Posted 14 months ago
Strategy & Operations Associate
@ trophi.ai
Toronto, Ontario
Overview
trophi.ai is hiring a Strategy & Operations Associate to work directly with the founders on core strategy and the operating backbone of its AI coaching platform for gamers. The role combines market analysis, business cases and quantitative models with workflow, OKR and review-process design, plus investor and partner storytelling. The posting states a full-time employment type and that the role is at a high-growth startup backed by a16z, but gives no pay, location or work arrangement.
Responsibilities:
- Lead market analysis, competitive deep dives and opportunity sizing
- Build business cases and quantitative models for go/no-go decisions
- Architect workflows, OKRs and business review processes
- Drive cross-functional initiatives across product, partnerships and marketing
- Create pitch decks, proposals and investor narratives
Requirements summary:
- 2+ years in a fast-paced, analytical role
- Strong analytical skills and ability to synthesize data
- First-principles thinker who structures ambiguous problems
- Outstanding communication and executive-level deck creation
- Highly organized with strong attention to detail
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Source and dates
Employer career site / ATS feed · bamboohr
- Employer posting date
- 2025-09-20
- First seen by our source
- 2026-10-11
- Source record updated
- 2026-10-11
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Job details
| Seniority | Entry level |
| Department | Business operations |
| Experience | 2+ years |
| Hours per week | 40 (estimated) |
| Work setting | Office |
| Position | Mostly sitting |
| Physical demands | physical low · computer high |
| Languages | English |
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trophi.ai
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- People associated on LinkedIn
- 26
- Other recorded names
- trophi.ai
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Industry | Software Development |
| Headquarters | St. John's, Newfoundland |
| Open jobs on Jobsy | 7 |
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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.
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