Growth Strategy & Execution Manager, CEO Office

This role is located in Somerville, MA - We are a hybrid work environment and this role requires in office presence 4-5 days per week. Tulip, the leader in AI-native frontline operations, is helping companies around the world equip their workforce with composable, connected apps, leading to higher quality work, improved efficiency, and end-to-end traceability across operations. Tulip’s cloud-native, no-code platform, powered by embedded AI, is driving the digital transformation of industrial environments through composable, human-centric solutions that go beyond disrupting the Manufacturing Execution System (MES) category. A spinoff out of MIT, Tulip is headquartered in Somerville, MA, with offices in Germany, Hungary, Singapore, and Israel. Tulip has been recognized as a World Economic Forum Global Innovator, a 2024 Deloitte Technology Fast award winner, one of Energage’s Top Workplaces USA, and one of Built In Boston’s “Best Places to Work” and “Best Midsize Places to Work.” About You: You are a strategic operator in the CEO Office — someone with prior high-level consulting or investment, ready to take on ambiguous, high-impact growth challenges and turn them into structured programs and measurable outcomes. Analytical, highly structured, and execution-driven — with a financial lens — you translate complex challenges into clear recommendations and roll up your sleeves to drive them to completion. You've seen the inside of a strategy deck and have been in rooms where the real conversations happen — and you'd rather be in those rooms. Strong business acumen, operational judgment, and a bias for action; you manage stakeholders, influence without authority, and maintain momentum on multi-year, high-impact initiatives. Hands-on with AI and productivity tools — using them to analyze, track, and accelerate strategic programs and operational workflows. You own outcomes, are feedback-driven, and bring self-awareness that elevates teams and drives scalable impact. What skills do I need? MBA or equivalent advanced degree with 2–4 years of experience in top-tier strategy consulting, VC/PE, internal strategy, or Chief-of-Staff–type roles in high-growth B2B SaaS or technology environments Strong data and analytical skills — able to define metrics, track progress, and translate results into executive-ready insights and actionable recommendations Financial modeling and investment analysis fluency — able to build business cases, evaluate market opportunities, and translate data into investor- and board-ready materials Proven program and project management experience — comfortable with agile and lean approaches, designing and owning end-to-end business processes, and keeping complex, multi-stakeholder initiatives on track with measurable outcomes Hands-on AI fluency — build with an AI-first mindset to accelerate analysis, synthesis, and execution; prototypes lightweight tools, templates, automations, and repeatable workflows to scale CEO Office and growth programs; basic scripting a plus Strong business acumen in high-growth B2B SaaS or enterprise software; experience with cross-functional growth initiatives and GTM strategy is a plus Key Responsibilities: Business strategy, analytics and operations, CEO Office Serve as the operational backbone of the CEO Office — ensuring strategy, programs, and cross-functional initiatives are coordinated, tracked, and delivered with impact. Translate strategic priorities into executable plans, defining owners, milestones, and success metrics while keeping the CEO and leadership team aligned and focused. Frame strategic options and recommendations for leadership decisions, ensuring trade-offs, risks, and implications are clearly articulated with advanced analytics, quantitative management models, Leverage AI - Use AI to accelerate analysis, synthesis, and the creation of repeatable workflows across CEO Office initiatives. Prototype tools, templates, automations, and repeatable analyses to support the busine