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Strategy & Operations Senior Associate

Define and build the go-to-market strategy for Faire's advertising business in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.

Location
San Francisco, CA
Compensation
$133.5k–$183.5k/yr
Level
senior
Type
full time · Hybrid

Posted by employer 2 days ago

First seen on Joblaze 2 days ago

Last verified on the company career page 19 hours ago

What you'll build

  • Break down complex strategic problems
  • Develop go-to-market strategies
  • Lead cross-functional strategic initiatives
  • Identify opportunities and make recommendations
  • Develop operational processes

Must have

  • 3+ years of relevant work experience
  • Strong proficiency in Excel + SQL
  • Highly analytical and metrics-focused
  • Strong communicator

Nice to have

  • Strong product and business intuition
  • Fast learner

Practical constraints

  • Hybrid employees go into the office 3 days per week

Requirements

Experience
3+ years

Not disclosed in this posting: visa sponsorship.

Benefits

Equity/Stock Options Remote Work Health Insurance

Joblaze summary

The Strategy & Operations Senior Associate at Faire focuses on developing and executing go-to-market strategies for the company's advertising business, driving cross-functional initiatives that enhance company performance. This role requires strong analytical skills, proficiency in Excel and SQL, and the ability to communicate data-driven insights effectively. It is well-suited for individuals with over three years of experience in analytical or strategic roles, particularly those who thrive in fast-paced, collaborative environments. The position offers high visibility and the chance to work closely with various teams across the organization.

Joblaze insights

  • Listed 2 days ago — first seen on Joblaze October 9, 2026. Last confirmed on Faire's careers page October 11, 2026.
  • This exact title is also open at 1 other location at Faire: San Francisco, CA.
  • Salary band is in line with the typical range for comparable tech roles (median ~$130,000).
  • Starts above 35% of 1259 comparable senior other roles in United States we track (median $143,000 across 189 companies).

Quick facts

Is the Strategy & Operations Senior Associate role remote?
It's hybrid — Faire expects some on-site time in San Francisco, CA.
What's the salary range?
Faire lists $133,500–$183,500 for this role.
How much experience is required?
At least 3 years of relevant experience for this Strategy & Operations Senior Associate role.
Where is the role based?
Faire is hiring for this position in San Francisco, CA.
What seniority level is this role?
Faire targets senior candidates for this position.
Is this full-time or contract?
Full-time for this Strategy & Operations Senior Associate role at Faire.

From the original posting

About Faire

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.

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.

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