VP, Business Operations

About Ping Identity: 

At Ping Identity, we believe in making digital experiences both secure and seamless for all users, without compromise. We call this digital freedom. And it's not just something we provide our customers. It's something that inspires our company. People don't come here to join a culture that's built on digital freedom. They come to cultivate it. 

Our intelligent, cloud identity platform lets people shop, work, bank, and interact wherever and however they want. Without friction. Without fear. 

While protecting digital identities is at the core of our technology, protecting individual identities is at the core of our culture. We champion every identity. One of our core values, Respect Individuality, reminds us to celebrate differences so you are empowered to bring your authentic self to work. 

We're headquartered in Denver, Colorado and we have offices and employees around the globe. We serve the largest, most demanding enterprises worldwide, including more than half of the Fortune 100. At Ping Identity, we're changing the way people and businesses think about cybersecurity, digital experiences, and identity and access management. 

Reporting to the Chief Executive Officer, the VP of Business Operations will lead critical cross functional programs related to growth, cost optimization, new product introduction, geo expansion, M&A and the coordination and tracking of company wide KPIs and OKRs.  Through a data centric and customer focused approach the VP of Business Operations ensures the successful collaboration to execute key strategic initiatives.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Partner closely with our Executive Leadership Team to accelerate Ping's cross functional execution 
• Collaborate with leaders and team members to analyze the business, identify critical challenges, and define and prioritize solutions
• Oversee the successful delivery of those solutions, being a champion of solving operational needs
• Oversee strategic planning processes that ensure Ping is setting the right direction across all teams, and aligned for successful execution of strategic goals
• Guide team in analyzing product performance, extracting meaningful insights, and supporting process improvements for Product Management and Engineering
• Craft presentations to communicate critical information through a variety of avenues - board meetings, companywide kickoffs, business reviews, etc.
• Lead merger and acquisition integration

SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES:

• 60% bias towards execution with a sense of urgency. 40% strategic problem solver with significant experience in $1-2B companies
• 10+ years of relevant operational experience in consulting, strategy, operations, finance, project management
• Exceptional communications skills
• Bachelor's degree in a business or technical field
• Proven experience leading cross functional teams, driving towards outcomes, translating strategy to execution, delivering on initiatives and managing efficiency and expenses
• A passion for working in a cross-functional environment with an ability to work with a range of leaders and partners from across the organization
• An ability to break down problems into the most important parts, define assumptions, prioritize, drive to decision and organize to outcomes
• A passion for leveraging data to make better decisions and course correct
• Experience with financial and key metric analysis, an ability to link disparate pieces of information to understand the full problem, and explain it simply
• Executive presence and presentation experience - creating outstanding content and communicating essential information effectively
• Understanding of organizational change management - known for driving the operational and communications efforts needed to help move hearts and minds from one state to the next
• A highly collaborative approach - you partner well with others and take deep pride in shared outcomes

Salary Range: $225,000 - $275,000 + Bonus

In accordance with Colorado’s Equal Pay for Equal Work Act (SB 19-085) the approximate compensation range for this role in Colorado is listed above. Final compensation for this role will be determined by various factors, such as knowledge, skills, and abilities.

Life at Ping:

We believe in and facilitate a flexible, collaborative work environment. We’re growing quickly, but remain true to the innovative, can-do startup values that got us here. Most importantly, we keep hiring talented, smart, fun, and genuinely nice people because that’s who we want to succeed with every day. 

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