Founder's Office: Strategic Ops & Growth Partner

Crane Venture Partners; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

In-office culture

Holiday allowance

Learning budget

Prospect trips

Company lunches

Off-sites & socials

Job summary

Encord is seeking a proactive, hands-on operator to work directly with the co-founders and leadership. You will span strategic priorities across GTM, engineering, growth, and operations, while supporting vendors and executive communications.

You will own market research, stakeholder alignment, and data-driven decision making, building dashboards and reports that guide the team across multiple data types. This role is ideal for a do-er who thrives in a fast-paced scale-up environment.

Qualifications

• 2+ years in a high-velocity startup or similarly demanding setting.
• Ability to take ambiguous briefs, structure problems, and drive outcomes end-to-end.
• Strong analytical and quantitative skills with data-driven decision making.
• Excellent written and verbal communication; able to produce polished decks and memos quickly.
• Proven track record of managing multiple workstreams without dropping the ball.
• Bonus: exposure to GTM functions (marketing, sales ops, or customer success) or experience supporting founders/C-suite.

Responsibilities

• Work with co-founders on strategic priorities across GTM, engineering, growth, and company operations.
• Support key accounts from scoping to issue resolution.
• Research market and competitive landscape to inform decisions.
• Evaluate vendors/partners and recommend what goes into production.
• Plan, execute, and attend events including offsites and conferences; assist with speaker/sponsor outreach.
• Support executive communications and external content strategy.
• Build trackers and dashboards to enable data-driven decision making.

Skills

End-to-end ownership

Analytical skills

Excel modeling

Strong communication

Multi-workstreams

GTM exposure

Startup experience

Tools

Excel

Google Sheets

Job description

Encord is seeking a proactive, hands-on operator to work directly with the co-founders and leadership. You will span strategic priorities across GTM, engineering, growth, and operations, while supporting vendors and executive communications.

You will own market research, stakeholder alignment, and data-driven decision making, building dashboards and reports that guide the team across multiple data types. This role is ideal for a do-er who thrives in a fast-paced scale-up environment.