Perk (formerly TravelPerk) is the intelligent platform for travel and spend management. Built to tackle the time-consuming, manual work that gets in the way of real work, our tools automate everything from travel bookings to expenses, invoice processing, and more. By eliminating this shadow work that wastes hours, erodes morale, and saps innovation, we're on a mission to power real work, with real impact.
Founded in 2015, Perk has grown into a integral company of more than 1,800 people across 12 offices globally, with headquarters in London and Boston. We combine innovation, control, and simplicity to transform how businesses work and how people feel at work.
Your mandate is to join the team, ramp quickly, take on our largest, most entangled operational initiatives, prove your impact, and then transition into the broader business to run a major operational function, geography, or business unit. There is no business-as-usual in Strategy & Ops. You will be deployed against the company's most urgent, high-stakes operational priorities. You will report to the VP of Business Operations under the Office of the President and have direct, unfiltered visibility with our Leadership Team and functional leads.
We are explicitly looking for an Operational Architect : someone who excels at running complex, multi-threaded programs (e.g., post-merger integrations, global operating model redesigns, cross-functional system migrations). Let's be clear: we do not want PMOs, governance trackers, or slide-deck architects. We need smart, grounded people who thrive with high autonomy and come ready to make an immediate, tangible business impact.




Use Data to Drive Decisions: You don't wait for dashboards; you pull your own data and use it to uncover operational realities and build consensus. You tell simple, rigorous, data-driven stories that force executive decisions and align teams behind the critical path.
Skin in the Game: You left consulting or corporate advisory to build and operate. Proven track record leading massive, complex cross-functional transformations, post-merger integrations (M&A;), or operating model redesigns end-to-end.
Data Skills & Tooling: You don't wait for analysts. You can pull your own data (Looker, Salesforce), manipulate complex datasets (Advanced Sheets/Excel), and build rigorous models to uncover operational truth.
AI Fluency (Massive Plus): Highly beneficial if you have a strong working knowledge of leveraging LLMs and AI tools to automate workflows, accelerate analysis, and force-multiply operational efficiency.
Impact-First: You care about actual business progress, not status reports or governance overhead. Ego-Less & Hands-On: You tackle massive ambiguity head-on and are never afraid of getting in the mud to move things forward.



Rest and recharge with our generous allocation of vacation days plus public holidays
Always feel supported with Spring Health, our market-leading wellbeing partner, providing fast, comprehensive access to 12x therapy and 12x coaching sessions for you and your loved ones
Nurture your language skills with in real-life English, Spanish and Catalan lessons
Let us help you move to one of our hubs with relocation support
Talent Acquisition Interview – 30 mins Virtual
Interview with the Hiring Manager (VP of Business Operations) – 45 mins Virtual
Case Study / Assessment Interview with a panel of BizOps Alumni (leaders who started in this exact seat and graduated into the business) – 1 hour Virtual
Team Fit Interview with the Strategy & Ops Team – 30 mins Virtual
Executive Interview with the President / Leadership Team – 30 mins
In practice, that means using AI to research and prioritise accounts, draft and refine outreach, handle customer interactions more effectively, synthesise information, and cut through shadow work - the invisible tasks that pull people away from the work only they can do - so you can focus on relationships and outcomes.
At Perk, we take an IRL-first approach to work, where our team works together in-person 3 days a week. For certain roles, we can help with relocation from anywhere in the world, English is the official language at the office. Please submit your resume in English if you choose to apply. Perk is a global company with a diverse customer base, and we want to make sure the people behind our product reflect that.

📌 Senior Business Operations Director (Barcelona)
🏢 Perk
📍 Barcelona