Strategic Growth and Planning Operations Director

## About Crunchyroll Founded by fans, Crunchyroll delivers the art and culture of anime to a passionate community. We super-serve over 100 million anime and manga fans across 200+ countries and territories, and help them connect with the stories and characters they crave. Whether that experience is online or in-person, streaming video, theatrical, games, merchandise, events and more, it’s powered by the anime content we all love. Join our team, and help us shape the future of anime! ## **About the Role** We are looking for a senior strategic operator to help shape priorities, accelerate decision-making, and drive execution across our Growth & Planning organization. As the Strategic Growth & Planning Operations Director, you’ll serve as a trusted partner to the SVP of Growth & Planning, helping shape how the organization prioritizes, makes decisions, and executes against its most important opportunities. You’ll sit at the center of a highly cross-functional environment, working closely with Growth Planning, Finance, CDI, Product, Engineering, Business Development, Marketing, and regional teams to help leaders allocate attention, navigate trade-offs, and translate strategic priorities into measurable business outcomes. ### **Core Areas of Responsibility** - Own the operating rhythm and governance mechanisms for the Growth & Planning leadership team to improve overall organizational effectiveness. - Ensure leaders have clear visibility into priorities, performance, risks, dependencies, and strategic trade-offs. - Create the management systems that drive accountability, alignment, and execution across the organization. - Maintain a portfolio-level view of our highest-priority initiatives, helping leaders manage competing priorities and resource allocation. - Identify organizational friction and cross-functional dependencies, driving resolution before they become barriers to progress. - Ensure critical initiatives move smoothly from discussion to decision to execution with clear ownership and follow-through. - Develop executive-level presentations, leadership updates, memos, and decision materials that support informed decision-making. - Translate complex cross-functional inputs into clear narratives, recommendations, and actions for executive audiences. - Clarify ownership and escalation paths to help leaders make better, faster decisions. - Own and improve the processes that connect strategic priorities to OKRs, planning cycles, and business reviews. We are considering applicants available to work a hybrid schedule, with three days each week onsite at our Dallas office. ## **About You** - 12+ years of experience in management consulting, corporate strategy, strategic planning, growth strategy, business planning, or similar strategic leadership roles - Experience in, or exposure to, streaming, media, entertainment, gaming, subscription, consumer technology, or other digital consumer businesses - Proven ability to partner directly with senior executives in a fast-paced, global, and highly cross-functional organization - Demonstrated success leading high-impact cross-functional initiatives and influencing outcomes across senior stakeholder groups - Strong executive presence and influencing skills, with the ability to drive decisions, accountability, and alignment without direct authority - Exceptional communication skills, including the ability to synthesize complex information into clear narratives, executive presentations, memos, and decision materials - Proven success designing and operating executive planning, governance, and decision-making processes - Strong business judgment and analytical rigor, including the ability to assess performance, evaluate trade-offs, and inform executive decision-making - Passion for anime, entertainment, fandom, or youth culture is a plus - MBA or advanced degree, or equivalent experience in strategy, operations, or leadership roles ## Why you will love working at Crunchyroll In addition to getti…