GTM Strategy & Operations Associate - Equity & Flexible PTO

Foundation Alloy; Cambridge (MA); On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Unlimited paid vacation

Flexible working style

Top-tier health, dental and vision

Inflation-adjusted salary growth

Job summary

Foundation Alloy, a Boston-area materials company, is building the most advanced metal alloy platform. We are relocating from Cambridge to Woburn, MA by early next year and commercializing Molyclast alloys for space, aerospace, defense, energy, and industrial applications.

We seek a strategic operator to drive GTM initiatives, own GTM operations (CRM, pipelines, dashboards), conduct market research, and develop customer-facing materials.

Qualifications

• 1–4 years of experience in strategy & operations, consulting, business operations, GTM, commercialization, marketing, or a high-growth startup environment.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills; able to structure ambiguous problems and translate analysis into action.
• Highly organized with ability to independently manage projects, stakeholders, and competing priorities.
• Excellent written and verbal communication across technical and commercial teams.
• Entrepreneurial, curious, and hands-on; comfortable moving between strategic analysis and detailed execution.
• Strong Excel/Google Sheets; experience with CRM, analytics, automation, or AI productivity tools is a plus.
• Interest in advanced manufacturing, hard tech, metallurgy, materials science, aerospace, automotive, energy, or related industrial markets is strongly preferred.
• Bachelor's degree in engineering, business, economics, materials science, or a related field preferred.

Responsibilities

• Drive cross-functional GTM projects and strategic initiatives from analysis through execution, working closely with commercial, product, engineering, and leadership teams.
• Own GTM operations, including CRM management, pipeline analytics, KPI reporting, dashboards, and processes that improve commercial execution.
• Conduct market, customer, application, and competitive research to inform market development and commercialization priorities.
• Execute targeted GTM campaigns and initiatives across priority markets, including account research, events, customer communications, and marketing programs.
• Support development of customer-facing materials, presentations, case studies, sales enablement tools, and other commercial content.
• Coordinate priority customer and partner programs, ensuring actions, deliverables, and internal stakeholders remain aligned.
• Analyze commercial performance and customer feedback to identify opportunities, bottlenecks, and recommendations for the GTM team.
• Take ownership of high-priority, ambiguous projects as the company scales, building lightweight processes and systems where needed.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Project management

Cross-functional collaboration

Effective communication

Hands-on attitude

Excel/Sheets proficiency

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering

Bachelor's degree in business

Bachelor's degree in economics

Bachelor's degree in materials science

Tools

CRM

Analytics tools

Automation tools

AI productivity tools

Job description

Foundation Alloy, a Boston-area materials company, is building the most advanced metal alloy platform. We are relocating from Cambridge to Woburn, MA by early next year and commercializing Molyclast alloys for space, aerospace, defense, energy, and industrial applications.

We seek a strategic operator to drive GTM initiatives, own GTM operations (CRM, pipelines, dashboards), conduct market research, and develop customer-facing materials.