Traversal
Strategy & Operations
New York · Mid · Full-time
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About the role
- This is a generalist seat, not a narrow lane:
Responsibilities
- Own cross-functional strategic projects end-to-end - scoping, analysis, and implementation - partnering with Sales, Product, Finance, and Engineering as needed.
- Build financial and operational models to support decision-making across the business.
- Build scalable, AI-native systems to streamline workflows and distribute insights across the business.
- Act as a thought partner to executives on ambiguous, high-stakes problems - bring structure and a point of view, not just analysis.
- Production complexity was already outpacing what engineering teams could manage manually, and AI-generated code is accelerating that gap.
- you'll be handed ambiguous, high-stakes problems, expected to scope them, build the analysis, and drive them to execution end-to-end.
- Traversal is fully in-office, 5 days a week, based in New York near Madison Square Park. We have a collaborative, hard-working culture and are energized by building the future of AI-powered software maintenance.
- We have a collaborative, hard-working culture and are energized by building the future of AI-powered software maintenance.
Requirements
- 4-6 years of experience, ideally 2-3 years in management consulting, investment banking, or private equity, followed by 1-2 years in an operating role at an early-stage startup.
- Track record of owning ambiguous, cross-functional projects end-to-end with minimal oversight.
Nice to have
- Comfort leveraging AI tools to move faster and raise the quality of output (not slop).
- Prior experience in a deal desk, pricing, or GTM strategy function.
- Individual compensation is determined by experience, skills, and job-related knowledge.
- Traversal is a place to take on hard, meaningful problems with real ownership from day one.
- You'll work alongside people who challenge you to grow, learn constantly, and help define a new category of infrastructure software.
- We think long term, move quickly, and hold a high bar without taking ourselves too seriously.
- Traversal is fully in-office, 5 days a week, based in New York near Madison Square Park.
Compensation
- We offer competitive compensation, startup equity, health insurance, and additional benefits.
- The U.S. base salary range for this full-time, in-person role in New York is $175,000-$250,000, plus equity and benefits.
- Our salary ranges are based on location, level, and role.
- Individual compensation is determined by experience, skills, and job-related knowledge.
- We offer competitive salary and equity packages, health insurance, fertility benefits, a great tech setup stipend and flexible time off.
- Plus lunch & dinner, in-office snacks, team happy hours and outings, an annual company offsite, and plenty of built in time to collaborate across teams.
Company info
- Our mission is to free engineers from endless firefighting and give them more time to focus on creative, high-impact work.
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