Yahoo is a global media and tech company that reaches hundreds of millions of people around the world, bringing them closer to what they love—from finance and sports, to shopping, gaming and news—with the trusted products, content and tech that fuel their day. For partners, we provide a full-stack platform for businesses to amplify growth and drive more meaningful connections across advertising, search and media.

We are seeking an experienced Director, Business Strategy and Operations. This role requires a highly resourceful individual with strong business judgment, analytical skills, as well as high emotional intelligence and self-motivation. The ideal candidate is prepared to join an exceptional, fast-paced team whose mission is to accelerate business results by providing hands-on strategic and tactical support for needle-moving initiatives across the company. This is a challenging, high-impact role.

Responsibilities:

• Ability to organize, motivate and lead senior stakeholders from across the enterprise

• Drive large scale business-critical initiatives, particularly those that span multiple teams

• Manage projects ranging from strategic planning to operational process design, organizational design and implementation, to Board-level projects and presentations

• Collaborate with key stakeholders across business units

• Make timely, fact-based decisions and provide clear direction to teams

• Identify metrics-driven insights, plus required actions

• Interface and collaborate daily with C-level executives, and key stakeholders across the company locally and internationally

• Operate among multiple “dotted line” reporting structures

Minimum Qualifications:

• Experience at a leading strategy consulting firm, including at least two years with senior project and product management experience

• Detail oriented with ability to scale and move quickly to drive results/action

• 10+ years of relevant experience in an operating role, preferably involving online media, digital advertising, or big data analytics

• Entrepreneurial leadership experience, exposure to high growth, mid-sized enterprises

• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills

• Experience must include demonstrable success and results driven by the candidate

• Proactive, motivated self-starter, with ability to thrive in ambiguity

• BA/BS in a quantitative discipline (e.g. sciences, engineering, economics, accounting, operations research, computer science, business)

Preferred Qualifications:

• MBA from a leading school a plus

• Track record of fast career progression, especially through internal promotion

• Strong extracurricular interests, community involvement, or languages are all plusses

• Demonstrated passion for continuous learning, improvement, and sharing best practices

• Tech or media industry experience strongly preferred

• Ability to effectively communicate complex messages to a broad, diverse audience in both written and verbal form

• Ability to create effective end-to-end communication plans

• Curiosity and a desire to constantly innovate

• Self-awareness and the ability to foster collaboration and empowered execution

• Agility and comfort making decisions in a rapidly changing environment

• Highly organized, versatile and dedicated to efficient productivity

• Proficiency in Mandarin(Chinese) is essential.

• By applying to this position, you are required to locate in Taipei, Taiwan.

Yahoo is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to, and will not be discriminated against based on age, race, gender, color, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, disability or any other protected category. Yahoo is dedicated to providing an accessible environment for all candidates during the application process and for employees during their employment. If you need accessibility assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability, please submit a request via the Accommodation Request Form (www.yahooinc.com/careers/contact-us.html) or call 408-336-1409. Requests and calls received for non-disability related issues, such as following up on an application, will not receive a response.

Yahoo has a high degree of flexibility around employee location and hybrid working. In fact, our flexible-hybrid approach to work is one of the things our employees rave about. Most roles don’t require specific regular patterns of in-person office attendance. If you join Yahoo, you may be asked to attend (or travel to attend) on-site work sessions, team-building, or other in-person events. When these occur, you’ll be given notice to make arrangements. 

If you’re curious about how this factors into this role, please discuss with the recruiter.

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