Business Operations & Strategy

Ataraxis

$80K — $120K *
Business Services
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 1-3+ years in strategy consulting, business operations, investment banking, or similar roles
  • Advanced Excel skills; adept at financial modeling
  • Experience in building dashboards and performing data analysis
  • Strong organizational skills for managing multiple priorities
  • Effective written communication; capable of producing clear reports
  • Ability to navigate ambiguity and create structured processes
  • Demonstrates high ownership and a low-ego approach to tasks
  • Proactive, with a strong bias for action
  • Startup or early-stage experience is advantageous

Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with the Chief of Staff and CEO on financial planning and operational performance
  • Develop models and dashboards to inform company decision-making
  • Analyze market opportunities to assess build-vs-buy strategies
  • Identify and streamline operational bottlenecks to support growth
  • Lead and execute complex multi-departmental projects
  • Take charge of critical operational challenges as the company scales

Benefits

  • Collaborative work environment with executive leadership
  • Growth opportunities within a rapidly scaling company
  • Chance to influence key business decisions and strategy
  • Involvement in diverse, high-impact projects
  • Potential for career advancement in a dynamic setting
Full Job Description
Responsibilities
  • Partner with the Chief of Staff and CEO on financial planning, budgeting, and business operations, providing visibility into company performance and growth opportunities.
  • Build the models, dashboards, and KPI frameworks that drive decision-making across the company, identifying opportunities, risks, and areas for improvement.
  • Evaluate build-vs-buy decisions through market research, financial analysis, and strategic assessment, delivering clear recommendations to leadership.
  • Identify operational bottlenecks and design scalable processes that enable the business to grow efficiently alongside the technology.
  • Lead complex, cross-functional special projects from concept to execution (e.g., evaluating new market entry strategies, optimizing customer pipelines, or structuring vendor opportunities).
  • Take ownership of the company's highest-priority operational challenges, stepping into whatever the business needs as we scale.

Qualifications
  • 1-3+ years in strategy consulting, business operations, investment banking, or other analytical/strategy roles
  • Advanced Excel skills; financial modeling is second nature
  • Comfortable building dashboards and doing lightweight data analysis
  • Strong organizational skills with the ability to juggle multiple priorities without dropping anything
  • Clear, concise written communicator; can produce a clean report or memo with minimal editing
  • Thrives in ambiguity; can take an unclear ask and turn it into a finished work product with minimal hand-holding
  • High ownership, low ego: no task is beneath you if it moves the company forward
  • Bias for action: you move fast, follow through, and default to doing rather than waiting
  • Experience at a startup or early-stage company is a plus

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