As OKR Program Coordinator, you will manage Voleon's OKR program, ensuring alignment and tracking progress on firm objectives through various tools and processes.
Voleon is a technology company that applies state-of-the-art AI and machine learning techniques to real-world problems in finance. For nearly two decades, we have led our industry and worked at the frontier of applying AI/ML to investment management. We have become a multibillion-dollar asset manager, and we have ambitious goals for the future.
Your colleagues will include internationally recognized experts in artificial intelligence and machine learning research as well as highly experienced finance and technology professionals. The people who shape our company come from other backgrounds, including concert music performances, humanitarian aid, opera singing, sports writing, and BMX racing. You will be part of a team that loves to succeed together.
In addition to our enriching and collegial working environment, we offer highly competitive compensation and benefits packages, technology talks by our experts, a beautiful modern office, daily catered lunches, and more.
As the OKR Program Coordinator, you will be a key member of the Business Strategy team, responsible for driving the rhythm and discipline of Voleon’s firmwide Objectives and Key Results (OKR) program. You will help translate strategy into execution by building and maintaining the systems, processes, and communications that keep our goals visible, measurable, and actionable. You will collaborate with leaders and teams across the firm, ensuring alignment, clarity, and timely follow-through. This role reports to the Head of Business Strategy and works closely with stakeholders across the firm.
This role is a means to make a difference: by building and maintaining the infrastructure for our OKR program, you will strengthen operational excellence across the firm and help ensure that strategic priorities turn into measurable outcomes.
Responsibilities
- Manage the administration of Voleon’s OKR program: maintaining schedules, templates, dashboards, and documentation.
- Build and maintain tracking systems in Smartsheet and Jira to monitor progress against firmwide, departmental, and team objectives.
- Support OKR cycles, including coordinating goal-setting sessions, consolidating submissions, and updating progress reports.
- Produce and distribute regular reports, dashboards, and summaries for leadership review.
- Follow up with teams and individuals to ensure timely updates, data accuracy, and maintain a clear record of OKR ownership, dependencies, and alignment across teams.
- Identify opportunities to improve the clarity, efficiency, and consistency of OKR workflows.
- Partner with Business Strategy team members on cross-functional projects, providing coordination, tracking, and administrative support.
- Develop familiarity with the underlying work behind the goals to improve the precision and usefulness of OKR documentation.
Requirements
- 3+ years of professional experience in operations, administration, or project coordination.
- Exceptional organizational skills and attention to detail.
- Demonstrated experience managing processes that require consistent follow-up and deadline tracking.
- Experience with OKR administration is a strong plus.
- Expertise with collaborative tools such as Jira, Confluence, Smartsheet and Microsoft Office is also a plus.
- Strong written communication skills and an eye for clarity and concision in language.
- Enthusiasm for iteratively improving workflows and upholding a culture of operational excellence.
The base salary range for this position is $100,000 to $120,000 in the location(s) of this posting. Individual salaries are determined through a variety of factors, including, but not limited to, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and geography. Base salary does not include other forms of total compensation such as bonus compensation and other benefits. Our benefits package includes medical, dental and vision coverage, life and AD&D insurance, 20 days of paid time off, 9 sick days, and a 401(k) plan with a company match.
“Friends of Voleon” Candidate Referral Program
If you have a great candidate in mind for this role and would like to have the potential to earn $7,500 if your referred candidate is successfully hired and employed by The Voleon Group, please use this form to submit your referral. For more details regarding eligibility, terms and conditions please make sure to review the Voleon Referral Bonus Program.
Equal Opportunity Employer
The Voleon Group is an Equal Opportunity employer. Applicants are considered without regard to race, color, religion, creed, national origin, age, sex, gender, marital status, sexual orientation and identity, genetic information, veteran status, citizenship, or any other factors prohibited by local, state, or federal law.
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The Voleon Group Berkeley, California, USA Office
Downtown, Berkeley, CA, United States, 94704
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