Associate Manager, - Strategy & Operations
On-siteAustin, Texas, United States
Austin, Texas, United StatesOn-siteFull TimeEntry LevelTechnology and LogisticsEnterprise
Full TimeEntry LevelEnterpriseTechnology and Logistics
Job Summary
Own products end-to-end by setting strategy, defining KPIs, and building financial models to drive growth. Lead cross-functional teams across Product, Engineering, Sales, and Marketing to execute launches and maintain accountability. Analyze complex data and merchant feedback to guide decisions, while designing zero-to-one experiments and piloting AI tools to test new capabilities. Represent the merchant voice through discovery interviews and synthesize field insights to influence roadmaps. Codify successful frameworks and best practices to scale learnings across the organization.
Required Qualifications
- 4-7 years of experience in strategy, operations, consulting, product, or founder-type roles
- Have taken a product or concept from inception through launch and into growth, leading cross-functional partners without a fully defined brief
- Demonstrate the judgment to set a product's direction and prioritize the gaps that matter most to the business
- Can devise and execute a strategy to achieve business outcomes
- Bring a strong analytical background, with the ability to synthesize large data sets into meaningful insights
- Lead cross-functionally and influence without authority across Product, Engineering, Data Science, Sales, and Marketing
- Develop goals and OKRs to measure success, and hold yourself accountable for the outcome
- Carry executive presence and exceptional communication skills, with the ability to tailor messaging across audiences
- Pilot or build with AI tools in real-world workflows
- Bring a founder mindset, identifying problems independently and driving them to resolution
- Bachelor's degree required
Desired Qualifications
- proficiency in SQL
- Founding or operating your own company or product, or an early employee role at a startup
- Building and executing go-to-market motions
- Working in a high-growth environment
- Client or account management
- Building financial or sales forecasting models
- Restaurant, SaaS, or marketplace businesses
- Both zero-to-one work in a lean environment and scaling products at a larger organization
- Are the first in your family to attend college
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