About Wonders
Here at Wonders we build products that empower small brick and mortar restaurants by liberating them of the operational burden of running their business. We accomplish this by providing a frictionless connection between them and their customers through our multi-product ecosystem offering AI-enabled order taking, delivery enablement, payment solutions, and point-of-sale software. At Wonders, we use a combination of bits (technology) and atoms (people) to solve real world problems facing small business owners.We obsess over placing our customers first and working backwards from there. When our customers succeed, we succeed. The restaurant industry in the US is over a $1 trillion total addressable market (TAM), but remains relatively underserved by technology. Large chains are able to afford expensive tech that gives them a huge advantage; we believe that small restaurant owners deserve access to the same technologies at an affordable price.
Wonders has been profitable for nearly a decade and seen 5x revenue growth in the last three years. As of our last fundraising round in mid-2022, we were valued at $450M and have since seen substantial growth across customer acquisition, product development and company headcount. Thousands of loyal restaurants have entrusted Wonders with their success, and together we have supported nearly 20 million customers. We are proud to be named one of Built In’s top companies to work for in 2023.
Role:
We are looking for a Director of Strategy and Special Projects focused on Voice Platform, Wonders’ flagship product. In this role, you will execute priority projects of the executive team that support the key focus areas of Wonders:
- Supercharge top-line growth by hitting revenue targets in partnership with cross-functional teams
- Evolve into a multi-product ecosystem that is capable of servicing different cuisines, and
- Build a great culture with the talent and team to reach $1bn ARR.
In the short term, the Director of Strategy and Special projects will determine gaps in scaling - specific to capacity planning, training, and business excellence. You will partner with Analytics team to become an internal consulting function seen as a thought partner for the organization’s highest priorities.
Year One Deliverables:
- Voice Platform Scaling Assessment
- Assess functional systems that would be a blocker to exponential growth - manual processes, inefficiencies for Wonders’ flagship product, Voice Platform
- Provide a roadmap of short term (3 - 6 month) road map to close gaps in scaling
- Flag scaling blockers that would entail longer term solutions and investment
- Thought leadership in current business excellence projects
- Adviser to attrition project team
- Provide opportunities to increase upselling opportunity
- Serve as an in-house strategy and project management expert
- Provide guidance to managers and business unit teams
- Active driver of improvement in budget planning
- Sense check project plans and challenge business excellence team in execution
- Business need continuation
- Step in and manage function if director / senior director of a Voice Platform vertical resigns with no clear succession
- Lead teams of 100+ members if needed
Project execution of key projects include:
- Scaling roadmap for Voice Platform for teams under Strategy and Analytics
- Upselling opportunity increase
- Budgeting exercise thought partner
- Location expansion & strategy
About you:
- Minimum 3 years of experience in an operator and/or strategy role working closely with executives/directors or 5+ years of work experience in management consulting, investment banking and/or business operations at a fast-growing tech startup; Master's degree in Business Administration or similar field preferred
- Experience managing strategic projects, process improvements or working in a PMO office
- Start-up experience highly desirable
- Proven experience in organizing multiple teams/departments
- Experience in revenue operations and budget management
- Experience using data to drive business insights. Experience in SQL, Python or other analytical softwares
Bonus points if you have:
- Led a team of more than 100 direct reports
- PMO experience