Business Operations Associate
About The Position
Partiful's mission is to cultivate friendships through social events. We believe parties (and other social events) are the most effective way to meet new people and make friends. Our product helps you throw incredible events, starting with memorable party pages that make it easy to plan & communicate with guests — download the app to see how it works! We're building new ways to streamline planning, connect meaningfully in the real world, and make connections between friends-of-friends. Our ultimate vision is to power everything you do in-person with your friends, eliminating the friction of bringing your most memorable experiences to life. Partiful was named Google's Best App of 2024, a Finalist for Apple's App Store Awards, and Apple's App of the Day (awarded 4x). In 2025, we were named one of TIME's 100 Most Influential Companies, one of Fast Company's Most Innovative Companies, and named to Inc. Magazine's Best in Business List. Our company is backed by top-tier investors including Andreessen Horowitz and Google Ventures, and advised by the founders of some of the most successful consumer social products ever made. As a Business Operations Associate, you'll play a key role in building and scaling Partiful's operations. You'll act as a connector and force multiplier across every team in the company - identifying inefficiencies, standing up solutions or building the systems that fix them, and finding ways to make everyone faster. This is a role for someone who sees AI as a first instinct, not a last resort; no two weeks will look the same.
Requirements
- 2-4 years of experience in business operations or a similar function, with a minimum of 1 year in a high-growth startup
- Minimum 2 years of "field work" — e.g., at a physical services marketplace (delivery, rideshare), forward deployed engineering, onsite consulting, etc.
- Experience performing self-service analytics, including SQL, python and/or dashboarding capabilities
- AI-native, with a bias towards creating agents and relying on AI wherever possible to streamline workflows
- Able to inductively reason about metrics and strategy based on the facts you learn on the ground
- Comfortable jumping into any problem to fix it, no matter how small
- Have a bachelors degree
Responsibilities
- Be a core part of an innovative, AI-native team that serves as the backbone of the company and the swiss-army-knife of any problem that arises
- Personally execute on high-priority projects across the business
- Own vendor relationships end-to-end - sourcing, diligencing, negotiating, and implementing
- Drive cost reduction across the business, identifying and actioning on opportunities in collaboration with Product, Design and Data Science
- Support ticketing operations, helping build and scale the systems and processes that power Partiful's new ticketing business
- Relentlessly identify painpoints, and streamline, automate and scale processes to make every team across the business better and more efficient, with a strong bias towards building & deploying AI wherever possible
- Prototype solutions & build internal tools end-to-end using vibe coding
Benefits
- 401(k) with up to 6% matching
- Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance for you and all your dependents (FSAs and HSA plans available)
- Free OneMedical membership, telehealth, and virtual mental health services
- Commuter benefits & contributions towards ClassPass and Citibike memberships
- Unlimited vacation (minimum 3 weeks required)
- Quarterly stipend to plan your own party and dogfood the product
- Semi-annual travel benefit & semiannual team off-sites
- Get invited to exclusive parties
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
