Strategy & Operations Associate

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Toronto, ON, CAN
Hybrid
Junior
Artificial Intelligence • Sports
The Role
Work directly with founders to drive strategic analysis, market research, and quantitative business cases; build operating processes, OKRs, and cross-functional execution; support partnerships, BD, and investor storytelling.
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What we’re doing
We’re building the AI-powered coaching platform that transforms how gamers learn, compete, and win. Backed by a16z with $12M raised, we’re live in 5 titles with 100K+ users and rapidly expanding into new games, hardware partnerships, and SDK integrations.

We’re hiring a Business Operations Associate to join our core team and work directly with the founders to build the backbone of our business. This is a unique opportunity to help scale the world’s first AI coaching platform for gamers at the intersection of gaming and AI.

What You’ll Do

Strategy & Analysis

  • Partner with the Head of Product & CEO on core strategic initiatives (B2B + B2C).
  • Lead market analysis, competitive deep dives, and opportunity sizing to identify trends, customer needs, and emerging opportunities.
  • Build business cases and quantitative models that inform go/no-go decisions on new games, partnerships, and investment bets.
  • Help chase down ambiguous, zero-to-one problems , from hypothesis to framework to action plan.

Ops & Execution

  • Build the operating backbone: architect workflows, OKRs, and business review processes that scale with the company.
  • Drive cross-functional initiatives across Product, Partnerships, and Marketing to ensure alignment and delivery.
  • Create leverage for leadership by taking point on pitch decks, proposals, and high-stakes projects that require polish and speed.

Growth Enablement

  • Support partnerships and BD with market research, TAMs, and strategic storytelling.
  • Help track product performance and translate insights into prioritized business actions.
  • Translate product and market learnings into clear narratives for investors, partners, and internal stakeholders.

Skills You’ll Bring

  • 2+ years experience in a fast-paced, analytical role (e.g., chief of staff, bizops, VC/PE, banking, consulting, or growth-focused roles at a high-growth tech company).
  • Strong analytical skills with the ability to synthesize data into strategic insights
  • First-principles thinker who can structure ambiguous problems into clear frameworks.
  • Outstanding communication  can craft executive-level decks and align stakeholders.
  • Relentlessly resourceful — you move fast, solve problems without a playbook, and aren’t afraid to get your hands dirty.
  • Highly organized with strong attention to detail and follow-through.

You Will Not Enjoy This Role If…

  • You prefer a narrow lane or a fixed playbook.
  • You avoid rolling up your sleeves and tackling operational details.
  • You’re uncomfortable balancing strategy with execution.
  • You don’t enjoy gaming, AI, or exploring how new technologies reshape industries.

Skills Required

  • 2+ years experience in a fast-paced, analytical role (e.g., chief of staff, bizops, VC/PE, banking, consulting, growth at a high-growth tech company)
  • Strong analytical skills with ability to synthesize data into strategic insights
  • Ability to build business cases and quantitative models to inform go/no-go decisions
  • First-principles thinker able to structure ambiguous problems into clear frameworks
  • Outstanding communication; can craft executive-level decks, proposals, and align stakeholders
  • Relentlessly resourceful, comfortable moving fast and tackling zero-to-one problems without a playbook
  • Highly organized with strong attention to detail and follow-through
  • Interest in gaming and AI and willingness to engage with product and industry trends
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The Company
Saint John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
29 Employees
Year Founded: 2020

What We Do

We believe that the future of coaching is AI. It will equip everyone with elite coaching, regardless of their location or income, leveling the playing field and helping everyone realize their full potential and enjoy their sport. This technology will change lives and sport as we know it.

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