Growth Ops & Special Projects Associate

Progressive; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus

Equity

Comprehensive benefits

Job summary

Progressive, based in Houston, TX, seeks an Operations & Special Projects Associate (Office of the CEO) to work closely with executive leadership and cross-functional teams. You will drive strategic initiatives from planning through execution in a high-growth environment.

Ideal candidates include recent graduates or professionals with 2–6 years' experience. The role offers broad exposure to operations, strategy, and development with significant ownership and impact.

Qualifications

• Recent graduates encouraged to apply.
• Professionals with 2–6 years of experience encouraged.

Responsibilities

• Drive key projects from planning through execution.
• Own high-priority tasks for executive leadership.
• Coordinate commitments across customers, partners, investors, and internal teams.
• Manage competing priorities in a fast-growing organization.
• Turn ambiguous ideas into actionable plans, milestones, and deliverables.
• Research operations, growth initiatives, markets and opportunities.
• Improve workflows, reporting, communication processes, and organizational effectiveness.
• Support recruiting and onboarding growth initiatives.
• Build scalable systems and operating processes.
• Leverage automation, AI to improve efficiency and decision-making.
• Take on increasingly complex special projects.

Skills

Reliability

Strong communicator

Organized

Prioritization

Entrepreneurial

Resourceful

Influence stakeholders

Curious learner

Independent

Team player

Growth-minded

Education

Business

Finance

Economics

Engineering

Computer Science

Operations

Strategy

Consulting

Entrepreneurship

Job description

Progressive, based in Houston, TX, seeks an Operations & Special Projects Associate (Office of the CEO) to work closely with executive leadership and cross-functional teams. You will drive strategic initiatives from planning through execution in a high-growth environment.

Ideal candidates include recent graduates or professionals with 2–6 years' experience. The role offers broad exposure to operations, strategy, and development with significant ownership and impact.