Director of Operations Strategy
About the role
We are seeking a Director of Operations Strategy to lead inventory strategy, category expansion, and operational planning across Courtyard.io. This role is critical to ensuring the company invests in the right inventory, manages risk effectively, and expands into new categories with discipline and speed.
Responsibilities
Own the overall inventory strategy across Courtyard’s categories, balancing liquidity, velocity, margin, and customer experience while guiding buying decisions across categories and price tiers.
Partner with Finance and executive leadership to set inventory budgets, category-level buying targets, and risk parameters tied to capital allocation and marketplace demand.
Build and maintain forecasting models that inform buying strategy, inventory exposure, and redemption behavior, continuously refining them using marketplace data and post-buy performance.
Monitor inventory health across aging, redemption exposure, liquidity, and price-band coverage, surfacing risks and recommending corrective actions.
Lead the strategic evaluation and prioritization of new categories and vertical expansion opportunities, including pilots, feasibility assessments, and scaling plans.
Develop decision frameworks that enable fast, disciplined tradeoffs across buying strategy, inventory exposure, and capital risk.
Define and oversee liquidation and de-risking strategies, partnering with Finance and Operations to ensure efficient execution and incorporating insights into future buying strategy.
Serve as a central connector across Inventory, Finance, Product, Operations, and GTM to align planning, supply strategy, and marketplace initiatives.
Partner with Finance on Operations budgeting and financial planning, translating category and inventory strategy into cost assumptions, forecasts, and investment priorities.
Provide executive-level reporting and insights on inventory performance, category growth, capital exposure, and strategic opportunities.
Mentor and support team members while helping design the structure, processes, and tooling needed to scale the inventory strategy function over time.
Requirements
8+ years of experience in operations strategy, marketplace operations, supply chain, or analytics roles.
Experience developing inventory strategy, forecasting models, and data-driven decision frameworks.
Proven ability to partner with Finance on capital allocation, budgeting, and risk management.
Experience launching or expanding product categories, marketplaces, or new business lines.
Strong analytical skills with the ability to translate data into clear strategic recommendations.
Track record of leading cross-functional initiatives across Product, Operations, and Finance.
Experience managing inventory health metrics (liquidity, velocity, aging, margin).
Strong communication skills with experience presenting insights to senior leadership.
Comfortable operating as a hands-on strategic leader while helping scale the team.