Strategy & Operations Lead

London, England, United Kingdom

4/25/2025

SIMPLE is a successful mobile product with over 15 million unique downloads, more than 300K 5-star reviews, and over 50% year-over-year revenue growth.

It offers judgment-free, gentle guidance toward balanced nutrition, a healthy relationship with food, and ultimately, improved health and well-being. Built with flexibility and convenience in mind, the app is a safe and supportive space to get actionable feedback, learn, and increase confidence. SIMPLE’s method is shaped by a global team of nutrition, behavior change, digital health, and medical experts. The journey is enhanced through Avo, a personal wellness assistant within the app that provides timely suggestions and real-time answers.

With SIMPLE as a partner in their pocket, users feel cared for and empowered to embrace — and stick to — new healthy habits. To learn more, visit simple.life.

We’re looking for a highly organized, proactive leader to build and lead a world-class executive operations function at our 180-person (Series B, profitable) tech scale-up. As an Strategy & Operations Lead, your mission is to drive organizational excellence by implementing systematic, data-driven approaches to goal setting, performance management, and talent development.

This role is central to fostering a high-performance culture—one that identifies, develops, and retains great people through clear goals and deep cross-functional alignment.

Key Responsibilities

• Own and continuously improve our performance management framework, including company-wide OKRs, progress tracking, and team-level alignment;
• Work closely with the leadership team to translate strategic priorities into operational plans, supporting execution across departments;
• Lead the goal-setting process across teams, ensuring clarity of ownership, alignment with business impact, and transparency in progress;
• Build and maintain cross-functional operating cadences, including: weekly leadership meetings, quarterly business reviews, annual planning sessions and strategy offsites;
• Identify and resolve cross-functional bottlenecks, working with team leads to improve collaboration and unblock execution;
• Collaborate with Finance and Analytics to support board reporting, investor updates, and internal dashboards;
• Partner with HR to support performance reviews, talent calibration, and leadership development efforts;
• Act as a thought partner to the CEO and leadership team, bringing clarity, structure, and follow-through to company-wide initiatives.
  
  

Qualifications

• Have 3–6 years of experience in business operations, strategy, or financial roles, ideally in a fast-paced or high-growth environment;
• Have worked in a startup or scale-up and are comfortable building from scratch and operating in ambiguity;
• Bring a structured, analytical mindset — experience in top-tier consulting (e.g., MBB) is a strong plus;
• Are confident working with OKRs/KPIs and have hands-on experience implementing goal-setting frameworks;
• Know how to translate company strategy into clear, actionable plans across multiple teams;
• Have a strong grasp of business and financial metrics, including interpreting a P&L and linking data to operational priorities;
• Possess excellent project management skills, with the ability to juggle multiple priorities and lead cross-functional initiatives;
• Think in systems, not just tasks — and can bring clarity and structure to complex or messy processes:
• Communicate clearly and effectively across all levels, from individual contributors to senior leadership;
• Are self-driven, highly organized, and proactive — someone who takes ownership and follows through.
  
  

Perks And Benefits

• Open-minded teams, a welcoming and inclusive company culture, plus the opportunity to make a real difference with a game-changing health tech product;
• A competitive salary package based on your unique expertise, skillset, and impact on the product plus stock options;
• In-office, remote and hybrid work opportunities;
• Relocation package (Cyprus) - optional;
• The equipment whatever you need to be happy and productive;
• A premium SIMPLE subscription;
• 21 days annual leave, plus bank holidays (those observed where you live);
• Support to learn English, should you need (or want) to;
• Flexible hours. We focus on your results, not how long you spend at your desk.
  
  

Palta is a health & well-being technology company. We're guided by real passion and curiosity to transform bright ideas into worldwide products while delivering real results.