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Strategy & Operations Senior Associate (Worker Operations)

TrabaNew York, New York, United StatesOnsite

About Traba

Traba’s mission is to empower businesses and workers to reach their full productivity and potential. We are revolutionizing the broken staffing industry through a marketplace that connects light industrial businesses with reliable talent while providing workers with flexible and meaningful opportunities. Supported by investors like Founders Fund, Khosla Ventures, and General Catalyst, our work unlocks new levels of productivity, earning potential, and growth.

About the Role

As a Senior Associate on our Market Operations team, you will be a key player in driving the daily operations and success of your market. You will work closely with Sales, Central Operations, Tech, Product, Marketing, and more to drive growth, maintain marketplace health, and ensure profitability. This role requires someone who is comfortable both consulting and operating in a fast-paced startup environment and has experience building structured processes, driving cross-functional alignment, and leading process improvements.

What You’ll Do:


  • Champion Operational Excellence: Become the go-to expert on Traba’s daily operations while enhancing efficiency and effectiveness through structured thinking and detailed process-building.
  • Strategize for Success: Identify opportunities to streamline processes and develop actionable plans for improvement. Align cross-functionally to ensure processes are integrated across teams.
  • Master Marketplace Dynamics: Execute user acquisition, retention, and reactivation campaigns to meet both current and future demand while building structured processes for sustained growth.
  • Elevate Business Performance: Develop strategies that boost operational efficiency and elevate customer satisfaction. Implement steps to ensure the market’s continued success and scalability.
  • Create Impactful Tools & Insights: Build tools, develop analyses, and set up reporting structures to facilitate data-driven decision-making and ensure alignment with business goals.
  • Drive Cross-Functional Alignment: Collaborate with multiple teams across the organization to ensure process alignment and successful execution of strategic plans, ensuring clear documentation of all processes.

What You’ll Need:


  • Bachelor’s degree in economics, business, finance, engineering, or a related field, or equivalent work experience.
  • 2+ years of experience in dynamic roles such as consulting, investment banking, and 1-2+ years in strategy/operations at a fast-paced tech company or startup
  • A methodical, process-driven approach to operations focused on both accuracy and efficiency.
  • Experience building structured processes and aligning teams across functions.
  • Strong leadership experience, including cross-functional collaboration and driving alignment across teams.
  • High EQ, resilience, and the ability to overcome challenges quickly.
  • Exceptional communication skills and the ability to thrive in fast-paced environments.
  • Strong organization, time management, and prioritization skills.

Bonus Points:


  • Experience with SQL and no-code tools like Retool.
  • Experience working with product and engineering teams to build scalable solutions.

Benefits:


  • 📈 Start-up equity
  • 💰 Competitive salary
  • 🩺 100% Paid health, dental & vision coverage
  • 🍽️ Dinner Provided via DoorDash, free DashPass & stocked kitchen for NY employees
  • 🚍 Commuter benefit
  • 🎤 Team building events
  • 🏋🏽 Gympass benefit
  • 🌴 Flexible PTO
  • ✚✚ Additional: One Medical Membership, Gympass, HSA via Optum, Talkspace, HealthAdvocate, Teledoc Health

Salary Range Details:

The compensation range for this position is set between $120,000 and $130,000, reflecting our market analysis and other relevant considerations. However, exceptions may be made for candidates with qualifications that significantly differ from those outlined in the job description.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Traba is dedicated to promoting Equal Opportunity employment practices. We evaluate all applicants without discrimination based on race, color, religion, creed, national origin, age, sex, gender, marital status, sexual orientation and identity, genetic information, veteran status, citizenship, or any other characteristics that are legally protected by local, state, or federal regulations. We encourage applicants from a variety of backgrounds, experiences, and skill sets.

Our Values


  • Dream Big: We are on a path to change the world for the better. We create and communicate a bold direction that inspires a life-changing vision. We don’t sacrifice long-term value for short-term results.
  • Olympian’s Work Ethic: Changing the world never comes easy. We work harder, longer, and smarter, not just two out of three. We put everything we have on the field.
  • Growth Mindset: We confront the toughest challenges head-on and persevere. Sometimes we fail, but we brush ourselves off, adapt, learn, and push forward with resilience.
  • Customer Obsession: We go the extra mile for our workers and businesses. We remain focused on delivering high-quality products and services that solve these often overlooked communities’ problems.

What is light industrial labor?

Light industrial flexible staffing is a $50B labor market that encompasses entry-level jobs in warehouses & distribution centers. These workers pack boxes, load trucks, and manage warehouse operations to keep supply chains running at peak efficiency.

Life at Traba

We understand the pain and frustration of the search process, and we are dedicating our careers to helping people find meaningful work. We offer subscription access to an organized collection of the best job search tips, advice, and resources. Our content includes resources to help you organize your jobs search, easy to use guides to help you prepare your resume, sample interview questions, and more. Our content exists in the form of videos, podcasts, articles, and templates. We also offer job seekers the opportunity to purchase one-on-one feedback sessions with mentors within their career field of interest who can provide context for what hiring managers are looking for when assessing candidates. Our team consists of recruiters, designers, lawyers, analysts, filmmakers, hiring managers and engineers. We have been jobseekers and hiring managers. We genuinely care about people, and believe helping people find their happy place at work contributes to the betterment of humanity. We've been helped by amazing people, and now we're paying it forward. We are inspired by the creativity and entrepreneurial spirit of the Bay Area, and want to connect as many talented people with companies that care about people and building great cultures.
Thrive Here & What We Value1. Startup equity2. Competitive Salary3. 100% Paid health, dental & vision coverage4. Dinner Provided via Grubhub & stocked kitchen for NY employees5. Commuter benefit6. Team building events7. Flexible PTO8. Additional benefits: Gympass, HSA via Optum, Talkspace, HealthAdvocate, Teledoc Health9. Equal Opportunity Employer
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