Business Operations Manager | €115/hour | 6-month contract

Business Operations Manager

• Location: Amsterdam (hybrid)
• Duration: 6-months initial (possible extensions)
• Rate: €115 per hour (40 hours per week)

About the Role
We are seeking an experienced Business Operations Manager to help drive operational excellence, structure, and effective decision-making across a large, complex organisation. This role partners closely with senior leadership to ensure the business operates efficiently, with strong planning, governance, and performance management in place.
You will play a key role in shaping how the organisation runs day to day, embedding a strong rhythm of business, improving cross-functional alignment, and ensuring strategic initiatives and priorities are tracked, delivered, and measured effectively.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Design, implement, and continuously improve business operations frameworks, processes, and ways of working.
• Establish and run effective business cadence, including monthly, quarterly, and mid-year reviews.
• Support annual and ad hoc planning cycles, working closely with finance and operational teams on budgeting, prioritisation, and resource allocation.
• Drive adoption of standardised, organisation-wide processes while simplifying and optimising where possible.
• Track delivery of key initiatives, KPIs, and dependencies across teams, ensuring transparency and accountability.
• Develop performance measurement and reporting, using data and insights to inform leadership decision-making.
• Act as a central coordination point across departments, improving collaboration and operational efficiency.
• Influence and engage stakeholders up to Director and Senior Director level.
• Contribute to strategic problem-solving and, where required, lead or support complex, high-impact programmes or transformations.

What We’re Looking For

• Significant experience (typically 8+ years) in business operations, strategy, programme management, or a similar role.
• Strong process design, problem-solving, and operational excellence capability.
• Solid business and financial acumen, with confidence working with budgets, forecasts, and performance metrics.
• Proven ability to use data and insights to shape recommendations and tell clear, compelling stories to senior stakeholders.
• Experience supporting or leading planning, governance, and change initiatives.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence without direct authority.
• Highly organised, structured, and comfortable working in complex, cross-functional environments.
• A hands-on mindset, with the ability to break down complex problems into practical, actionable solutions.

Apply today for immediate consideration!