Strategy & Operations Senior Lead, Brand Growth

San Francisco, CA (Hybrid)

$198K/yr – $272K/yrSenior Level8+ years expFull time

Posted 5 days ago

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Own the global Enterprise opportunity end-to-end across NAM, Europe, and future markets - set the strategy, size the opportunity, and build the roadmap to capture it
  • Shape pricing strategy and other core commercial and go-to-market levers for our largest brand partners
  • Lead cross-functional strategic initiatives with Product, Sales, Marketing, Data Science, and Program Management, turning strategy into measurable business impact
  • Explore and stand up entirely new opportunities to unlock supply growth, from 1P fulfillment to deeper business development partnerships
  • Own the most important Enterprise metrics - tracking performance, surfacing the most salient insights, and building scalable operational processes to close gaps
  • Regularly present Enterprise performance and strategic recommendations to Faire's broader leadership team
  • Act as a thought partner and informal mentor to other Strategy & Operations teammates

Requirements

  • 8+ years of relevant work experience in an analytical and strategic role across Strategy & Operations, Business Operations, Consulting, or Finance
  • Experience owning a strategic initiative or business area end-to-end, ideally including exposure to Enterprise, key account, or B2B go-to-market motions
  • Experience with pricing strategy, global/international expansion, or new business model development is a plus
  • 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 complex analyses, define KPIs, size opportunity areas, and measure and report on performance across the business
  • Advanced technical skill set with strong proficiency in Excel + SQL
  • You're fluent with AI tools and use them to move faster - accelerating analysis, research, and execution
  • You are a strong communicator who can crisply translate data-driven insights into recommendations for audiences up to and including senior leadership
  • You have strong product and business intuition, and can contextualize insights within broader business goals
  • You are highly collaborative and can influence and drive results through others, without relying on formal authority

Preferred

  • Experience with pricing strategy, global/international expansion, or new business model development is a plus
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Forerunner is a venture capital firm dedicated to the modern consumer and the ambitious teams reshaping categories. Since our inception in 2012, the consumer has been our North Star. We commit ourselves to having a constant pulse on what people are doing and why via ongoing research, and closely observe how world events shape the way we live.We’ve invested in category-defining companies such as Chime, Faire, OURA, Hims&Hers, The Farmer’s Dog, Glossier, Ritual, and more. With nearly $3 billion in assets under management and hundreds of investments to date, Forerunner is amongst the only women-led venture capital firms to achieve such milestones.

Founded in 2012
San Francisco, California, USA
20 employees (2 in marketing)

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Posted range

$198K/yr – $272K/yr

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Median Tenure
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Strategy & Operations Senior Lead, Brand Growth

Forerunner · San Francisco, CA · Hybrid