Senior Manager, Strategic Initiatives

Benefits

Parental leave

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Salary

$160K-$200K From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026

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Market context

U.S. role benchmark (BLS OEWS)

$61,842 U.S. median for this role

Projected growth (BLS Employment Projections)

+1.9% - Slower

191% above the BLS role benchmark for operations aggregate.

Matched to SOC 11-1021 - Operations aggregate by role bucket.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS, May 2024 and Employment Projections, 2024-2034.

Role

Role function

Operations From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026

Seniority

Senior From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026

Schedule

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Weekend work

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Company

Company stage

Growth-stage From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026

Equity

Offered From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026

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About this role

Senior Manager, Strategic Initiatives Chicago, Illinois, United States; San Francisco, California, United States Instawork is on a mission to create meaningful economic opportunities for skilled hourly professionals in communities around the globe. Our AI-powered labor marketplace helps local businesses scale, and enables global technology companies to push the frontiers of robotics and AI. Backed by world-class investors like Benchmark, Spark Capital, Craft Ventures, Greylock, Y Combinator, and others, we're looking for exceptional talent to reimagine the way the world works. We are seeking a Senior Manager, Strategic Initiatives to join our Product Operations team and lead the charge in identifying and launching our next growth horizons. This is a high-octane, "General Manager" style opportunity to build new business lines from scratch-connecting our 10M+ flexible workers (“Pros”) with new industries and service categories. You will be tasked with parachuting into highly ambiguous, high-impact expansion initiatives to ignite the marketplace flywheel, prove unit economics, and transition new bets from "0 to 1." Who You Are - Founder Mindset & Bias for Action: You have a "get-it-done" attitude and are willing to do whatever it takes to launch a category-whether that's manually matching shifts, cold-calling early partners, or testing ground-level operational processes. You don't wait for permission or perfect data; you deliver results. - Strategic & Curious: You think big-picture while staying fiercely grounded in data and execution. You are comfortable with fast iteration, navigating complex requirements, and solving unstructured problems in a rapidly evolving marketplace. - Multi-disciplinary Executor: 6+ years in finance,

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