Operations Analyst, Toronto

Vctavern; Toronto; On-site; CAD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Global team

MaRS office

Annual global retreat

23 days holiday + two weeks off

Learning & Development allowance

Wellness allowance

Enhanced parental leave

Job summary

Entrepreneur First in Toronto is seeking a driven Programs and Talent operations contributor to help source and support early founders. You will rotate between Program and Talent, gaining exposure to coaching, cohort experiences and seed-stage fundraising.

Join a fast-paced, globally distributed team at EF, with an office at MaRS, competitive salary, holidays, and growth allowances. You’ll help build world-class startups by enabling founders and supporting the Investment Committee process.

Qualifications

• Minimum 1–2 years in a fast-paced tech environment.
• Strive for operational excellence and quality in outputs.
• Hungry to win with a 'get things done' attitude.
• Big-picture mindset with strong attention to detail.
• Scrappy and resourceful with multi-tasking ability.
• Strong persuasion, interpersonal and written communication skills.
• Excited to work in a diverse, distributed global team.
• Knowledge of the Canadian university and tech/startup ecosystems.
• Interest in talent-investing and startups.
• Customer-centric approach delivering exceptional experiences.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Talent and Program teams to source and support seed-stage fundraising.
• Rotate between Program and Talent to learn EF's methodology and coaching approach.
• Coordinate events to facilitate team-building and deliver cohort experiences.
• Support Investment Committee processes and Demo Day preparations.

Skills

Operational excellence

Attention to detail

Multi-tasking

Persuasive communication

Team collaboration

Canada startup ecosystem

Learning mindset

Customer-centric

Startup passion

Ownership

Job description

About Entrepreneur First

Entrepreneur First is the world’s leading talent investor. Since 2011, we’ve pioneered a new model of company creation, with over 2,000 individuals having gone through our platform in London, Singapore, Berlin, Paris and Bangalore, with Toronto launching in 2020. To date, EF has created 300+ seed funded companies with a combined valuation of over $5 billion, including Magic Pony Technology (AI, acquired by Twitter), Represent (social commerce, acquired by CustomInk), BloomsburyAI (acquired by Facebook), Tractable (AI), OpenCosmos (space) and many more.

We’re proud to be backed by renowned investors such as Reid Hoffman (LinkedIn), Demis Hassabis (Google’s DeepMind) and Taavet Hinrikus (TransferWise), fueling our ambitious plan to create hundreds more impactful startups in the next few years. Our team is central to enabling, shaping and supporting this journey, bringing exciting growth‑focused opportunities as part of our program delivery or global functions.

The Role

You will have a unique opportunity to collaborate with the Program and Talent teams that play an integral part of EF Toronto’s value proposition to produce globally relevant companies. You will get visibility into the full cycle at EF, including talent acquisition and program operations as well as supporting companies in their seed‑stage fundraising process.

The Talent team

Focuses on discovering high‑potential founders before they’re founders and enabling high‑potential talent to embark on a life‑changing journey by accessing entrepreneurship through our platform.

The Program (Form + Launch) teams

Focuses on enabling the selected individuals (cohort members) to find the right co‑founder and help to develop and refine ambitious ideas, and then to turn those ideas into a seed‑funded business.

What You’ll Do

Joining EF Toronto means you’ll be involved in many aspects of the organization. You will be working right at the heart of EF’s unique and proven methodology which consists of coaching and guiding highly talented individuals to build valuable companies. You will rotate through Program and Talent, supporting where required. This means that you’ll have a front‑row seat to seeing what it takes to turn the world’s most ambitious talent into founders of the world’s leading tech start‑ups.

Selection

You will support our Talent Team in its investment decision‑making, including sourcing, outreach, reviewing applications, shadowing interviews and talent attraction through events, PR and community outreach.

Form

Form Program brings together 50+ individuals and turns them into teams ready to pitch to EF’s Investment Committee. You will be coordinating events to facilitate team‑building, as well as owning key operational processes to deliver a first‑class experience to the cohort.

Launch

You will play a key role in the delivery of our Investment Committee process where EF makes investment decisions into the companies, as well as Demo Day, where our teams pitch to 400+ seed investors.

What You’ll Need

• A minimum of 1‑2 years of relevant work experience, ideally in a fast‑paced and technology‑driven environment
• You strive to achieve operational excellence, ensure quality in everything you produce and enjoy shaping or automating processes
• Drive to achieve: you’ll need a hunger to win with a “get things done” attitude
• Big‑picture orientation with strong attention to detail: you thrive on creating and supporting thoughtful and well‑organized experiences and see how small details fit into the bigger picture.
• The ability to be scrappy and resourceful with the ability to pick up a variety of tasks and execute them to a high standard. You’re extremely organized, prioritize well and effortlessly multi‑task. Initiative and ownership drive top results in a dynamic environment.
• Strong persuasion, interpersonal and written communication skills
• Excitement about working in a diverse, distributed, global team
• Industry knowledge: ideally, you’re familiar with the Canadian university and tech/startup ecosystems, enabling you to find the best talent for the program.
• This may stem from a keen interest in building your career in talent‑investing and startups. You are motivated by a shared set of goals as a team player and thrive on stretch goals.
• You have a love for learning and an ability to quickly adapt to changing needs or circumstances
• You have a customer‑centric approach that shapes your thinking and drives your determination to achieve great results while providing an exceptional customer experience

What We Offer

• A competitive salary and benefits package in line with the market and experience
• A buzzing community full of founders creating globally impactful businesses
• Office space at MaRS Discovery District, central to Toronto’s startup ecosystem
• Collaboration with a growth‑minded, diverse team spanning Europe, Asia and Canada, including an annual global retreat
• Generous holidays: in addition to 23 days holiday, we also close the office down for two weeks over Christmas and New Year
• A Learning & Development allowance to purchase any product or service that will contribute to your personal or professional development
• A Wellness allowance to spend on things enhancing your health and wellbeing, e.g. gym membership, yoga classes, Vitality, subscription to Headspace, etc.
• Enhanced maternity and paternity pay, plus broader leave policies. We care about our team and enable the right balance between home and work life.

EF champions diversity and is committed to creating an inclusive environment in which a wide variety of backgrounds thrive. We do not tolerate discrimination of any nature, including but not limited to discriminating on the basis of race, colour, religion, culture, nationality, gender, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, sexual orientation, age, disability, or marital status.