Associate Director, Strategic Operations

Back to jobsAssociate Director, Strategic OperationsNew York (Hybrid)ApplyOur mission: eliminating every barrier to mental health. Spring Health is a global mental health company on a mission to eliminate every barrier to mental health. We're building a world where getting support is simple, personal, and built around the person, so care can continue through every job, move, health plan, and life stage.Our AI-native platform helps us deliver personalized support across self-guided tools, coaching, therapy, medication management, and specialty care. With outcomes independently validated by JAMA Network Open and the Validation Institute, Spring Health reaches more than 170 million people worldwide through leading employers, health plans, and partners.As an AI-native company, we believe technology should expand the reach, quality, and humanity of care. Every Spring Health team member is expected to use AI tools thoughtfully, apply human judgment to AI outputs, and keep building AI fluency in ways that support their role and our mission.Reporting to the Senior Director, Strategic Operations, the Associate Director of Strategic Operations will focus on driving operational rigor, scalability, and gross margin expansion across the business. This leader will be embedded within the operations organization but partner closely with Finance, Product, Revenue, Clinical, and Customer teams to improve how we deliver care - ensuring we do so efficiently, sustainably, and at scale. This role is deeply execution-oriented. In addition to identifying high-impact efficiency opportunities, this person will serve as the programmatic owner of large, cross-functional initiatives - ensuring teams remain aligned, accountable, and on track to deliver measurable outcomes. Unlike traditional business strategy roles that focus on market expansion or new growth vectors, this role is centered on optimizing the core: improving unit economics, strengthening operational performance, and building durable systems that unlock long-term profitability.  This is a hybrid role based in New York City, with an expectation to be in office 2-3 days a week. Our office is located at 60 Madison Avenue. Additionally, occasional travel may be required for company or team events.  What You’ll Do Strategy: Lead strategic operational efficiency initiatives by diagnosing workflow, system, and cross-functional inefficiencies and designing scalable solutions. AI Leverage: Identify and evaluate opportunities to leverage AI and automation to improve operational efficiency, reduce cost-to-serve, and enhance scalability. Financial Ownership: Translate margin targets into actionable operational initiatives with clear owners, timelines, and measurable KPIs. Program Leadership: Own complex, cross-functional programs across Operations and adjacent teams (Product, Revenue, Finance, Clinical). Governance: Establish governance structures, milestones, and success metrics to ensure initiatives are delivered on time and at impact. Business Case Development: Build business cases for automation, tooling improvements, vendor optimization, and process redesign. KPI Rigor: Connect financial targets to day-to-day operations through performance dashboards, KPI rigor, and accountability cadences. What Success Looks Like in This Role Cross-functional programs executed with strong stakeholder alignment and minimal slippage. Margin improvement initiatives delivered on time and at target impact. Clear operational dashboards that give leadership visibility into KPI performance. Reduced friction across teams due to improved dependency management and governance. A culture of accountability and execution rigor within the Operations organization. What You’ll Bring 4-6 years of experience in consulting, investment banking, corporate strategy, or strategic operations; top-tier consulting experience strongly preferred. 1+ years of operating experience at a high-growth or scale-stage company. Demonstrated...