Our mission is to create economic transformation. By training low-income adults to launch & advance careers as software engineers, we help our Fellows go from earning $18,000 to over $90,000 starting salary on average, adding an estimated $2M in lifetime earnings. Pursuit partners with leading companies like Blackstone, USV, Citi, Peloton, & Uber to employ Fellows in career-defining engineering roles & supports them with on-the-job training to ensure potential translates to performance. Since 2013, Pursuit has created ~$1B in total lifetime wage gains, creating lasting economic mobility that spans generations. 

Pursuits proven solution is built on two interconnected components: training (which includes community development, Core pre-job training, & Commit on-the-job training) & a financial product (known as Bond). However, growing training alone will not meet the magnitude of need nor solve new societal challenges ahead. The typical expectation is to expand our training to other cities, but this will not come anywhere close to creating good jobs for millions of low-income Americans. Instead, our strategy for scaled impact is to evolve our financial product & create tools for other organizations, jobs, & places. We believe that this will not only create good jobs for millions of low-income Americans but will also generate a new trillion-dollar market directly tied to results in the long term.

We are One Big Team

The passionate & collaborative team at Pursuit gives its all to achieve our mission. And its not just staff. We work with employer partners that love hiring our Fellows because they are so well prepared, ranging from big financial firms to scrappy startups, & everything in between. We also activate & engage hundreds of volunteers that come from all areas of the tech industry. These experts & professionals help keep our curriculum fresh & our standards for achievement high by participating in our admissions process, as well as program-specific activities such as interview training, DemoDays, Hackathons, & Capstone projects. 

As the VP, Business Operations, youll play a pivotal role at Pursuit owning strategic initiatives that will enable Pursuit to scale & meet our ambitious outcomes across sales, investments, philanthropy, product & Fellow job attainment. Your primary focus will be to develop structures & processes to understand & drive progress to goals across all business units.  Youll work directly with Pursuits executive leadership team, as well as with key external stakeholders, including investors, employers, & donors representing premiere companies across industries. such as Blackrock, Union Square Ventures, Jobs For the Future (JFF), Robin Hood & more,  to drive priority initiatives. Our ideal VP, Business Operations candidate will be strategic & hands on, with strong executive presence & an ability to take on business challenges of varying complexity.

As the VP, Business Operations you will: 

• Enable Pursuit to meet our outcomes by ensuring clarity & alignment around goals, & ensuring teams & projects are managed & tracked effectively. 
• Oversee & own implementation of recurring, org-wide  business operations processes, e.g. quarterly business reviews, annual planning, etc.
• Translate overarching company goals into actionable strategies for business units, teams, & individuals, tailored to specific timeframes for performance evaluation & project planning.
• Drive cross-functional strategic initiatives, structuring projects to enable goal attainment & ensuring they meet the internal & external stakeholders needs.
• Develop & oversee comprehensive metrics, including key performance indicators (KPIs) & outcomes, for evaluating & reporting on business performance across various units, employing a waterfall approach to ensure thorough tracking & analysis that meets the needs of different stakeholders, such as donors, investors, fellows, & board members.
• Own design & management of Pursuit data systems at an organizational level & the Fellow journey, managing our Strategy & Ops manager, & Systems & Data Manager
• Establish foundational processes, reporting, & KPIs  for new business units. Specifically, establish Pursuit's sales enablement function to empower our new Go-To-Market team (comprising Sales, Partnership Success, Investor Relations, & Philanthropy) to meet their ambitious revenue targets, through effective tracking, managing, & reporting on ongoing deal flow through Salesforce.
• Own weekly review of KPIs with the Executive team, driving strategic & operational interventions & holding business leaders accountable to outcomes. 
• Support the implementation of new processes & systems to enhance operational effectiveness.

What you need to be considered for the VP, Business Operations role: 

• At least 15 years of experience in hands in strategic or operational roles, with experience leading business operations for at least two different companies where you were able to drive business outcomes
• Experience leading business operations at a company going through rapid growth or change. 
• Demonstrated experience driving executive leadership accountability to KPIs through strong project management/managing up.
• Relentless drive toward enabling teams to meet outcomes
• Intellectual curiosity; commitment to dive deep into understanding the problem & driving solutions to address root cause issues
• HIgh business acumen, with an ability to understand priorities for different customer groups
• Excellent project management skills with an ability to build cross-functional coalitions to achieve company wide results
• Experience managing successful implementation of recurring company-wide processes such as annual planning & quarterly business reviews.
• Comfort working directly with the executive team & translating high level strategic initiatives into operational workflows/projects. 
• Experience overseeing data management & workflows for Salesforce or similar CRM
• High bar for operational excellence
• Knowledge of a variety of tools to employ to drive efficiency & workflow improvements
• Comfort working in a fast-moving environment with limited direction.

Where youll work: 

• On site, 4 days per week, in our Long Island City Office

Salary & Benefits:

The salary range for this role is 200,000-250,000 base + incentive compensation.

The compensation range above is for the expectations as laid out in the job description, however, we are often open to a wide variety of profiles & recognize that the person we hire may be less experienced (or more senior) than this job description as posted.  If that ends up being the case, the updated salary range will be communicated to you as a candidate.

Pursuit offers: 

• Great culture where transparency, respect, teamwork, & kindness are valued
• Competitive compensation in base, plus bonus & a full benefits package
• 401k Match
• Unlimited PTO & an all-Pursuit summer break the last week of August & a week-long holiday the last week of December
• Flexible, hybrid work schedule with catered lunches once a week & delicious snacks
• An opportunity to work at the intersection of tech & social impact, & make a direct impact on the communities of those we serve.

Pursuit values diversity: 

Our team has a wide range of backgrounds & experiences, & we value the richness that diversity brings to our organization. We welcome new perspectives & affirm that all employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, ancestry, religion, national origin, age, familial or marital status, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy, gender identity or expression, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or any other classification protected by federal, state, or local law. Pursuit is an equal opportunity employer.