Manager, Strategy & Operations

Summary

Juno leverages collective bargaining power to help higher education students secure better student loan rates and refinance options. The Manager, Strategy & Operations will work with an executive team member to evaluate performance, set investment priorities, expand the lender marketplace, and drive cross-functional initiatives from analysis through execution.

Responsibilities

• Assess the historical results of our partners, events, and initiatives, from first touch through funded in-school and refinance loans
• Build the ROI case for new initiatives and decide which schools, partners, and segments to prioritize each season
• Identify distribution channels with access to borrowers looking to refinance and build a plan to capture these opportunities
• Lead diligence and onboarding for new lenders across both in-school loans and refinance
• Set milestones and metrics with each business unit and track every initiative through to results
• Step into key business roles as needs arise, taking hands-on ownership of a team or function to fill leadership gaps, launch new initiatives, or accelerate growth

Skills

• 2 to 5 years in management consulting, investment banking, private equity, or a strategy role at a high-growth company
• You turn complex data into clear recommendations, using SQL and financial modeling to build the analysis yourself
• You distinguish activity from impact and will recommend scaling what works and winding down what doesn't
• You carry initiatives from analysis through implementation and keep cross-functional teams aligned on owners and deadlines
• When the tool you need doesn't exist, you build it with AI tooling and APIs
• You bring leadership difficult conclusions along with the data behind them
• You can align partners, lenders, and business unit leaders around a single plan

Qualifications

Must Haves

• 2 to 5 years in management consulting, investment banking, private equity, or a strategy role at a high-growth company
• You turn complex data into clear recommendations, using SQL and financial modeling to build the analysis yourself
• You distinguish activity from impact and will recommend scaling what works and winding down what doesn't
• You carry initiatives from analysis through implementation and keep cross-functional teams aligned on owners and deadlines
• When the tool you need doesn't exist, you build it with AI tooling and APIs
• you bring leadership difficult conclusions along with the data behind them
• you can align partners, lenders, and business unit leaders around a single plan

Benefits

• Comprehensive health, dental, vision, and retirement matching.
• Variable compensation tied to performance.