Job Description
Job Description
Overview :
Nerdy is searching for a Principal, Sales and Operations Planning to join our team. The Principal, Sales and Operations Planning will own the strategy, systems, and forecasting engine that powers Nerdy's customer-facing operations. In this high-leverage individual contributor role, you will build and refine demand forecasts, capacity plans, and scheduling models that improve forecast accuracy and reduce cost per unit through greater speed and efficiency. You will turn ambiguous problems into clear, measurable operating plans; establish a consistent S&OP cadence; and partner closely with Sales, Marketing, Finance, Product, and Market Operations to align on assumptions, KPIs, and resourcing needs. Strong communication skills are essential, as you will regularly synthesize complex analytical insights into clear recommendations for senior leaders.
You will also guide the evolution of tools, processes, and systems that support forecasting and workforce management, including the use of modern AI capabilities to enhance automation, accuracy, and decision quality. Success in this role means building a scalable planning foundation for Nerdy's Member Services teams, identifying emerging trends early, and driving measurable improvements in performance, efficiency, and operating discipline.
About Nerdy :
At Nerdy (NYSE : NRDY) - the company behind Varsity Tutors - we're redrawing the blueprint of learning. Our Live + AI™ platform fuses real-time human expertise with proprietary generative-AI systems, setting a new bar for measurable academic impact at global scale.
We recruit the kind of technologists and operators you'd bet on as solo founders - people who turn ambiguous problems into shipping code, iterate faster than markets move, and compound their advantage with every data point. In an era where great employees can deliver 10-times the leverage of the merely good, we back those who play to win.
Fortune favors the bold. Join us.
How we compete :
From the CEO to day-one hires, everyone builds and ships with generative AI. If you're not wielding AI, you're not done.
Move at founder speed, prototype in hours, and measure in real user outcomes. Slow teams die.
Ideas rise or fall on merit and results - no committees, no politics, no cap on upside.
You design, build, and run what you ship; accountability is a feature, not a bug.
Pay rises with impact, not years. Outstanding results earn outsized rewards. We evaluate both what you achieve and how you achieve it : living our leadership principles and using AI effectively are formally measured and rewarded.
Push the frontier of generative AI in live learning and - because only the paranoid survive - questioning every legacy assumption along the way.
You stay focused on mission-aligned outcomes, not distractions or unrelated causes.
If you're a technically minded builder who thrives on open competition, personal responsibility, and the chance to redefine how the world learns - while continually stretching the limits of what generative AI can do - come do the most ambitious and rewarding work of your career here. Learn more at nerdy.com.
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Unleash Your Potential at Nerdy :
At Nerdy, you'll earn your success through meritocracy and exceptional outcomes. Our benefits reward performance and initiative :
The Bottom Line :
If you're driven by impact, energized by ownership, and excited to help shape what's next, you'll thrive here. We move fast, think big, and reward those who deliver. This isn't a traditional corporate environment - it's a place to do the most meaningful work of your career.
Principal Planning • Columbia, SC, US