Strategy & Operations Associate

Summary

Join Placer.ai, a rapidly growing tech company, as a Strategy & Operations Associate. You will play a crucial role in driving and implementing key initiatives across the business, working closely with executive partners on high-visibility projects. This position offers significant autonomy and growth opportunities within a fast-paced environment. Success requires strategic thinking, analytical skills, resourcefulness, and a customer-focused approach. You will manage multiple projects simultaneously, demonstrating creativity and innovation to contribute to Placer's continued growth. The ideal candidate will have a proven track record of success in a similar role and a strong ability to influence executive audiences.

Requirements

• Proven track record of leading and influencing executive audiences (e.g., VP and higher) on high priority initiatives
• Proven track record of building strategy for and implementing highly cross-functional initiatives, and measuring success in fast-paced test and learn environment
• Top tier quantitative and qualitative analytical skills and first principle thinking
• Ability to track and manage several projects simultaneously
• High EQ
• Desire to thrive in ambiguous environment as a motivated self-starter
• English fluency at the business level is a requirement, both in written and verbal communication
• Bachelor's degree from a top university, ideally in mathematics, economics, finance, or similarly analytically rigorous program; MBA from top university a bonus
• 3+ years of work experience; minimum of 1 year in management consulting, private equity, or investment banking at a top firm required

Responsibilities

• Identify, evaluate and help prioritize new short, medium, and long-term growth opportunities
• Evaluate competitive landscape and develop strategy to address ongoing changes in the market
• Run and own large, complex cross functional projects and provide support with functional-specific projects with functional-specific projects
• Implement strategic proposals and put in place rigorous tracking and evaluation metrics
• Build analytical insights to help set and monitor performance goals in the business
• Run business reviews to provide transparency across the executive team
• Create a central business voice for cross-functional needs (e.g., input to product roadmap or evolution in customer journey)
• Given the speed of the organization’s growth, this team will often own and build ad hoc projects related to growing the business (e.g., M&A)

Preferred Qualifications

Startup experience preferred, ideally in B2B SaaS or DaaS

Benefits

Fully remote