Business Operations and Strategy Associate

**Job Description**:
**Business Operations & Strategy Associate**
Eightfold was founded with a vision to solve for employment in our society. For decades, the connection between individuals and opportunities has been based on who the individuals are and the strength of their network, vs. their potential. Eightfold leverages artificial intelligence to transform how to think about skills and capabilities for individuals as well as how jobs and career decisions are made. Eightfold offers the industry’s first AI-powered Talent Intelligence Platform to transform how organizations plan, hire, develop and retain a diverse workforce, enabling individuals to transform their career.
To date, Eightfold AI has received more than $410 million in funding and a valuation of over $2B from leading investors to further our mission of finding the right career for everyone in the world. If you are passionate about solving one of the most fundamental challenges of our society - employment, working on hard business problems and being part of an amazing growth story - Eightfold is the place to be

**About the Role**
As we are growing rapidly, we are looking for a Business Strategy & Operations Associate to join our team to help accelerate our growth trajectory further and help build a world-class business. In this role, you will immerse yourself in problem solving, deep data analytics and developing solutions that drive the business forward. You will work with cross-functional leaders across the company on our most important strategic topics. This is not an internal consulting role - it is a high visibility and high impact role where you own the business problems, solutions and implementation to drive the impact.

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**Responsibilities**
- Lead workstreams on cross-functional strategic initiatives and drive business performance management
- Develop compelling, insightful recommendations, aligning with cross-functional leaders.
- Serve as an expert on the business drivers for Product Management, Marketing, Sales, and Post-Sales.
- Be the expert on the pulse of the company’s operations and leverage data & insights to drive informed decision making, scaling best practices and drive accountability.
- “Hack growth” - identify market opportunities to pursue to further accelerate the business.
- Structure complex and ambiguous business challenges.
- Gather and analyze large amounts of data and problem solve effectively
- Create connective tissue by working with and sharing knowledge among various functions, including Executive, Sales, Product, Engineering, Marketing and G&A teams.

**Qualification**
- 2+ years of work experience at a top-tier management consulting firm and/or in strategy/operations at a technology company.
- Passion to do whatever it takes to solve complex business problems and build scalable processes.
- Comfortable working in a high growth, fast-evolving environment.
- Natural problem-solver: comfortable with data and ambiguity, and able to delve into the details.
- Excellent communication skills to distill complex thoughts and strategies into simple, actionable insights.
- Cross-functional leader - ability to drive large scale initiatives with cross-functional teams
- Relationship building: Ability to build trust quickly, high degree of empathy and expertise at managing senior, cross-functional relationships.
- Bachelor's degree in science, mathematics, engineering or any quantitative major preferred
We are a team of self-starters who excel in their fields. We believe in giving you responsibility, not a task. We want you to have ownership and pride in the work you are doing, and see the positive impact of your work on your colleagues, our customers, and the world. We believe in providing transparency and support, so you can do the best work of your career.
Eightfold.ai provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, or disability.