Strategy & Ops Lead — Growth, Forecasting & Scale

Harper; Toronto; On-site; CAD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Job summary

Harper, a Toronto-based consumer startup building gamified collectibles, seeks a Mid-Senior strategy hire reporting directly to the CEO. You will own forecasting, cash flow, and financing options, guiding equity discussions as the company scales.

You will model unit economics, ensure inventory planning aligns with demand, spot risks early, and help define markets and partnerships. The role demands 4–8 years in strategy/BizOps/finance, a hands-on, AI-savvy approach, and strong written

Qualifications

• 4-8 years in strategy, BizOps or finance, ideally consulting, banking or PE followed by a high-growth consumer, e-commerce or marketplace company.
• Exceptional drive and agency: you see what needs doing and do it without waiting for a brief or a perfect dataset.
• AI-native: you use AI tools daily to research, model, analyze and automate.
• Fluent in the numbers: you can build a forecast, unit economics and a cash-flow model without a template.
• Experience with physical goods, inventory or logistics, or the appetite to get your hands dirty in them.
• Real deal-negotiation experience, and the willingness to bring the counter-argument to leadership.
• Excellent written communication, and some interest in TCGs, sports cards or collectibles.

Responsibilities

• Own forecasting, cash flow and financing options, and help tell a sharp story when the company raises.
• Make the inventory bets, model unit economics and make sure operations scale ahead of demand.
• Spot tax, legal and regulatory risks early, including the ones nobody has thought of yet.
• Build the case for new markets, categories and partnerships, then negotiate the terms and chase the timeline until it lands.
• Help leadership work out who the team is missing, how to find them and how to keep everyone shipping.

Skills

Strategic thinking

Forecasting

Cash-flow modeling

Negotiation

Written communication

AI tools usage

Inventory / logistics experience

Job description

Harper, a Toronto-based consumer startup building gamified collectibles, seeks a Mid-Senior strategy hire reporting directly to the CEO. You will own forecasting, cash flow, and financing options, guiding equity discussions as the company scales.

You will model unit economics, ensure inventory planning aligns with demand, spot risks early, and help define markets and partnerships. The role demands 4–8 years in strategy/BizOps/finance, a hands-on, AI-savvy approach, and strong written