Strategy and Operations Specialist
Top Benefits
About the role
Who you are
- 3+ years in strategy, operations, or marketplace roles with demonstrated impact on localized growth or P&L performance. Any experience in marketing is a plus
- Bilingual French and English
- Analytical skills with experience applying funnel optimization, LTV/CAC metrics, and supply/demand modeling to real-world decisions
- Excellent communication and relationship building skills, and comfortable presenting to large groups
- Experience building and implementing repeatable go-to-market strategies or activations
- Comfort working autonomously while coordinating across departments
- Comfortable working heavily with data, and operating at a fast pace in an entrepreneurial environment. Experience working in a startup is a plus, especially a marketplace platform
- Role includes some travel within Canada and occasional travel to the United States
- An understanding of the dynamics underlying a two-sided marketplace
- Experience working for a global brand
What the job involves
- Join our team as GTM Specialist, Canada and play a key role in driving growth in Canada. This position is ideal for someone who thrives in fast-paced environments, excels at cross-functional collaboration, working with external partners and is passionate about optimizing marketplace dynamics
- This role reports to the Canada Country Manager and sits within the North America Commercial organization
- You’ll work closely with the Canada Country Manager and cross-functional teams to execute market strategy, efficient tactical and operational plans to meet commercial goals, and strong propositions for both customers and taskers
- Conduct market analysis to understand local dynamics, competitive landscape, and tasker/client behavior, translating insights into opportunities that sharpen commercial strategy and metro-level priorities
- Partner with Country Manager to develop and execute on-the-ground initiatives that optimise and improve local fulfilment, supply activation, and client retention
- Drive local/cultural marketing ideas, initiatives, and channels to increase brand awareness, in partnership with marketing
- Partner with Marketing and Brand to develop and localize metro-specific campaigns and category initiatives
- Orchestrate large-scale metro activations and brand moments in collaboration with cross-functional teams
- Collaborate with Country Manager and cross functional teams to support partnerships with local initiatives and on-site activations
- Support with the execution of seasonal supply planning in partnership with Tasker Success Managers (TSMs), with tailored strategies for high-priority metros
Benefits
- Remote first and highly connected
- Employee-covered health care
- 401k with match
- Flexible PTO
- Paid holidays & recharge weeks
- Wellbeing allowance and free access to HeadSpace and Spring Health
- Paid parental leave, adoption assistance, and reproductive health assistance
- Speaker series, career paths, and an annual education allowance
- IKEA discount, Taskrabbit credit, and productivity stipend
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About Taskrabbit
Taskrabbit is a marketplace platform that conveniently connects people with Taskers to handle everyday home to-do’s, such as furniture assembly, handyman work, moving help, and much more. Acquired by IKEA Group - the world’s largest furniture retailer - in 2017
At Taskrabbit, we want to make your neighborhood a little more familiar. Whether it’s a handyman (or woman!), a housecleaner, moving help or delivery person, we’re imagining a world where everyone will have a go-to team to make everyday life easier. As a company we celebrate innovation, inclusion and hard work.
As a pioneer of the sharing economy, Taskrabbit was founded on the premise of neighbors helping neighbors. Since then, our network has grown to eight countries and 75+ cities, yet our core mission of creating a better everyday life for everyday people has remained the same.
Together with IKEA, we’re creating more opportunities for people to earn a consistent, meaningful income on their own terms by building lasting relationships with clients in communities around the world.
We are a group of mission-minded people. Our culture is collaborative, pragmatic, and fast-paced. We’re looking for talented, entrepreneurially-minded and data-driven people who also have a passion for helping people do what they love - and have a ton of fun while they’re at it.
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Strategy and Operations Specialist
Top Benefits
About the role
Who you are
- 3+ years in strategy, operations, or marketplace roles with demonstrated impact on localized growth or P&L performance. Any experience in marketing is a plus
- Bilingual French and English
- Analytical skills with experience applying funnel optimization, LTV/CAC metrics, and supply/demand modeling to real-world decisions
- Excellent communication and relationship building skills, and comfortable presenting to large groups
- Experience building and implementing repeatable go-to-market strategies or activations
- Comfort working autonomously while coordinating across departments
- Comfortable working heavily with data, and operating at a fast pace in an entrepreneurial environment. Experience working in a startup is a plus, especially a marketplace platform
- Role includes some travel within Canada and occasional travel to the United States
- An understanding of the dynamics underlying a two-sided marketplace
- Experience working for a global brand
What the job involves
- Join our team as GTM Specialist, Canada and play a key role in driving growth in Canada. This position is ideal for someone who thrives in fast-paced environments, excels at cross-functional collaboration, working with external partners and is passionate about optimizing marketplace dynamics
- This role reports to the Canada Country Manager and sits within the North America Commercial organization
- You’ll work closely with the Canada Country Manager and cross-functional teams to execute market strategy, efficient tactical and operational plans to meet commercial goals, and strong propositions for both customers and taskers
- Conduct market analysis to understand local dynamics, competitive landscape, and tasker/client behavior, translating insights into opportunities that sharpen commercial strategy and metro-level priorities
- Partner with Country Manager to develop and execute on-the-ground initiatives that optimise and improve local fulfilment, supply activation, and client retention
- Drive local/cultural marketing ideas, initiatives, and channels to increase brand awareness, in partnership with marketing
- Partner with Marketing and Brand to develop and localize metro-specific campaigns and category initiatives
- Orchestrate large-scale metro activations and brand moments in collaboration with cross-functional teams
- Collaborate with Country Manager and cross functional teams to support partnerships with local initiatives and on-site activations
- Support with the execution of seasonal supply planning in partnership with Tasker Success Managers (TSMs), with tailored strategies for high-priority metros
Benefits
- Remote first and highly connected
- Employee-covered health care
- 401k with match
- Flexible PTO
- Paid holidays & recharge weeks
- Wellbeing allowance and free access to HeadSpace and Spring Health
- Paid parental leave, adoption assistance, and reproductive health assistance
- Speaker series, career paths, and an annual education allowance
- IKEA discount, Taskrabbit credit, and productivity stipend
Not the right fit? Search for Strategy and Operations Specialist jobs in Toronto, Vancouver
About Taskrabbit
Taskrabbit is a marketplace platform that conveniently connects people with Taskers to handle everyday home to-do’s, such as furniture assembly, handyman work, moving help, and much more. Acquired by IKEA Group - the world’s largest furniture retailer - in 2017
At Taskrabbit, we want to make your neighborhood a little more familiar. Whether it’s a handyman (or woman!), a housecleaner, moving help or delivery person, we’re imagining a world where everyone will have a go-to team to make everyday life easier. As a company we celebrate innovation, inclusion and hard work.
As a pioneer of the sharing economy, Taskrabbit was founded on the premise of neighbors helping neighbors. Since then, our network has grown to eight countries and 75+ cities, yet our core mission of creating a better everyday life for everyday people has remained the same.
Together with IKEA, we’re creating more opportunities for people to earn a consistent, meaningful income on their own terms by building lasting relationships with clients in communities around the world.
We are a group of mission-minded people. Our culture is collaborative, pragmatic, and fast-paced. We’re looking for talented, entrepreneurially-minded and data-driven people who also have a passion for helping people do what they love - and have a ton of fun while they’re at it.