Strategy & Operations - Launch Associate (Special Operations)

Traba’s mission is to empower businesses and workers to reach their full productivity and potential. Traba is a technology company that is revolutionizing the broken staffing industry through a marketplace that connects light industrial businesses with reliable talent while providing workers with flexible and meaningful opportunities. By connecting both, new levels of productivity, earning potential, and avenues for growth are unlocked. We’re proud to be backed by the world’s best investors, such as Founders Fund, Khosla Ventures, and General Catalyst.

We’re looking for an entrepreneurial Strategy & Operations Launch Associate to join the Special Operations team. You will be responsible for helping drive our market strategy, expansion and growth by building up our business in existing regions and launching new markets. This role will require you to travel to markets, deliver for our customers, identify new acquisition channels and build scalable playbooks for us to continue to repeat and scale this process.

You’ll drive initiatives from concept to launch, working closely with product, ops, sales and business teams to ensure alignment and impact. We’re looking for a first-principles thinker with a strong sense of ownership—someone who can dive deep into the details while also shaping the bigger picture.

• Establish GTM Strategy: Collaborate with Operations, Sales & Customer Success to refine our GTM

• Design and Build Operations: Lead the development of all aspects of the worker and business operations experience, including acquisition, onboarding, and workflow automation

• Define New Processes: Play a key role in defining processes essential for the launch and sustainability of a completely new market. Navigate in an ambiguous environment and bring structure to undefined opportunities - there won’t always be playbooks or templates; instead you will create them

• Collaborate for Product Excellence: Partner closely with the product team to implement automated solutions that deliver a magical customer and worker experience, streamline operations and enhance efficiency

• Hands-on and Field-focused: Embrace a hands-on approach, requiring travel to market to engage directly with customers, identify & experiment with local acquisition channels, gather insights and build on learnings

• Analyze & Prioritize: Leverage data whenever possible to inform your hypothesis, prioritize and convince cross functional partners

• Background: Bachelor’s degree in business, operations, engineering or a related field, or equivalent experience.

• Experience: 2-4+ years in operations or strategy roles, preferably in a startup or a notable marketplace company.

• Analytical and Detail-oriented: Process-driven mindset with a high level of accuracy, organization, and a desire for operational excellence.

Bonus Points

• Experience working with product or engineering teams

• Knowledge of SQL or no-code tools like Retool

• 📈 Start-up equity

• 💰 Competitive Salary

• 🩺 100% Paid health, dental & vision coverage

• 🍽️ Dinner Provided via DoorDash, free DashPass & stocked kitchen for NY employees

• 🚍 Commuter benefit

• 🏋🏽 Gympass Benefit

• ✚✚ Additional: One Medical Membership, Gympass, HSA via Optum, Talkspace, HealthAdvocate, Teledoc Health

The compensation range (cash + equity) for this position is set between $100,000 and $130,000, reflecting our market analysis and other relevant considerations. However, exceptions may be made for candidates with qualifications that significantly differ from those outlined in the job description.

Traba is dedicated to promoting Equal Opportunity employment practices. We evaluate all applicants without discrimination based on race, color, religion, creed, national origin, age, sex, gender, marital status, sexual orientation and identity, genetic information, veteran status, citizenship, or any other characteristics that are legally protected by local, state, or federal regulations. We encourage applicants from a variety of backgrounds, experiences, and skill sets.

Dream Big - We are on a path to change the world for the better. We create and communicate a bold direction that inspires a life-changing vision. We don’t sacrifice long-term value for short-term results.

Olympian’s Work Ethic - Changing the world never comes easy. We work harder, longer, and smarter, not just two out of three. We put everything we have on the field.

Growth Mindset - We confront the toughest challenges head-on and persevere. Sometimes we fail, but we brush ourselves off, adapt, learn, and push forward with resilience.

Customer Obsession - We go the extra mile for our workers and businesses. We remain focused on delivering high-quality products and services that solve these often overlooked communities’ problems.

Light industrial flexible staffing is a $50B labor market that encompasses entry-level jobs in warehouses & distribution centers. These workers pack boxes, load trucks, and manage warehouse operations to keep supply chains running at peak efficiency.