Strategy & Operations Senior Associate San Francisco, CA

Faire Wholesale Inc.; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 134,000 - 184,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Benefits

Job summary

Faire in San Francisco seeks a high-impact, individual contributor to define and build the go-to-market strategy for our advertising business. You’ll set strategy, drive cross-functional programs, and present findings to GTM teams and leadership.

You’ll break down complex problems, run analyses, define KPIs, and own critical metrics. A 3+ year background in analytics/strategy, strong Excel/SQL skills, and clear communication are essential. Equity and benefits included.

Qualifications

• 3+ years in analytics, consulting, product, ops, or finance roles.
• Strong problem solving and first-principles thinking.
• Proven ability to define KPIs, size opportunities, and report on performance.
• Excellent communication of data-driven insights to varied audiences.

Responsibilities

• Break down complex strategic problems to uncover actionable insights.
• Develop, refine, and execute go-to-market strategies for advertising.
• Lead cross-functional initiatives with product, sales, PM, marketing, and more.
• Identify opportunities, run deep analyses, and present recommendations to leadership.
• Own key business metrics and surface salient insights to influence direction.
• Provide thought partnership to ensure data is used thoughtfully and correctly.
• Develop scalable operational processes and fill gaps in workflows.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Strategic problem solving

Metrics-focused

Tools

Excel

SQL

Job description

Faire is a technology wholesale platform built on the belief that the future is local. Independent retailers around the globe collectively represent a multi-hundred-billion-dollar wholesale market that has historically been fragmented and offline. At Faire, we're using the power of tech, data, and machine learning to connect this thriving community of entrepreneurs across the globe. Picture your favorite boutique in town — we help them discover the best products from around the world to sell in their stores. With the right tools and insights, we believe that we can level the playing field so businesses can grow and local communities can thrive.

We’re looking for smart, resourceful and passionate people to join us as we power the shop local movement. If you believe in community, come join ours.

About this role

This is an opportunity to define and build the go-to-market strategy behind Faire's advertising business, one of our fastest-growing revenue lines. You'll set the strategy that expands advertising as a durable growth lever for thousands of brands on Faire, and you’ll drive how our brand-facing sales teams bring it to market. Additionally, you'll leverage GTM insights to drive cross-functional strategies, partnering on experimental programs, product improvements, and marketing motions. You'll lead critical projects end-to-end: analytical deep dives, strategic planning, and new growth opportunity identification. This is a high visibility role expected to regularly present performance, new insights, and recommendations to Faire's go-to-market teams and leadership.

This is an ideal role for someone who wants to work as a high-impact individual contributor in a fast-paced, highly collaborative, and data-driven environment and have the opportunity to gain exposure to partnering with a variety of functions.

What you’ll do

• Break down complex and ambiguous strategic problems to uncover actionable insights
• Develop, refine, and execute on go-to-market strategies
• Lead large cross-functional strategic initiatives that move company metrics in partnership with Product, Sales, Systems, Program Management, Marketing, etc.
• Identify opportunities, develop hypotheses, execute in-depth analyses and make recommendations to Faire’s leadership team based on your findings
• Own the most important metrics for our business by having deep intuition on how they are trending and surfacing the most salient strategic insights to drive them
• Provide thought partnership to cross functional teammates to ensure the organization is using data thoughtfully and correctly
• Develop effective and scalable operational processes and fill operational gaps

Qualifications

• 3+ years of relevant work experience in an analytical and strategic role across analytics, consulting, product, business operations, or finance
• You are a strategic problem solver. You can break down ambiguous problems and apply a first principles approach to solving them.
• You are highly analytical and metrics-focused. You can execute on complex analyses, define KPIs, size opportunity areas, and measure and report on performance across the business
• Advanced technical skill set and strong proficiency in Excel + SQL
• You are a strong communicator. You can crisply communicate actionable data-driven insights to all audiences.
• You have strong product and business intuition. You contextualize how insights fit into broader business goals and have a strong understanding of product and business metrics.
• You are scrappy and resourceful. When something needs to get done, you always find a way to make it happen.
• You are an extraordinarily fast learner. You have the natural curiosity and intellectual horsepower to deeply understand new topics and pick up new skills in a very short time.

Salary Range

San Francisco, CA: the pay range for this role is $133,500 - $183,500 per year.

This role will also be eligible for equity and benefits. Actual base pay will be determined based on permissible factors such as transferable skills, work experience, market demands, and primary work location. The base pay range provided is subject to change and may be modified in the future.

Hybrid Faire employees currently go into the office 3 days per week on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and a third flex day of their choosing (Monday, Wednesday, or Friday). Additionally, hybrid in-office roles will have the flexibility to work remotely up to 4 weeks per year. Specific Workplace and Information Technology positions may require onsite attendance 5 days per week as will be indicated in the job posting.

Why you’ll love working at Faire

• Move fast: You'll own meaningful problems that serve customers around the globe with the agency to move fast and see your results clearly.
• Equipped to scale: We invest in what matters, including the latest enterprise AI tools, to help you work smarter and get more out of every day.
• Best in class: Our team is full of sharp, kind, and generous colleagues who care about their craft and about helping you grow in yours.
• Real rewards. Competitive pay, equity, and comprehensive benefits designed to support your life inside and outside of work.
• Belonging: We're intentional about building an environment where every Faire employee has equal access to opportunities, growth, and success.

Faire was founded in 2017 by a team of early product and engineering leads from Square. We’re backed by some of the top investors in retail and tech including: Y Combinator, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Forerunner Ventures, Khosla Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Founders Fund, and DST Global. We have headquarters in San Francisco and Kitchener-Waterloo, and a global employee presence across offices in Toronto, London, and New York. To learn more about Faire and our customers, you can read more on our blog .

Faire provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, genetics, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression.

Faire is committed to providing access, equal opportunity and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment, its services, programs, and activities. Accommodations are available throughout the recruitment process and applicants with a disability may request to be accommodated throughout the recruitment process. We will work with all applicants to accommodate their individual accessibility needs. To request reasonable accommodation, please fill out our Accommodation Request Form ( https://bit.ly/faire-form)