Business Operations Contractor, New Business Incubations
$135,200–$145,600 year
RemoteUnited States
Job Summary
Own the logistics that turn a concept into a live test, including sourcing partners, scheduling, locations, and the details no one else is tracking. Show up in person where the test happens, whether that is a home, a market, or a partner site, and do the hands-on work to make it real. Pick up the phone to cold-call potential partners, meet with prospective customers and partners on the ground, and travel to other cities when a test calls for it. Keep several half-defined projects moving at once by tracking tasks, dates, and open items so nothing slips, and flag blockers early. Build basic financial models and business cases to pressure-test whether an idea is worth pursuing. Write up customer conversations and pilot results clearly and quickly, so the team can make a fast call on what to scale and what to kill. Own execution independently while receiving meaningful direction and macro-level guidance from the team lead.
Required Qualifications
- 6 to 10 years of experience with a clear track record of scrappy, fast-moving execution
- ability to point to a specific role or project where you did exactly this kind of work
- A business operations background focused on standing up or running customer-facing, financially driven initiatives
- Experienced enough to operate independently
- hungry to roll up your sleeves and get your hands dirty rather than manage a large team
- Basic financial modeling and business case development ability
- A bias-to-action mindset
- stay organized and calm when the plan changes
- Clear, fast writing skills
Desired Qualifications
- Experience at a startup or in a special projects or incubations arm of a larger company
- Experience in lean environments where you had a few weeks and limited resources to prove something out
- A background in a marketplace business
- Travel or hospitality experience
- Travel or hospitality marketplace startup background
- Comfort with AI tools such as Claude
- SQL or database skills to pull your own data for business cases
- Strong Google Sheets and Excel skills
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