Business Operations Intern, Commercial Partnerships

Cagayan State University; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Cagayan State University is seeking a data-driven professional to support market analysis and build financial models for partnership opportunities. You will design go-to-market plans and tracking dashboards to inform decisions and drive execution across multiple teams.

The role emphasizes translating analytical insights into actionable recommendations, with strong communication and collaboration skills in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Strong quantitative and analytical skills; comfortable building financial models in Excel.
• Ability to break down ambiguous business questions into clear frameworks and recommendations.
• Interest or experience in market analysis, competitive research, and go-to-market strategy, especially in B2B2C/partnerships.
• Excellent written and verbal communication; able to translate analysis into concise recommendations.

Responsibilities

• Support market and competitive analysis to identify partnership opportunities.
• Build financial and business case models to size partnerships and test assumptions.
• Design and track go-to-market plans for launching partnerships or expanding footprints.
• Build dashboards and reports to keep team and partners aligned on performance.
• Turn analysis into action by collaborating with sales, marketing, design, finance, product, and operations.
• Support the team in resolving issues and develop repeatable processes.

Skills

Quantitative analysis

Financial modeling

Go-to-market strategy

Problem solving

Communication

Excel

PowerPoint

SQL

Ambiguity tolerance

Tools

PowerPoint/Slides

Excel

SQL

Job description

Your Role

Here’s what you will be doing:

• Support market and competitive analysis to identify and evaluate new partnership and market opportunities for the Commercial Partnerships team.
• Build financial and business case models to size partnership opportunities, test assumptions, and support decisions.
• Help design and track go-to-market plans for launching new partnerships or expanding into new neighborhoods within existing partners' footprints.
• Build recurring reporting, dashboards, and check-ins that keep the team and partners informed and aligned on program performance.
• Turn strategic recommendations into action by collaborating with sales, marketing, design, finance, product, deployment operations, and membership experience teams to move initiatives from analysis to execution.
• Support the team in resolving escalated partner issues and develop documented, repeatable processes from one-off fixes.

About You

The company is looking for:

• Strong quantitative and analytical skills, with comfort building financial models and business cases in Excel.
• A structured approach to problem-solving, able to break down ambiguous business questions into clear frameworks and recommendations.
• Interest or experience in market analysis, competitive research, and go-to-market strategy, ideally in a B2B2C or partnership-driven business.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, able to turn analysis into clear, concise recommendations.
• Proficiency in PowerPoint/Slides and Excel; comfort with SQL or other data tools is a plus.
• A real bias to action and the ability to work without waiting to be told.
• Comfortable with ambiguity and effective prioritization in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment.