Full Time
Salary ($1200-$2200) p/m (bonuses avail)
35
Jan 7, 2026
OPERATIONS & SYSTEMS MANAGER
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About PM Digital
PM Digital is a high-performance CRO & Shopify agency working with fast-growing DTC brands.
We run CRO programs, build high-converting landing pages, and optimise post-click experiences — all focused on profit, not vanity metrics.
We are scaling — and systems must scale with us.
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This role exists to design, own, and continuously improve that system.
Role Mission (Read Carefully)
You are not a project manager.
You are not running day-to-day tasks.
You are not managing people.
You are the Systems Owner.
Your mission is to:
• build the operating system the agency runs on
• connect tools, data, and workflows
• surface the right numbers
• reduce chaos and manual thinking
• protect leadership time
• enable predictable delivery at scale
If something breaks operationally, you fix the system — not chase people.
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What You Will Own
1.
You fully own
This includes:
• designing all boards, automations, templates, dashboards
• structuring pods, clients, delivery lifecycles
• enforcing “one task = one lifecycle”
• building role-specific views (CRO, design, dev, QA, PM, leadership)
• translating SOPs into system logic
• ensuring the system reflects how we actually work
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Others execute inside the system.
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2. Delivery Visibility & Predictability
You build systems that make it obvious:
• what is moving
• what is blocked
• what is late
• where risk is forming
• what needs leadership attention
No Slack chasing.
No guessing.
If leadership asks “what’s going on?” — the system answers.
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3. Capacity, Load & Risk Management
You design and maintain:
• capacity views by pod and role
• forward-looking workload signals
• overload alerts (?85% utilisation threshold)
• delivery risk indicators before things slip
Your goal is to prevent fires, not report them afterwards.
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4. Reporting & Business Intelligence
You build decision-grade reporting, not vanity dashboards.
This includes:
• weekly leadership views
• client health signals
• delivery velocity
• utilisation & margin risk
• revenue-driving work vs noise
You care about:
• clarity
• signal
• commercial insight
Not pretty charts.
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5. AI & Automation (Critical)
You actively integrate AI into operations.
Examples:
• AI-generated weekly summaries
• early warning signals
• delivery or client risk narratives
• reduction of manual reporting and interpretation
You work closely with our AI engineer where needed, but you own the operational use cases.
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6. Continuous System Improvement
This is a proactive role.
You are expected to:
• audit workflows regularly
• identify bottlenecks and system leaks
• spot repeated mistakes and fix the root cause
• propose improvements before leadership asks
If the same issue happens twice, the system failed.
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Success Metrics (How You’ll Be Measured)
Platform & System Health
• High Monday adoption across teams
• Clean, predictable workflows
• Automations stable and maintained
Operational Performance
• Reduced overdue work
• Fewer escalations
• Early risk signals vs late surprises
Leadership Enablement
• Leadership trusts the system
• Less context-switching
• Decisions made faster with better data
Scale Readiness
• Systems hold up as volume increases
• No chaos as clients or pods grow
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What You Do Not Do
• You do NOT manage people
• You do NOT chase tasks daily
• You do NOT run client comms
• You do NOT act as a PM
You build the machine.
Others run inside it.
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Ideal Background
You likely have:
• strong
• experience in digital / creative / CRO / dev agencies
• a systems-thinking mindset
• high standards for clarity and structure
• strong written communication
• comfort designing processes without hand-holding
Bonus:
• Shopify / CRO workflow familiarity
• AI + automation experience (Zapier, Make, N8N)
• reporting / BI mindset
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Traits We Care About (Non-Negotiable)
• Speed of thinking
• Operational judgement
• Commercial awareness
• Ownership mentality
• Clarity over complexity
• Reliable execution
We value systems that work, not systems that look clever.
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What This Role Enables
• Predictable delivery
• Fewer fires
• Better client outcomes
• Higher team trust
• Cleaner scale
• Leadership focus on strategy, not ops