Job Specifications
Location: Remote-first (UK / Europe)
Department: Operations
Reporting To: Executive Director
Engagement Type: Fixed-Term Contractor Agreement
Term: 12 months
Overview
Intersect MBO is the member-based organization that underpins Cardano’s decentralized governance. Formed to ensure that the Cardano ecosystem remains community-led and self-sustaining, Intersect acts as both a convenor and enabler - connecting developers, Delegated Representatives (DReps), project teams, and members to shape the blockchain’s future collectively.
Through its committees, working groups, and open membership model, Intersect develops governance frameworks, coordinates ecosystem initiatives, and supports transparency across technical, strategic, and financial domains. Intersect operates independently of IOG, EMURGO, and the Cardano Foundation, while collaborating closely with them to deliver on Cardano’s long-term vision.
At its core, Intersect is about community governance in action, giving the people who build and use Cardano the power to guide its direction.
The role
We are seeking a Planning and Delivery Operations Lead to back-fill a critical role within our Operations function. This role leads the operational planning and coordination of Intersect’s multi-department delivery. You will ensure that planning cycles, delivery processes, and dependencies are structured, predictable, and clearly communicated enabling teams to execute with confidence, alignment, and shared clarity. This is a highly collaborative, cross-functional role working closely with senior leaders, delivery leads, and finance to turn organisational priorities into realistic, executable plans.
Planning Cycles
Lead annual and quarterly planning activities across Intersect.
Align workstreams and teams around shared priorities, milestones, and timelines.
Maintain a clear planning cadence and a forward view of delivery commitments.
Operational Delivery Support
Create and maintain planning templates, guidance, and documentation.
Review delivery feasibility, sequencing, and resourcing in partnership with delivery and functional leads.
Surface risks, dependencies, and capacity constraints early to support informed decision-making.
Reporting and Visibility
Produce clear planning summaries and delivery insights for leadership.
Support organisation-wide visibility into progress, slippage, risks, and decision points.
Decision-making scope
Owns: Planning documentation, templates, and planning cycles.
Leads: Coordination of planning milestones and cross-functional alignment during planning phases.
Consults: Director of Operations, Heads of Sectors, and Finance on prioritisation, resourcing, and feasibility trade-offs.
What will success look like as a Planning & Delivery Operations Lead at Intersect?
Planning cycles are structured, timely, and well-understood across teams.
Priorities, milestones, and timelines are consistently clear and transparent.
Delivery risks and dependencies are identified early and managed proactively.
Leadership has reliable visibility into planning outcomes and delivery readiness.
Qualifications and attributes
Minimum requirements
At least 5+ years’ proven experience in roles sitting between strategy and execution, owning planning cadence and coordinating delivery across multiple teams (e.g, delivery operations, portfolio or project management roles) and ideally a relevant Project Management Qualification / Accreditation.
Experience working within startup or scale-up environments where priorities change frequently.
Familiarity with planning and delivery tooling, ideally ClickUp.
Strong operational planning, coordination, and facilitation skills.
Experience supporting cross-functional planning in complex delivery environments.
Strong ability to identify, track, and communicate delivery risks, dependencies, and capacity constraints.
Experience surfacing delivery risks and feasibility trade-offs to support informed leadership decision-making.
Clear, confident communicator able to align diverse stakeholders, both verbally and in writing.
Detail-oriented, while maintaining a systems-level view of delivery and dependencies.
Comfortable operating with ambiguity and progressing planning work without perfect inputs.
Desirable (will strengthen your candidacy)
Exposure to remote-first or globally distributed organisations
Previous experience or familiarity within Intersect’s industry (Web3 / Blockchain)
Familiarity with tools such as Google Workspace, Slack and ClickUp
Compensation and benefits
Compensation at Intersect is informed by role archetypes, scope, and accountability, and benchmarked against comparable global nonprofit and Web3 roles requiring similar skills, impact, and complexity. As part of our ongoing organisational development, we continue to evolve a role archetype and salary framework to bring greater clarity and consistency to compensation across Intersect.
This is a remote-first position, with some expectation