Associate Director, Strategic Operations

Our 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 experience leading complex, cross-functional programs with multiple stakeholders. Proven track record driving operational or cost-efficiency initiatives tied to financial outcomes. Understanding of how AI tools can be applied to manual processes, with the ability to evaluate ROI, risks, and change management considerations. Strong financial fluency - comfort working with margin models, cost structures, and performance metrics. BA or BS in any field required; MBA strongly preferred. The target base salary range for this position is $160,000 - $184,000 , and is part of a competitive total rewards package including equity and benefits. Individual pay may vary from the target range and is determined by a number of factors including experience, location, internal pay equity, and other relevant business considerations. We review all employee pay and compensation programs annually using Radford Global Compensation Database at minimum to ensure competitive and fair pay. Benefits provided by Spring Health Note: We have even more benefits than listed here and below; your recruiter will provide more in-depth information as you continue in the interview process. Benefits are subject to individual plan requirements and eligibility criteria. Health, Dental, Vision benefits start on your first day at Spring. You and your dependents also receive access to One Medical accounts. HSA and FSA plans are also available, with Spring contributing up to $1K for HSAs, depending on your plan type. Employer sponsored 401(k) match of up to 2% for retirement planning. A yearly allotment of no-cost visits to the Spring Health network of therapists, coaches, and medication management providers for you and your dependents. We offer competitive paid time off policies including vacation, sick leave and company holidays. At 6 months tenure with Spring, we offer parental leave of 18 weeks for birthing parents and 16 weeks for non-birthing parents. Access to Noom, a weight management program—based in psychology, that’s tailored to your unique needs and goals. Access to fertility care support through Carrot, in addition to $4,000 reimbursement for related fertility expenses. Access to Wellhub, which connects employees to the best options for fitness, mindfulness, nutrition, and sleep in one subscription. Access to BrightHorizons, which provides sponsored child care, back-up care, and elder care. Up to $1,000 Professional Development Reimbursement a year. $200 per year donation matching to support your favorite causes. Not sure if you meet every requirement? Research shows that women and people from historically underrepresented communities often hesitate to apply for roles unless they meet every qualification compared to other similarly-qualified candidates. At Spring Health, we are committed to fostering a workplace where everyone feels valued, empowered, and supported to Thrive. If this role excites you, we encourage you to apply. Our privacy policy: Spring Health is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate in hiring or any employment decision based on race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, marital status, ancestry, disability, genetic information, veteran status, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, pregnancy, or other applicable legally protected characteristic. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with applicable legal requirements. Spring Health is also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know. #J-18808-Ljbffr Springhealth66