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Strategy & Operations Associate at Percepta in New York City, NY
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Job Description
Who we are
Percepta’s mission is to transform critical institutions with applied AI. We believe the industries that power the world—healthcare, manufacturing, energy, supply chain, and more—should benefit from frontier technology.
To make that happen, we embed directly with industry-leading organizations to architect and execute AI transformation. We bring together:
Forward-deployed expertise across engineering, product, and research
Mosaic, our in-house toolkit for rapidly deploying agentic workflows
Strategic partnerships with companies like Anthropic, AWS, McKinsey, and others across the General Catalyst ecosystem
Our team is a growing group of Applied AI Engineers, Embedded Product Managers, and Researchers focused on turning the promise of AI into real-world systems that improve how critical institutions operate.
Percepta is a direct partnership with General Catalyst, a global transformation and investment company.
About the role
We’re hiring a Strategy & Operations Associate to help drive key strategic initiatives across Percepta.
This role sits close to company leadership and touches nearly every part of the business—from go-to-market to partnerships to internal operations. It’s an opportunity to get a front-row seat to building an applied AI company from the inside while helping translate strategy into execution.
You’ll be the first hire on this team, working directly with our Director of Strategy & Operations and leadership team to help solve some of the highest-priority problems at the company.
Examples of what you may work on include:
Enable our go-to-market motion: Help manage and analyze our pipeline across prospective customers, develop sales assets, and support marketing and storytelling that communicates our work effectively.
Support strategic partnerships: Help manage relationships with partners like Anthropic, AWS, McKinsey, Nvidia, and emerging AI startups across the General Catalyst ecosystem.
Build financial and value capture frameworks: Support work with our customer-facing teams to quantify impact from AI deployments, refine pricing approaches, and contribute to internal financial planning and analysis.
Turn strategy into execution: Work with leadership to translate company priorities into concrete projects, ensuring initiatives move forward quickly and effectively.
Help run the company: Support internal operations including recruiting, onboarding, budgeting, legal coordination, knowledge management, and other foundational systems as we scale.
This is a high-ownership, high-learning role. You’ll have the opportunity to work across many parts of the company and develop a broad understanding of how AI transformation actually gets built and delivered.
What we’re looking for
2–4 years of experience in rigorous, high-performance environments such as high-growth startups, consulting, and investment banking.
Beyond experience, we care deeply about how you work and learn.
AI-obsessed and technology-driven: You’re excited about the potential for AI to transform how companies operate and are playing with Claude Code at work or on your weekends.
High agency: When faced with ambiguity, you don’t wait for perfect direction—you propose a path forward and start executing.
Strong work ethic: You’re hungry, hardworking, and energized by tackling difficult problems alongside a team that moves quickly.
Growth mindset: You’re constantly looking to improve your skills, learn from others, and raise your own bar.
Curious and collaborative: You ask thoughtful questions, enjoy exploring new ideas with teammates, and approach problems with intellectual humility.
Strong communicator: You can clearly communicate ideas—both verbally and in writing—and synthesize complex information into clear insights.
Bonus if you have
Experience across both startups/tech and consulting/banking
Strong analytical or financial fundamentals
Experience building or managing operational systems (CRM, ATS, internal tools)
Hands-on experience using AI tools or building AI-enabled workflows
Experience working closely with product, engineering, or go-to-market teams
Why this role
Percepta is tackling an ambitious mission: helping critical institutions adopt AI in ways that genuinely transform how they operate.
This role offers a rare opportunity to:
Work closely with company leadership
See how AI transformation actually gets implemented in real organizations
Develop a broad skillset across strategy, operations, partnerships, and finance
Help shape a fast-growing applied AI company from the inside
It won’t be easy, but it may be some of the most meaningful and high-impact work of your career. If this sounds exciting—even if you don’t meet every qualification—we’d love to talk.