Remote Director of Inventory & Growth Strategy

Courtyard, Inc.; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 185,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Fully remote

401(k) with match

Performance bonus

Dogfooding stipend

Wellness programs

Job summary

Courtyard.io is a remote-first collectibles startup seeking a Director of Operations Strategy to lead inventory strategy, category expansion, and operational planning across the business. You will translate data and market signals into clear buying, capital, and operational decisions.

The ideal candidate is highly analytical and strategic, able to partner with Finance and leadership to drive disciplined growth while scaling the inventory function and team.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in operations strategy, marketplace operations, supply chain, or analytics roles.
• Experience developing inventory strategy, forecasting models, and data-driven decision frameworks.
• Proven ability to partner with Finance on capital allocation, budgeting, and risk management.
• Experience launching or expanding product categories, marketplaces, or new business lines.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to translate data into clear strategic recommendations.
• Track record of leading cross-functional initiatives across Product, Operations, and Finance.
• Experience managing inventory health metrics (liquidity, velocity, aging, margin).
• Strong communication skills with experience presenting insights to senior leadership.
• Comfortable operating as a hands-on strategic leader while helping scale the team.

Responsibilities

• Own the overall inventory strategy across Courtyard’s categories, balancing liquidity, velocity, margin, and customer experience while guiding buying decisions across categories and price tiers.
• Partner with Finance and executive leadership to set inventory budgets, category-level buying targets, and risk parameters tied to capital allocation and marketplace demand.
• Build and maintain forecasting models that inform buying strategy, inventory exposure, and redemption behavior, refining them with data.
• Monitor inventory health across aging, redemption exposure, liquidity, and price-band coverage, surfacing risks and actions.
• Lead evaluation of new categories and expansion opportunities, including pilots and scaling plans.
• Develop decision frameworks for fast, disciplined tradeoffs across buying strategy and capital risk.
• Define liquidation and de-risking strategies with Finance/Operations for efficient execution and future planning.
• Serve as a central connector across Inventory, Finance, Product, Operations, and GTM.
• Provide executive reporting on inventory performance, category growth, and strategic opportunities.
• Mentor team members and help design scalable processes and tooling for the inventory function.

Skills

8+ years experience

Inventory strategy

Forecasting models

Data-driven decisions

Capital allocation

Budgeting

Risk management

Category expansion

Marketplaces

Analytical skills

Cross-functional leadership

Inventory health

Communication

Leadership

Job description

Courtyard.io is a remote-first collectibles startup seeking a Director of Operations Strategy to lead inventory strategy, category expansion, and operational planning across the business. You will translate data and market signals into clear buying, capital, and operational decisions.

The ideal candidate is highly analytical and strategic, able to partner with Finance and leadership to drive disciplined growth while scaling the inventory function and team.