Business operations associate

About the Role

Confusion Capital is seeking a Business Operations Associate to serve as a swiss army knife to improve internal execution. As a Business Operations Associate, you’ll be an extra set of hands for the Chief of Staff, President, and other senior leaders, providing support for strategic decision making and increasing our execution capacity. This role will take a first run at high-priority projects, empowering leadership to tackle the biggest issues facing the business in an efficient manner. 

What you’ll do

• Work with Chief of Staff and President on essential issues facing the company

• Look after ongoing periodic tasks that require judgement and detail tracking, e.g. assessing grant applicants and following up on past grants to evaluate effectiveness, keeping project documentation up to date, and performing quality control checks on websites and other public-facing materials

• Take the first run at high-priority challenges facing the Chief of Staff, President, and other senior leaders – these are typically one-off tasks or projects that come up once or twice depending on our context, so you’ll need to learn quickly and figure out how to do new things none of us have ever done before

• Project-manage and contribute to cross-team initiatives

• Monitor the status of key company projects, push forward said projects

• Prepare materials for leadership meetings

Preferred Qualifications

• Strong ability to keep track of what we’re doing and why, in order to prioritize and independently recognize gaps

• Bachelor’s degree in Business (or other sufficient on-topic education or experience)

• 2–4 years of experience in a startup or fast-paced environment

• Ability to work independently and proactively in a fast-paced, often ambiguous environment

• Ability to build strong cross-functional relationships

• Atypically versatile; able to dive into many roles and do them well

• Outstanding executive-level verbal and written communication skills 

• Proficiency in productivity tools such as Google Workspace and Slack

• Adept in articulating ideas through writing and synthesizing insights from data and numbers

Nice to haves

• Experience conducting quantitative analysis (including modeling)

• Experience working at or on a crypto-oriented company or project

The salary range for this position is $90,000 - $120,000 total compensation, which includes a base salary + RSR token grant.