Who we are:
Motive empowers the people who run physical operations with tools to make their work safer, more productive, and more profitable. For the first time ever, safety, operations and finance teams can manage their drivers, vehicles, equipment, and fleet related spend in a single system. Combined with industry leading AI, the Motive platform gives you complete visibility and control, and significantly reduces manual workloads by automating and simplifying tasks.
Motive serves nearly 100,000 customers – from Fortune 500 enterprises to small businesses – across a wide range of industries, including transportation and logistics, construction, energy, field service, manufacturing, agriculture, food and beverage, retail, and the public sector.
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Business Operations at Motive is a highly cross-functional group that is responsible for developing our go-to-market strategy, improving go-to-market efficiency, and ensuring that we are hitting our growth targets. Our team is maniacal about and energized by the challenge of getting our hands dirty in any problem across Sales, Marketing, or Customer Success, and finding ways to help us scale more efficiently. We are a low-ego, highly-motivated group that collaborates with cross-functional stakeholders to drive alignment and execution. Examples of major strategic initiatives Business Operations takes on are optimizing the structure of our sales force, experimenting with new sales and marketing motions, and determining how we can leverage AI to improve operations.
What You'll Do:- Develop comprehensive GTM strategies for new market entry by conducting in-depth analysis of international market opportunities, customer segmentation, and the competitive landscape. Collaborate with senior leadership to prioritize target markets and build the strategic execution plan for launch.
- Act as the central Program Manager for all new market launches, driving cross-functional alignment and execution across Product, Sales Ops, Marketing, Finance, People, Places, and Legal. Serve as the primary point of contact for coordinating international initiatives, ensuring clear communication and holding teams accountable to timelines.
- Design and implement a standardized, repeatable playbook for international market entry. Proactively identify, document, and streamline processes to create a more efficient and scalable launch motion, driving a culture of continuous improvement for global expansion.
- Build and maintain robust analytical models to support market prioritization decisions, forecast potential (e.g., TAM, ROI), and provide actionable insights into the performance of newly launched markets. Proactively identify trends, risks, and opportunities to optimize our international growth.
- 5+ years of relevant experience in banking, consulting or private equity, ideally combined with in-house Strategy & Operations at a rapidly growing SaaS company
- Bachelor's degree required; MBA is a plus
- Previous consultant experience one of the following: McKinsey, Boston Consulting Group (BCG) or Bain a plus
- Advanced communication, presentation, and organization skills
- Executive presence and comfort communicating with the C-suite
- Exceptional spreadsheet / data management skills, SQL proficiency preferred
- Expert with Google Sheets & Excel, with the ability to build data models
- Intellectual curiosity supported by exceptional analytical skill
- Strong, demonstrated leadership capabilities
- Experience working on cross-functional projects with various stakeholders and a demonstrated expertise in managing such projects
- Able to work in ambiguous, fast paced, environments under tight and unpredictable timelines
- Located in San Francisco Bay Area a plus
Pay Transparency
Your compensation may be based on several factors, including education, work experience, and certifications. For certain roles, total compensation may include restricted stock units. Motive offers benefits including health, pharmacy, optical and dental care benefits, paid time off, sick time off, short term and long term disability coverage, life insurance as well as 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). Learn more about our benefits by visiting Motive Perks & Benefits.
The compensation range for this position will depend on where you reside. For this role, the compensation range is:
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Our headquarters are located in the heart of the city’s bustling South of Market (SOMA) neighborhood, a short walk from major public transit lines.
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