The RealReal Senior Manager, Inbound Enablement

About The RealReal

The RealReal is a US luxury consignment marketplace founded in 2011. It sells pre-owned fashion, jewelry, watches, art and home furnishings through its website and stores. Its teams authenticate, price and photograph goods before they go on sale.

Role & Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) lifecycle, from creation and validation through publication, adoption, audit, and iteration, across a complex stakeholder environment.
• Establish SOP governance standards, including ownership, change approvals, version control, and audit cadence.
• Build and maintain a single source of truth for operational documentation.
• Implement mechanisms to ensure SOP compliance and adherence, and support the rollout of tools, initiatives, and process changes across teams.
• Partner with Inbound Operations leaders and cross-functional teams to translate complex processes into clear SOPs, training, and documentation.
• Analyze program performance with cross-functional leadership to identify workflow improvements and operational gaps.
• Serve as a thought partner, raising opportunities to improve organizational performance and morale.
• Connect teams to drive clarity, adoption, and consistency.
• Drive measurable improvements in throughput, quality, or cost.
• Support transformational technology and process change, including overhauling, documenting, and training teams on new operational processes.

Qualifications

• At least 7 years of experience implementing workflow governance and SOPs across complex stakeholder environments.
• Experience designing and implementing end-to-end operational workflows.
• Demonstrated ability to standardize fragmented processes across sites and teams.
• Experience implementing governance or quality systems.
• Proven experience building and scaling enablement or training programs in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong project management and organizational skills, including the ability to manage multiple initiatives simultaneously with cross-functional teams while responding flexibly to changing situations and priorities.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to translate complex operational processes into clear, actionable guidance.
• Experience working cross-functionally with operations, product, and leadership teams.
• Excellent written, verbal, and presentation skills, with executive presence.
• Experience working at both strategic and tactical levels.
• Strong change-agent and advocate for organizational initiatives, with a positive can-do attitude.
• Comfort operating without clear ownership boundaries and demonstrated ability to influence without direct authority.
• Thrives in a fast-paced, scrappy, and gritty environment and is willing to build the plane while flying it.
• Knowledge of luxury products is a plus.
• Ability to travel 15%.

Skills

Experience

At least 7 years implementing workflow governance and SOPs across complex stakeholder environments.

Education

Bachelor's degree preferred.

Benefits

Employee Stock Purchase Plan; 401(k) with Company Match; medical, dental, and vision insurance; paid parental leave; 9 paid company holidays; flexible time off with manager approval. Depending on the role, employees may also be eligible for a bonus program and incentive pay.

Culture

A consignment passes through several hands. Authentication specialists examine the item, merchandising teams prepare the listing and client teams work with the person who consigned it.

About Cerulean

Cerulean is the definitive career portal for the global luxury industry. We match exceptional professionals with exclusive opportunities at the world's most prestigious brands. From haute couture and fine watchmaking to prestige beauty, hospitality, and boutique retail, Cerulean centralises luxury employment to help you find the career for which you were destined.