Europe Strategy & Operations Director
Job description
A player-coach Strategy & Operations role driving growth and performance across Faire's European and International business, owning a portfolio of initiatives while coaching a small team. Based in London.
At a glance
- Employment
- Full-time · Employee (employment agreement)
- Work mode
- Hybrid · London, United Kingdom
- Pay
- GBP 141,000 – 193,500 / year
What you'll do
- Drive OKR attainment for the International team, owning strategy and execution for Europe Top 8 priorities
- Lead and develop a team of Strategy & Operations ICs through coaching, prioritization, and vision setting
- Personally own key initiatives in Europe: identify opportunities that move company metrics, align cross-functional teams, remove roadblocks, and lead execution end to end
- Prioritize GTM and Product initiatives based on impact, strategic importance, and complexity, and partner with Data Science to build and refine the models that support those decisions
- Proactively identify opportunities that grow retailer lifetime value (LTV)
- Drive forecasting, performance monitoring, and metric decomps, and surface the insights that matter most to leadership
- Build effective, scalable operational processes and close operational gaps
- Build trusted relationships with key stakeholders across Product, Operations, Revenue, and leadership
What we're looking for
- 8+ years of experience in consulting, finance (investment banking or private equity), or analytical business operations roles
- Experience managing and developing people
- Some experience partnering with GTM and Product teams
- Exceptional creative problem solver who can break down ambiguous problems and structure a path to an answer
- Analytical and comfortable with data; strong analytical thinking and SQL knowledge, or the willingness to learn it quickly
- Strong product and business intuition
- Scrappy, resourceful executor who removes roadblocks
- Highly collaborative and influences effectively through others
- Clear, structured communicator, both written and verbal
- Strong work ethic and ownership mindset; stays calm and performs under pressure and tight deadlines
Your team
International team
Strategy & Operations team supporting Faire's European and International business
Benefits
- Competitive pay, equity, and comprehensive benefits
- Latest enterprise AI tools
- Flexibility to work remotely up to 4 weeks per year
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About Faire
Power the shop local movement
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. Faire helps boutiques discover the best products from around the world to sell in their stores.
Mission
Using the power of tech, data, and machine learning to connect a thriving community of entrepreneurs across the globe and level the playing field so businesses can grow and local communities can thrive.
Key facts
- 2017
- San Francisco and Kitchener-Waterloo
- Technology wholesale platform
- Founded in 2017 by a team of early product and engineering leads from Square
- Global employee presence across offices in Toronto, London, and New York
- Hybrid employees go into the office 3 days per week on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and a third flex day
Partners & customers
What they value
- Move fast
- Equipped to scale
- Best in class
- Real rewards
- Belonging