive;
- A premium SIMPLE subscription;
- 21 days annual leave, plus bank holidays (those observed where you live);
- Support to learn English, should you need (or want) to;
- Flexible hours. We focus on your results, not how long you spend at your desk.
- Brand
- Simple Life
- Locations
- London
- Remote status
- Fully Remote
- Employment type
- Full-time
- Department
- Operations
About Palta (Simple / Zing / Lovi)
Palta is a health & well-being technology company. We're guided by real passion and curiosity to transform bright ideas into worldwide products while delivering real results.