Strategic Growth Associate

Strata Landscape Services; Denver (CO); On-site; USD 55,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Paid time off

Full-time benefits

Job summary

Strata is seeking a highly driven Strategic Growth Associate to help drive growth through acquisitions, recruiting, and strategic initiatives during an accelerated scaling phase. You’ll identify targets, contact high-potential candidates, and build long-term relationships with owners, brokers, and leadership.

You’ll collaborate with the leadership team to manage sourcing pipelines, support priority growth initiatives, and uncover opportunities impacting Strata’s future.

Qualifications

• 2-5 years of professional experience in sales, recruiting, business development, sourcing, executive search, corporate development, or a similar outbound-oriented role.
• 1-3 years of cold outreach, prospecting, or relationship development.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Must be based in Denver and able to work in a hybrid environment with regular in-person time alongside Strata’s leadership team.

Responsibilities

• Research and identify acquisition targets and potential candidates.
• Conduct outbound outreach through phone, email, LinkedIn, and other channels.
• Build relationships with business owners, brokers, and candidates.
• Maintain organized pipelines, notes, and follow-ups in our CRM.
• Help build sourcing campaigns in priority markets.
• Support recruiting efforts for key roles across Strata.

Skills

Outbound outreach

Communication

Research

Relationship building

Organizational skills

Persistence

CRM

Tools

CRM

Job description

Strata is looking for an extraordinarily driven individual to join our team as a Strategic Growth Associate. We are looking for someone excited by the opportunity to help drive growth across acquisitions, recruiting, and other strategic initiatives through an exciting phase of accelerated growth as we scale from approximately $35M to $200M in revenue over the next few years.

Strata is a private equity-backed company with targets to grow rapidly through both acquisitions and organic sales. To support that growth, identifying great businesses to acquire and exceptional people to join our team will be critical. As a Strategic Growth Associate, you'll be responsible for researching acquisition targets and high-impact candidates, identifying the right people to contact, conducting outbound outreach, and turning cold introductions into meaningful conversations and long-term relationships.

You'll work closely with Stratas leadership team to build and manage sourcing pipelines across both M&A and recruiting, support priority growth initiatives, and help identify opportunities that can materially impact the company’s future.

To be successful, you'll need to be passionate about our business, thrive in a fast-growing and performance-driven environment, be highly resourceful and persistent, and have the confidence to build relationships with business owners, executives, candidates, and other key stakeholders while collaborating closely with the leadership team.

What You'll Do

• Research and identify acquisition targets and potential candidates
• Conduct outbound outreach through phone, email, LinkedIn, and other channels
• Build relationships with business owners, brokers, and candidates
• Maintain organized pipelines, notes, and follow-ups in our CRM
• Help build sourcing campaigns in priority markets
• Support recruiting efforts for key roles across Strata

What We’re Looking For

We care much more about aptitude than a specific background.

You may come from sales, recruiting, business development, executive search, a search fund, or something completely different.

What matters most is that you:

• Are comfortable picking up the phone and talking to people you've never met
• Are curious, resourceful, and good at finding information
• Communicate confidently and professionally
• Are persistent and comfortable with rejection
• Stay organized and follow through
• Learn quickly and want more responsibility over time

Preferences

• 2-5 years of professional experience in sales, recruiting, business development, sourcing, executive search, corporate development, or a similar outbound-oriented role
• 1-3 years of cold outreach, prospecting, or relationship development
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail
• Ability to work independently, manage multiple priorities, and consistently follow through
• Comfortable working in a performance-driven environment with clear activity and pipeline expectations
• Must be based in the Denver area and able to work in a hybrid environment with regular in-person time alongside Stratas leadership team

Why This Role

You'll get a front-row seat to how a fast-growing, private equity-backed company grows.

You'll work closely with senior leaders and learn how acquisitions are sourced, how leadership teams are built, and how important growth decisions get made.

We want this person based in Denver, CO because a big part of the opportunity is being close to the leadership team. The right person will have the opportunity to grow into a much broader role over time across corporate development, recruiting, business development, and/or other strategic projects.

Compensation

$55,000-$70,000 base | $85,000-$100,000 OTE

Strata offers a competitive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, paid time off, and additional benefits available to full-time employees.