Central Operations Manager (f/m/d)

Job description

bunch is building the backbone of private markets. We are enabling next-gen fund operations with one integrated system that combines secure data infrastructure, AI-powered workflows and expert fund services. If you value ownership, growth through real responsibility, and working with a thoughtful, ambitious team, this role might be for you. As we scale following our Series B, across markets, acquisitions, and teams, we are launching a steady pipeline of strategic operational projects. We are looking for a Central Operations Manager to turn those initiatives into implemented reality. You will take an initial idea or direction and shape it into an effective, executed plan, designing it as you go. The environment is complex and fast-moving, and projects are rarely fully defined at the outset. We need a sharp mind that can reduce a problem to its underlying assumptions and facts, together with the people skills and execution discipline to carry it through to adoption. You will work at the intersection of strategic planning and operational excellence, partnering closely with our Operations domains and other teams to help teams operate consistently, scale effectively, and continuously improve. A major focus will be the operational integration of acquired companies into the bunch operating model. You will work most closely with the Senior Central Ops & Integration Lead and VP Operations, who drive the conceptualisation and initiation of these initiatives. You will own the execution: shaping early-stage ideas into concrete plans and carrying them through to implementation. Your role Take operational excellence and integration initiatives from initial concept to implemented reality, shaping the plan as you go. Translate an improvement plan into concrete milestones, owners, and decisions, and keep them progressing on your own initiative. Drive operational integration workstreams from planning through execution and adoption as bunch grows through acquisitions. Build the steering frameworks the operations teams run on, turning operational data into the metrics and targets that guide their decisions. Use analytical assessment to identify where processes can be simplified, scaled, or de-risked, and drive those improvements through to completion with measurable impact. Own bunch's central operational tooling, such as Asana and Front: set the standards for how it is used,…