Tavern Research
Business Operations Associate
Chicago, IL · Part-time
Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 20 days ago
HubSpotCRMSalesOutbound SalesAccountingLogisticsVendor ManagementResearchLeadershipCommunication
About the role
- Tavern Research is looking for a Business Operations Associate to serve as a right hand to the Chief Business Officer.
- This is a high-impact, generalist role for someone who thrives in ambiguity and moves fast.
- You'll fill critical gaps across contracts, finance, marketing, and day-to-day business operations, freeing up senior leadership to focus on strategy.
Responsibilities
- Support billing, invoicing, and bookkeeping processes, and liaise with external accounting resources to keep the books clean.
- Coordinate with external marketing consultants on campaign execution, help clear the marketing task backlog, and support digital campaigns, social media, and outbound communications.
- Maintain and manage CRM/HubSpot structure and hygiene, support the sales team with deal logistics and pipeline tracking, and ensure smooth handoffs between sales, delivery, and business unit leads.
- Manage internal ticketing and requests, triage operational needs across the team, and support tech ops, vendor management, and office operations as needed.
- Assist with fundraising preparation and forward-looking financial planning support alongside the CBO.
Requirements
- 2+ years of experience in management consulting, business operations, startup ops, sales ops, or a similar generalist role, or a strong recent grad with demonstrated hustle and organizational chops.
- Experience with some combination of: strategic and operational projects, contracts/legal ops, billing/invoicing/bookkeeping coordination, CRM/sales ops, vendor management, or marketing coordination.
Nice to have
- We're a venture-backed, mission-driven, fast-moving, and mostly technical team focused on supporting campaigns and organizations working to strengthen democratic participation.
- Everything else is on our website.
- If you still have questions, let us know when you apply!
- About You You're an operator at heart.
- You see a problem, you solve it.
- You see a list, you work it.
- You don't wait for permission or perfect instructions.
- You figure out what needs to happen and you make it happen.
Skills
- clear emails, polished docs, professional client-facing materials.
- Strong spreadsheet skills and technical fluency; comfortable in CRMs, task trackers, and AI tools, and quick to pick up new systems.
- Detail-oriented enough to catch errors, organized enough to track them all.
- Strong written communication skills: clear emails, polished docs, professional client-facing materials.
Benefits
- Benefits Premium health insurance Unlimited PTO Office closed for all federal holidays 401k match Equity Tavern Research is an
- Bonus: familiarity with HubSpot, Rippling, or contract automation tools; background or interest in politics, campaigns, or political technology.
Equal opportunity
- equal opportunity employer.
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