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Job Description
At LinkedIn, we trust each other to do our best work where it works best for us and our teams. This role offers a hybrid work option, meaning you can both work from home and commute to a LinkedIn office, depending on what’s best for you and when it is important for your team to be together.
This role will be based in San Francisco or Mountain View / Sunnyvale or New York.
We are looking for a Business Operation Associate to join our Go-to-Market Horizontals team in leading our top- and bottom-line impact through objective analysis, operational insights and strategic initiatives. You will collaborate and work closely with cross-functional partners across Sales Operations, Central Operations, Marketing, and FP&A across lines of business to drive forward strategic initiatives.
Responsibilities:
Deliver strategic projects for our leadership that provide key business insights for high-priority initiatives
Deliver strategic projects that enable the business to execute its highest priority initiatives (e.g. accelerating our go-to-market experimentation; expanding reach in new core markets/SMB through vendors and resellers; etc.)
Leverage LinkedIn data to conduct in-depth analyses across lines of business to develop deep understanding of key value drivers and investment opportunities
Conduct in-depth analysis across LI’s acquisition funnel and identify how to bend the LI-wide growth curve
Serve as the connective tissue of a cross-functional team (including Sales, Product Management, Marketing, Sales Operations, Finance, Business Development, Corporate Development, and other internal groups, etc.), working to share knowledge and drive people towards a common goal
Communicate effectively across all levels (within the team, to cross-functional partners, to leadership / executives)
Qualifications
Basic Qualifications
BA/BS degree in engineering, math, statistics, physics, computer science, business or related discipline; or relevant work experience
4+ years of work experience in technology or a strategy related role, investment banking with an emphasis on quantitative skills
Experience with SQL
Preferred Qualifications:
Proactiveness: Independently capable of seeking information in an unstructured environment, solving conceptual problems, socializing hypotheses, and proposing courses of action
Initiative and ownership: Ability to act with limited oversight on day-to-day basis, balancing multiple priorities
Problem-solving: Comfortable with data and ambiguity, and able to both delve into the details and engage meaningfully on higher level strategy
Performance management: Skilled at understanding data metrics and performance, including diagnosing the reason for metric movement and business implications
Communications: Excellent communication skills to distill complex thoughts and strategies into simple, actionable recommendations
Team-first attitude: Motivated to work collaboratively in a fast-paced, ever-changing environment to help our growing business and how LinkedIn operates
Growth mindset: Willingness to learn, partner, and provide guidance in areas that are not fully defined; open to feedback and learning opportunities
Relationship building: Ability to build trust quickly, high degree of empathy and expertise at managing senior, cross-functional relationships
Executive presence: Experience working closely with business leaders to solve challenging business problems; credibly present and debate recommendations with business partners
Content-specific: Go-To-Market Strategy, Media platforms, and/or Saas industry
MBA degree
Suggested Skills
Strategy
Data Analysis
Growth Strategy
LinkedIn is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. The pay range for this role is [$96,000 to $156,000]. Actual compensation packages are based on several factors that are unique to each candidate, including but not limited to skill set, depth of experience, certifications, and specific office location. This may be different in other locations due to differences in the cost of labor.
The total compensation package for this position may also include annual performance bonus, stock, benefits and/or other applicable incentive compensation plans. For more information, visit https://careers.linkedin.com/benefits.
Additional Information
Equal Opportunity Statement
LinkedIn is committed to diversity in its workforce and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. LinkedIn considers qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, sex, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation, citizenship, or any other legally protected class. LinkedIn is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer as described in our equal opportunity statement here: EEO Statement_2020 - Signed.pdf.
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A request for an accommodation will be responded to within three business days. However, non-disability related requests, such as following up on an application, will not receive a response.
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Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, LinkedIn will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
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Equal Opportunity Statement LinkedIn is committed to diversity in its workforce and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. LinkedIn considers qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, sex, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation, citizenship, or any other legally protected class. LinkedIn is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer as described in our equal opportunity statement here: https://lnkd.in/equalemploymentopportunity2017. Please reference http://www1.eeoc.gov/employers/upload/eeoc_self_print_poster.pdf and https://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/pdf/OFCCP_EEO_Supplement_Final_JRF_QA_508c.pdf for more information.
LinkedIn is an equal employment opportunity employer offering opportunities to all job seekers, including individuals with disabilities. If you believe you need a reasonable accommodation in order to search for a job opening or to apply for a position, please contact us by sending an email to accommodations@linkedin.com. This email box is designed to assist disabled job seekers who seek a reasonable accommodation to the application process. Emails sent for non-disability related issues, such as following up on an application, will not receive a response.
In your email, please include the following: (1) confirm you have a disability; (2) identify the disability-related limitation that needs to be accommodated, and (3) if known, describe the specific accommodation requested for the disability-related limitation. A response to your request may take up to three business days.
LinkedIn will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by LinkedIn, or (c) consistent with LinkedIn's legal duty to furnish information.
Pay Transparency Policy Statement As a federal contractor, LinkedIn follows the Pay Transparency and non-discrimination provisions described at this link: https://lnkd.in/paytransparency.
San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance
Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, LinkedIn will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, LinkedIn will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
Global Data Privacy Notice for Job Candidates This document provides transparency around the way in which LinkedIn handles personal data of employees and job applicants: https://lnkd.in/GlobalDataPrivacyNotice
Seniority level
Not Applicable
Employment type
Full-time
Job function
Finance
Industries
Technology, Information and Internet
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