Growth Strategy Associate

YouLend Limited; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

YouLend Limited in Atlanta is seeking a Strategy Associate to own high-impact initiatives across growth, operations, and partnerships. You’ll work at the intersection of data, strategy, and execution to identify opportunities and drive projects that improve how YouLend acquires, converts, and funds SMEs.

You’ll collaborate with Product, Risk, Operations, Capital Markets and Partnerships to improve funnel performance, launch new initiatives, optimise processes, and support commercial growth.

Qualifications

• 2–3 years of experience in consulting, fintech, technology, banking, strategy, operations, or another highly analytical and commercially focused role.
• Experience managing cross-functional projects and driving initiatives from idea through execution.
• Experience in fintech, lending, underwriting, partnerships, or operations strategy is advantageous but not required.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end merchant funnel performance from application through funding, identifying bottlenecks and opportunities to improve conversion and customer experience.
• Lead high-impact strategic initiatives across partner performance, pricing, market expansion, operational optimisation, and new product launches.
• Design, execute, and evaluate experiments and pilots to optimise growth, operational efficiency, and commercial outcomes.
• Build and monitor KPIs, dashboards, forecasts, and business cases to inform decision-making across the organisation.
• Use data to diagnose problems, identify opportunities, and develop actionable recommendations balancing growth, risk, and profitability.
• Represent YouLend in discussions with strategic partners and contribute to pricing discussions and negotiations.
• Drive cross-functional execution by aligning Product, Risk, Credit, Operations, Capital Markets, and Partnerships teams around shared objectives.
• Identify opportunities to automate processes and scale operations while maintaining quality and compliance.
• Act as a change leader, embedding new processes with stakeholder buy-in.
• Take ownership of ambiguous, high-priority business challenges and drive progress.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Ownership mindset

Bias for action

Tools

SQL

Excel

Python

Job description

YouLend Limited in Atlanta is seeking a Strategy Associate to own high-impact initiatives across growth, operations, and partnerships. You’ll work at the intersection of data, strategy, and execution to identify opportunities and drive projects that improve how YouLend acquires, converts, and funds SMEs.

You’ll collaborate with Product, Risk, Operations, Capital Markets and Partnerships to improve funnel performance, launch new initiatives, optimise processes, and support commercial growth.