Sierra
Operations Manager, Product & Engineering
San Francisco, CA. Posted 3 months ago
The role
You will run the operating cadence for Product and Engineering by owning planning cycles, roadmap workflows, and initiative tracking. You will design operational processes, coordinate cross-functional initiatives, and build scalable frameworks for goal-setting and execution.
What you will do
- Run the operating cadence for Product and Engineering
- Design and optimize key processes like product reviews, retrospectives, team syncs, and engineering demos
- Build and maintain operational artifacts such as roadmaps, planning docs, capacity trackers, dashboards, and retros
- Coordinate cross-functional initiatives across Product, Eng, Design, Legal, Sales, and Ops teams
- Partner with product, eng and marketing leads to create scalable frameworks for goal-setting, prioritization, and execution
- Analyze operational data and team feedback to identify friction points
- Build the outbound operations playbook in partnership with Legal
Required qualifications
- 6-8+ years of experience in Product Operations, Business Operations, or Program Management in a high-growth, product-led company
- Proven track record building and scaling operational processes from scratch
- Highly organized and methodical
- Excellent written and verbal communicator
- Experience partnering closely with Legal, Product, and Engineering, including third-party vendors
- Comfortable using tools like Linear, Figma, Google Drive, or similar
Nice to have
- SQL or dashboard experience
- Experience with outbound communications compliance — TCPA, do-not-call, SMS sender registration, or similar calling/messaging regulations in the US or internationally
- Experience at an early-stage startup or scaling product org
- Familiarity with OKR frameworks, roadmap tools, or product analytics platforms
- Background in product management, engineering, or consulting/strategy with deep operational exposure
Benefits
- Flexible (unlimited) paid time off
- Medical, dental, and vision benefits for you and your family
- Life insurance and disability benefits
- Retirement plan dependent on country of employment
- Parental leave
- Fertility and family building benefits
- Lunch, as well as delicious snacks and coffee when working onsite
- Discretionary benefit stipend
- Free alphorn lessons
- Equity plans for eligible full-time employees
About the company
Sierra is a platform for customer-facing AI agents working with brands like The GAP, Rocket Mortgage, SoFi, Sutter Health, and SoftBank. It was co-founded by Bret Taylor and Clay Bavor.