Strategy & Ops Lead

Trace
Trace

Operations · Full-time

Posted on Sep 28, 2026

Fulltime
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Are you a natural problem solver and excellent communicator looking to roll up your sleeves in a fast growing Climate Tech startup?

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trace is a VC-backed Climate Tech startup on a mission to remove the barriers to Net Zero for SMEs and their employees. How? Through awesome Technology and even more awesome people. Since launching our MVP in December 2020 we’ve helped hundreds of SMEs start their journey and we’re ready to help thousands more.

Role highlights:
-Work with us at our office in Sydney and embrace our flexible working approach - whatever works for you!
- Provide input to strategic decision making including capital raising, recruitment, product development and marketing
- Thrive in and contribute to our culture of inclusivity, transparency, humility and a passion for solving humanity's greatest challenge
- Benefit from the success you help us build through a competitive salary + generous stock options

What you'll do:
- Project based work, including competitor / market analysis, user testing, supporting our B Corp application, building partnership frameworks
- Budgeting, forecasting and reporting - support the CEO with financial management, analysis and impact reporting
- Recruitment support - drafting JDs, headhunting, outreach, interviews, drafting contracts and onboarding
- Partnership / sales support - draft client / partner proposals and help create content to enable the sales and marketing teams
- People and culture support - checking in with the team and ensuring we deliver a great employee experience through training, content, meeting cadence and events
- Fundraising support - helping the CEO prepare pitch decks, financial models, investor updates and grant applications
- Help drive product strategy by collating requirements and feedback from the sales and marketing teams
- Continuously identify opportunities for enhancing and automating the internal process and Technology tools to support

What we're looking for:
- 3-5 years experience in management consulting, Finance, project / programme management, product management or venture capital
- Experience in a Startup and/or Technology company preferredBias towards immediate actions and results
- Resilient, creative and willing to get your hands dirty - this is an agile startup environment with lots of ambiguity
- Excellent communicator who can navigate multiple stakeholders
- Proactive at designing processes to increase efficiency
- Strong analytical skills and proficient use of Microsoft Excel

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