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Strategy and Operations Lead, CEO Office
<p style="min-height:1.5em"><em><strong>Company Description</strong></em></p><p style="min-height:1.5em"><em>We’re</em><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="http://checkout.com"><em> </em></a><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://Checkout.com"><em>Checkout.com</em></a><em>. You might not know our name, but companies like eBay, Spotify, Klarna, Uber, and Sony do, because we’re behind many of the digital experiences you use every day. </em></p><p style="min-height:1.5em"><br /><em>We are where the world checks out, enabling over 10 billion transactions yearly for more than one billion global shoppers. </em><br /><br /><em>Whether you want to book a holiday, order food, renew a subscription, or check out online, there’s a good chance our tech powers the payments behind the scenes. Our platform helps the most ambitious businesses deliver effortless digital experiences, at scale. </em><br /><br /><em>If you want to do career-defining work, you’ve come to the right place. We move fast, think globally, and believe great teams are built by hiring exceptional people with conviction, curiosity, and the desire to make an impact. </em><br /><br /><em>With 20 offices across six continents and London as our HQ, we’re shaping the future of fintech – and we’re just getting started.</em></p><p style="min-height:1.5em"></p><h2>About the team</h2><p style="min-height:1.5em">We’re building Strategy & Operations in the CEO Office to help Product and Engineering deliver the right work, at pace and with fewer surprises. Product sets what to build and why. Engineering builds it. S&O keeps the full picture in view, brings teams together and helps turn plans into results.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em">As S&O Lead, you’ll own that work across a product pillar and help raise the bar for how the wider S&O team operates. The impact is visible: what you improve in your pillar can shape how Checkout delivers elsewhere.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em"></p><h2>The role</h2><p style="min-height:1.5em">This is a high-ownership role. You’ll be accountable alongside the product leader for delivery, but you won’t own the roadmap. You’ll need to earn alignment, challenge commitments and stay close to the work. When priorities collide, you’ll help decide what moves, what waits and what stops.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>You will:</strong></p><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Keep the pillar’s major initiatives in view. Know what matters, what is slipping and where teams are blocked. Raise risks early and bring a clear point of view.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Be a trusted, independent partner to the product leader. Challenge dates and trade-offs, and help agree what to protect, move or stop. Product retains roadmap decisions.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Personally lead the pillar’s hardest cross-functional work, from getting teams aligned through to launch.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Build and lead the S&O team in your pillar. Hire, develop and manage performance, while setting practical standards that help S&O deliver better across Checkout.</p></li></ul><p style="min-height:1.5em"></p><h2>What you'll do</h2><ul style="min-height:1.5em&