Strategy & Operations

Forus; New York (NY); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully covered medical, vision, dental

Parental leave 16 weeks

401K plan

Lunch at the office

Dental & vision coverage

Job summary

Forus, a New York-based AI-powered network connecting doctors, pharmacies, payers, and biopharma, seeks a Strategy & Operations leader to own high-impact initiatives spanning data, product, and go-to-market efforts.

You will partner with engineers to design and launch AI-powered workflows, drive cross-functional projects, and balance rapid growth with long-term profitability in a high-autonomy environment.

Qualifications

• Proven ability to own projects from start to finish.
• Experience with data analysis and cross-functional work.
• Strong written and verbal communication.
• Comfort with AI-powered automation and scaling.

Responsibilities

• Own problems and outcomes from start to finish across data, product, and GTM areas.
• Develop and maintain analyses to drive prioritization decisions.
• Build and scale AI-powered workflows in collaboration with engineers.
• Explore strategic partnerships and new products/services for growth.
• Partner with CEO and team to balance growth speed with profitability.

Skills

Analytical problem-solving

Operational rigor

Outcome ownership

SQL proficiency

Low-code tools

Communication skills

Startup experience

Data analysis

Tools

SQL

Job description

About us

Forus is building an AI-powered network that connects doctors, pharmacies, payers, and biopharma to accelerate new science to patients.

Our platform automates the complexity between a doctor prescribing a medicine and a patient starting treatment, including insurance coverage, financial assistance, and supply chain navigation. We provide this support free to doctors and patients, helping them get life-changing medicine faster, cheaper, and easier. The resulting network enables biopharma companies to design better research, launch new drugs more effectively, and invest in harder-to-treat conditions.

Forus has exceptional product-market fit and is growing rapidly through organic adoption:

• Accelerating scale: We already support patients across more than 80% of ZIP codes and partner with 5 of the 10 largest biopharma companies in the world.




• AI-native, durable model: Our business becomes stronger as AI improves, as every new doctor, patient, and partner makes the network more valuable.




• Backing to build for the long term: We raised $160M+ from leading investors to build an exceptional team and unlock the full scale of the opportunity.

Our number one priority is scaling to market demand. We are looking for individuals who are high horsepower, high throughput, and hyper resourceful to help us increase capacity and grow. We move fast and need to move faster.

If we succeed, science will be the only limit to medicine.

All full-time roles are in person in New York.

About the role

As a member of the Strategy & Operations team, you will have end responsibility for a core part of our operations or go-to-market strategy. This role is crucial to ensuring Forus can scale to meet exponentially growing user and client demand. You will have the opportunity to lead cross-functional projects that will have a profound impact on the company, with a need to flex across data, product, and sales domains. You will also work directly with our Engineering team to define, build, and launch high-impact automation and new features, leveraging the latest advances in AI.

This is a demanding role, with a high level of autonomy and responsibility. You will be expected to "act like an owner" and commit yourself to Forus’ success. If you are low-ego, hungry to learn, and excited about intense, impactful work that drives both company growth and accelerated career progression, we want to hear from you.

If you join, you will:

• Own problems and outcomes from start to finish across the following areas:




• Develop and maintain operational and financial performance analyses to drive prioritization decisions




• Build and scale new workflows and continuously identify and implement AI-powered efficiency gains in collaboration with engineers




• Explore, evaluate, and execute on new opportunities for the company, including strategic partnerships and new products and services




• Work closely with the rest of our team and CEO to make business decisions as we balance speed of growth and long-term profitability

We’ll be most excited if you have:

• 1-10 years of experience working on a team that required analytical problem-solving, operational rigor, and outcome ownership (e.g., fast-growing startup, consulting, finance, a 0 -> 1 business line at a high-performing organization)




• Technical background and/or experience working with complex data (at minimum the role requires learning SQL and low-code tools)




• Strong written and verbal communication that allows you to be an effective participant in both internal debates and external relationships




• Track record of moving quickly, finding shortcuts, and going to unreasonable lengths to deliver on goals




• High NPS with your former teammates

This is a list of ideal qualifications for this position. If you don’t meet every single one of them, you should still consider applying! We’re excited to work with people from underrepresented backgrounds, and we encourage people from all backgrounds to apply.

Working with us

Forus is based in New York, with our full team working out of a beautiful and spacious office in SoHo.

We run as a high-trust environment with high autonomy, which requires that everyone is fully competent and operates in line with our principles:

• Do the math. Be rigorous, assume nothing. Break problems down and reason from the ground up.




• Expand the solution space. Be resourceful and audacious. Resist false constraints and push beyond the obvious before committing.




• Spit it out. Speak directly, invite critique, avoid equivocation. We want right answers, not comfortable ones.




• Raise the bar together. Hold a high standard for execution, push each other directly, and win as a team.

We provide competitive compensation with meaningful equity (for full-time employees) . Everyone who joins will be a major contributor to our success, and we reflect this through ownership and pay.

We also provide rich benefits to ensure you can focus on creating impact (for full-time employees) :

• Fully covered medical, vision, and dental insurance.




• Memberships for One Medical, Talkspace, Teladoc, and Kindbody.




• Unlimited paid time off (PTO) and 16 weeks of parental leave.




• 401K plan setup, FSA option, commuter benefits, and DashPass.




• Lunch at the office every day and Dinner at the office after 7 pm.

Our salary ranges are based on paying competitively for our company’s size and industry, and are one part of the total compensation package that also includes equity, benefits, and other opportunities at Forus (for full-time employees). Individual pay decisions are ultimately based on a number of factors, including qualifications for the role, experience level, skillset, geography, and balancing internal equity.

Forus is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy or related condition, or any other basis protected by law.