Director, Business Process
Amplify · Remote · Remote - United States ·
COMPENSATION
$150k – $170k
Listed on the employer's job board (Ashby)
- Director level role
- Process design focus
- People management required
- Education sector context
- Cross-functional leadership
You will architect and steward the core processes that govern how Amplify’s Product team plans, builds, and ships. The goal is to create rigorous yet lightweight frameworks that prevent delivery erosion without adding bureaucratic overhead. You will work closely with Suite Leads, GTM partners, and other stakeholders to co-design these systems.
Key responsibilities include managing the cross-functional planning calendar, standardizing end-to-end launch protocols, and evolving the five-gate stage gate process. You will also identify gaps in current infrastructure, retiring unnecessary steps and building new tools where they genuinely add value.
What you'll do
- Co-design the cross-functional planning calendar and align annual cycles
- Maintain dynamic roadmaps and ensure visibility across product portfolios
- Standardize end-to-end launch processes including readiness checklists
- Steward and evolve the five-gate stage gate decision framework
- Manage scope change requests after gate approvals to protect delivery
- Identify process gaps and build lightweight frameworks to solve them
- Retire or simplify existing processes that no longer serve the organization
- Lead the central team responsible for process design and support
What you'll need
- 8+ years in business operations, program management, or process design
- Experience in technology, education, media, or content-driven businesses
- Track record of building lightweight, widely adopted process frameworks
- Proven ability to design core operating processes at scale
- Experience leading cross-functional product launches end-to-end
- People management experience leading teams of operators or designers
- Undergraduate degree required; MBA or advanced degree preferred
- Ability to balance strategy articulation with execution details
Nice to have
- Familiarity with K–12 education or curriculum development contexts
- Understanding of the school adoption cycle and US education system
- Experience deliberately simplifying or retiring existing processes
How you'll work
- Background check required upon selection
- Potential vaccination proof or enhanced screening per local laws
- E-Verify participant