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About
I grew up on the East Coast, studied in Boston, and spent most of my adult life in San Francisco before a year-long sabbatical brought me to New Zealand. I fell in love with the country and made the move at the start of 2025. I still travel regularly between New Zealand and the US. Both worlds feel like home now. I spent a decade in consulting and tech in the Bay Area. But beyond my professional identity, I've always thought of myself as an artist too. I paint, and that instinct for creativity carries into how I work with clients. I'm also a 200-hour certified yoga instructor. Years of practicing yoga and meditating across different countries changed how I think about decisions, resilience, and what good judgment actually looks like under pressure. Now I coach full time and invest in the New Zealand startup ecosystem. I work with ambitious people who are usually at a crossroads between where they've been and where they know they want to go. If that sounds familiar, I'd love to connect. When I'm not working, you can find me painting, on the tennis court, in a fitness class, or out hiking and camping somewhere in the beautiful New Zealand outdoors.
Veronika also coaches for Management Consulting, Product Management, Break Into AI Careers, Career Coaching, Life Coaching, and Business Analytics & Intelligence. View all.
Veronika’s Business Operations & Strategy Qualifications
Coaches professionally
Experience level: Manager
10+ Business Operations & Strategy clients
AI Certified
Completed Level 1 of Leland’s AI Builder Program
Veronika has helped clients get into these companies:
You're a consultant, or in a similar role, and you know you're capable of landing a great strategy role inside a company. You just don't know how to get there. That's where I come in. I pivoted from consulting into strategy roles at companies, and I know exactly how disorienting that gap feels. You have the skills and experience. What you don't have is the map: which roles to target, how to get your foot in the door, and how to talk about your experience so it lands. That's what we work on together. We figure out which strategy roles actually fit you, translate your consulting / professional experience into language that makes sense to an internal hiring team, and prep you for interviews so you walk in as someone who's already thinking like an operator. You don't need to figure this out alone. Book a call.
Veronika can help with:
Business Strategy Development
Competitive Analysis
Cover Letters
Financial Analysis
Interview Prep
LinkedIn Review
Market Research
Negotiation Skills
Networking Strategy
Operations Management
Process Improvement
Project Management
Resume Review
Why do I coach?
Coaching holds significant meaning for me because I've witnessed the powerful effects of guidance and support during difficult periods in my life. Having mentors believe in me enabled me to surmount obstacles and unearth hidden strengths. Now, as a coach, I'm dedicated to passing on this invaluable support by empowering others to embark on their own paths of personal growth and self-discovery. Coaching transcends mere goal attainment; it's about assisting individuals in realizing their inherent potential, overcoming challenges, and embracing a more enriching existence.
Work Experience
Career Coach
Veronika Stephano Coaching
2026 - Present
Coaching two kinds of people: those breaking into top consulting firms, and those looking to move into tech. Bringing a perspective most coaches can only theorize about, based on having made that exact move personally, more than once. Clients have gone on to roles at BCG, Bain, Oliver Wyman, Deloitte, and Apple among others. Recognized by Leland as a Rising Star Coach.
Consultant
Boston Consulting Group
2025 - 2026
Interviewer
Consultant at Boston Consulting Group (BCG), relocated to New Zealand to join the newly launched Auckland office, helping build out BCG's presence and client base in the country. Selected for the 2026 CEO Ambassador class as a People Ambassador, working with senior leadership on key People initiatives shaping BCG's future growth. Focus: building strategic workforce planning capabilities in the age of AI.
Principal Product Manager
The RealReal
2023 - 2025
Interviewer
Principal Product Manager at the world’s largest online marketplace for authenticated, consigned luxury goods (NASDAQ: REAL). Focus: developing ML-powered pricing systems + drop ship infrastructure to unlock new supplier networks.
World Traveler
Sabbatical
2023 - 2023
Pursued a long held dream of exploring 33 countries, with the intention of broadening my horizons and expanding my exposure to different cultures around the world. Highlights include: road tripping across the US, touring New Zealand for a month by van, surfing in Byron Bay, hiking the W Trek in Torres Del Paine, doing a 28 day overland tour from Kenya down to Johannesburg, trekking to Everest Base Camp, becoming a 200-hr certified yoga teacher in Nepal, skiing in the French Alps and Hakuba, Japan.
Vice President, Strategy & Operations
Seer
2022 - 2022
Hiring Manager
First business-side executive hire outside the founding team (CEO, CTO). Owned all business functions plus Product at Seer, a YC-backed SaaS platform reinventing omnichannel retail through shoppable content.
Manager, Strategy & Analytics
The RealReal
2019 - 2022
Hiring Manager
Strategy & Analytics Manager at the world’s largest online marketplace for authenticated, consigned luxury goods (NASDAQ: REAL). Focus: leading Product, Marketing, and Merchandising analytics.
Senior Management Consultant
Oliver Wyman
2017 - 2019
Interviewer
Consultant
Deloitte
2016 - 2016
Veronika was also given offers to work at
Deloitte
General Electric
Education
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
School of Business and Management
Boston College
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Magna Cum Laude, Majors: Finance and Information Systems, Minor: Studio Arts
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Land a BizOps Offer — Complete Package
$4,00020h of coaching
Save $500
Nail your BizOps Interviews
Starting at $1,0505h+ of coaching
Save up to $225
Land a BizOps Offer — Getting Started
Starting at $1,0505h+ of coaching
Save up to $225
Craft a Winning BizOps Resume
Starting at $4502h+ of coaching
Save up to $50
Advance Your BizOps Career
Starting at $2,02510h+ of coaching
Save up to $500
Veronika also coaches for Management Consulting, Product Management, Break Into AI Careers, Career Coaching, Life Coaching, and Business Analytics & Intelligence. View all.
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