Growth & Operations Associate

About the Role

Zinda Operating Group is building a bench of future business leaders. This is a broad rotational position designed as a proving ground for exceptionally high-potential, early-career individuals. The role involves rotating through various functions including marketing, People/HR, finance, operations, projects, events, SEO, digital work, and new businesses. The best performers will have opportunities to take on major responsibility.

Key Responsibilities

• Rotate across functions: marketing, People/HR, finance, operations, project management, events, SEO, and digital work as business needs dictate.
• Take on new business initiatives as Zinda creates or acquires new ventures, with a path to major responsibility for top performers.
• Own projects end-to-end, using AI tools by default to move faster and produce better work.
• Step into a Cohort Lead role on a rotating basis (every 1–2 weeks) to run daily execution checks, track commitments, catch dropped work, and report status.
• Do the unglamorous work: tedious, low-status tasks that the team needs done.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• AI: You naturally use AI to solve problems; it's your default.
• Willingness to work in-office in Austin.

Qualifications

• Horsepower and exceptional potential are prioritized over extensive experience.
• 0–5 years of professional experience. Recent graduates or early-career professionals (2–5 years in) from demanding environments (startups, consulting, finance, or technology) are encouraged.
• Achievement: A demonstrable accomplishment that is objectively difficult or unusual (academic, professional, entrepreneurial, or project-based).
• Intellectual Range: Strong quantitative thinking combined with excellent writing and ideas. A background in hard sciences, engineering, or math alongside philosophy, English, literature, or another writing-heavy field is a strong positive.
• Writing: Exceptional communication skills will be tested.
• Ownership: Proven ability to take responsibility without constant direction.
• Ambition: Desire for increasing responsibility.
• Flexibility: Openness to working across various functions.
• Work Ethic: Willingness to perform low-status, tedious, or unpleasant work when necessary, with specific examples.

What Success Looks Like

• Connects advertising spend directly to qualified cases and business outcomes.
• Moves quickly, tests continuously, and makes decisions using data.
• Reduces wasted spend and improves lead quality.
• Operates independently without relying on agencies or large teams.