The Company
NorthMark Compute & Cloud (NMC²) is backed by dedicated leadership and investment, with a clear mission as it operates at the bleeding edge of technology. Its goal is to scale and enhance the high-performance computing (HPC) and cloud infrastructure that supports its clients' research, production, and delivery, enabling breakthroughs that shape the industries of tomorrow. Its engineers build critical infrastructure to eliminate friction in scientific research, simulations, analysis, and decision-making, accelerating discovery and driving faster innovation.
The Position
We are seeking a Director of Strategy & Operations, reporting to the Chief Operating Officer (COO), to drive the company's core planning and executive governance rhythms — from long-range strategy through to the metrics that hold teams accountable to it day to day. This role sits at the intersection of strategy, finance, and executive communication: you will build and run the company's 3-Year Plan and Annual Operating Plan processes, lead the preparation and synthesis behind Monthly Business Reviews, and drive the preparation of board and investor materials — working in close partnership with the COO, who owns final decisions and the direct relationship with the board and investors.
Beyond planning artifacts, you will drive the mechanism by which company-level strategy becomes team-level accountability — cascading OKRs into operating metrics that functional leaders can actually manage against — and you will help design and steward the broader cadence of business rhythms (weekly, monthly, quarterly) that keep the company aligned as it scales. This is a high-visibility role with direct, regular exposure to the COO, CEO, CFO, and executive leadership, and it carries direct people-leadership responsibility for a team of Strategy & Operations personnel — experienced individual contributors who can run workstreams independently and need coaching and prioritization, not step-by-step direction.
Responsibilities
Assist the COO in developing and refreshing the company's 3-Year Plan, driving the underlying analysis and translating long-range strategy discussions into a coherent, resourced roadmap the COO can bring to the CEO and executive leadership.
Drive the Annual Operating Plan process on the COO's behalf — setting the calendar, pushing functional leaders to submit and defend targets, and reconciling AOP commitments with the 3-Year Plan and available budget.
Own the design and mechanics of Monthly Business Reviews, synthesizing performance data across functions into a clear, decision-ready narrative that the COO reviews and delivers to leadership.
Assist the COO with investor meeting preparation, coordinating with Finance/IR to build materials, anticipate investor questions, and ensure the company's narrative and numbers are consistent across external touchpoints — while the COO owns the investor relationship.
Assist the COO with board meeting preparation — building board decks, pre-reads, and briefing materials, and stress-testing them for gaps — while the COO owns the board relationship and final delivery.
Drive the cascade of company-level OKRs into function- and team-level operating metrics, in partnership with the COO, ensuring every team can see how its work ladders up to company goals and that metrics stay reconciled as priorities shift.
Help design and maintain the company's business rhythms and governance calendar (weekly, monthly, quarterly, annual), ensuring the right forums, owners, and follow-through exist at each cadence — without over-proliferating meetings.
Manage a team of Strategy & Operations personnel — setting workstream priorities, providing air cover and escalation support, and coaching on executive-ready synthesis rather than day-to-day task direction.
Own hiring, performance management, and career development for the team, including calibrating what 'ready for more scope' looks like at that level.
Partner closely with Finance/FP&A…