Manager, Workflow Optimization
Wealthsimple
In this role you'll have the opportunity to:
- Drive operations transformation: Reimagining workflows across client-facing and back-office teams. Develop a clear roadmap for optimizing your domain, ensuring alignment with CXO and organizational priorities.
- Lead data-driven decision making: Design and oversee robust rituals and reporting mechanisms to monitor progress, evaluate impact, and hold stakeholders accountable. Leverage data insights derived from SQL queries and other data analysis techniques to make informed decisions and continuously refine strategies.
- Architect and orchestrate end-to-end solutions: Lead efforts to re-engineer processes, eliminate inefficiencies, and reduce internal handoffs. Focus on optimizing workflows to enhance both employee and customer experiences, while considering technical feasibility and scalability.
- Be a true maker-owner: Participate in the execution to bring your strategies to life by building automations, writing queries, and designing dashboards. This is a hands-on role where you’ll truly own solutions end-to-end, including implementing changes in JIRA, Zendesk, and enterprise automation platforms.
- Champion innovation: Apply a forward-thinking mindset to identify and leverage emerging technologies, such as AI and automation, to streamline operations and deliver cutting-edge solutions.
- Influence and align stakeholders: Partner with leaders across CXO R&D, and other cross-functional teams to advocate for and drive workflow optimization initiatives. Build consensus on priorities, secure resources, and align diverse teams toward common goals.
What you'll bring:
- Technical Acumen: Strong proficiency in SQL for data analysis, reporting, and extracting insights from large datasets. A strong understanding of systems configuration, technical possibilities, and emerging technologies, enabling the development of innovative, scalable solutions. A strong interest in exploring and implementing AI-driven solutions (e.g., process automation, predictive analytics) to improve workflows. Familiarity or willingness to learn tools like Cursor, Claude Projects, Gemini Gems is a plus.
- Exceptional Communication Skills: Proven ability to convey complex ideas and strategies clearly and persuasively to senior leaders and diverse audiences. Ability to collaborate effectively with engineering teams, understand technical constraints and trade-offs, and contribute to technical discussions.
- Operational and Process Excellence: 5+ years of experience in process re-design, business transformation, or workflow optimization, with a proven track record of influencing senior stakeholders and navigating ambiguity.
- Executional Excellence: Exceptional organizational and project management skills, with a track record of successfully leading large-scale initiatives from inception to implementation.
- Visionary Thinking: A strong ability to think strategically and holistically about complex processes, recognizing upstream and downstream impacts and balancing multiple inputs and factors. You are excited by the opportunity to experiment with cutting-edge technologies.
- Innovative Problem-Solving: A creative approach to challenges, leveraging both technical expertise and a willingness to experiment with new tools and methodologies.
- Impact-Driven Mindset: A relentless focus on delivering measurable results that improve both the employee and customer experience.
- Strategic Influence and Collaboration: Demonstrated ability to influence and partner with senior leaders across functions, driving alignment and securing commitment to initiatives that span multiple pillars.
