Retool

Director, Business Operations at Retool (San Francisco, CA)

Retool· San Francisco, CA· $242k–$326k·

Role details

Salary
$242k–$326k
Work type
Remote
Employment
Full-Time
Equity
Yes
Commission
Yes

Job description

WHY WE’RE LOOKING FOR YOU

Retool is growing rapidly and entering a new stage of maturity. To support this growth and help Retool scale to the next level, we’re looking for an experienced Business Operations Lead who can partner across our Executive team to help us build the systems and processes to continue to grow and operate at scale.

As a member of our lean, high-leverage Business Operations (BizOps) team, you’ll help us make pivotal business decisions — from how we allocate resources to how we price our products, to what opportunities we should pursue next. We’re a fast-paced, innovative company with new challenges to tackle every week. You’ll be wearing many different hats as you take on whatever is needed to help the business succeed.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

  • Partner with leaders across the business, from product and engineering, to GTM, to operations, and support strategic decision making and initiative prioritization
  • Take end-to-end ownership of some of Retool’s highest value initiatives and open questions, from structuring the problem to implementing the solution
  • Own the company's OKR process: designing the goal-setting framework, facilitating cross-functional alignment with leadership, managing the portfolio view across all initiatives, reporting progress and risks to the executive team, and driving select key results to completion
  • Evaluate opportunities to up-level the way Retool operates, partnering with the C-suite, Finance, and other Operations teams to support our path toward IPO-readiness
  • Incubate and help run new functions and teams

THE SKILLSET YOU'LL BRING

  • 8-10+ years of work experience, including 2+ years at a top-tier management consulting, investment banking, or PE / VC firm, and 2+ years at a high-growth tech company
  • Excellent analytical problem-solving skills with ability to unearth insights and turn them into recommendations and action plans
  • BA/BS in Economics, Math, Finance, Engineering, CS, or other quantitative field; MBA or other advanced degree a plus
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills, able to synthesize findings and concisely articulate them to an array of audiences
  • Self-starter with a demonstrated ability to adapt to a rapidly-changing environment
  • Extremely organized and structured, with a proven ability to run projects and processes from end-to-end
  • Ability to effectively build and maintain cross-functional relationships, manage multiple competing priorities, and drive projects to completion

Why work at Retool

  • Culture: The company values ambition, intense curiosity, energy, and deep care. They emphasize moving fast, acting like an owner, and being both demanding and supportive.
  • Work Environment: Hybrid model with offices in San Francisco, New York, Salt Lake City, and London. The company believes great work happens when teams collaborate in person.
  • Product Impact: Employees are close to the product and use Retool internally, giving them a direct voice in improving it. The mission is to enable a wider community of builders to create production-grade software safely.
  • Hiring Process: Structured, with initial recruiter/hiring manager chats, a technical evaluation or practical exercise, and a final round of 3–5 interviews. The company aims for transparency and candidate preparation.
  • Employee Sentiment: Employer rating of 3.4/5.0 (127 reviews). Strengths include Work-Life Balance (4.1) and Culture (3.7). Compensation (3.4) and Career (3.4) are areas for potential improvement.

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