Business Operations Associate

Partiful's mission is to cultivate friendships through social events. We believe parties (and other social events) are the most effective way to meet new people and make friends. Our product helps you throw incredible events, starting with memorable party pages that make it easy to plan & communicate with guests — download the app http://partiful.com/download to see how it works! We're building new ways to streamline planning, connect meaningfully in the real world, and make connections between friends-of-friends. Our ultimate vision is to power everything you do in-person with your friends, eliminating the friction of bringing your most memorable experiences to life. You can read more about our mission in The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/12/31/partiful-gen-z-new-years-eve/, The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/15/style/partiful-event-planning-parties.html, The Wall Street Journal https://www.wsj.com/articles/evites-are-out-this-new-text-message-party-planner-is-in-46e8b64f, The Atlantic https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2022/12/party-invitation-website-partiful/672333/, Wirecutter https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/reviews/partiful-app-review/, and USA Today https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/news/2024/08/04/partiful-app-party-planning/72619936007/?taid=66af5128983783000189ad12&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter. Partiful was named Google's Best App of 2024 https://blog.google/products/google-play/google-play-best-apps-games-2024/, a Finalist for Apple's App Store Awards https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2024/11/apple-reveals-45-app-and-game-finalists-for-the-2024-app-store-awards/, and Apple's App of the Day https://apps.apple.com/us/story/id1771691398 (awarded 4x). In 2025, we were named one of TIME's 100 Most Influential Companies https://time.com/collections/time100-companies-2025/7289589/partiful/, one of Fast Company's Most Innovative Companies https://www.fastcompany.com/91270177/social-media-most-innovative-companies-2025-duolingo-bluesky-boston-celtics-pinterest-partiful-planoly-sesame-workshop-feeld-strava-yelp, and named to Inc. Magazine's Best in Business List https://www.inc.com/john-jannuzzi/how-partiful-became-the-life-of-gen-zs-irl-party/91263552. Our company is backed by top-tier investors including Andreessen Horowitz and Google Ventures, and advised by the founders of some of the most successful consumer social products ever made. THE ROLE As a Business Operations Associate, you'll play a key role in building and scaling Partiful's operations. You'll act as a connector and force multiplier across every team in the company - identifying inefficiencies, standing up solutions or building the systems that fix them, and finding ways to make everyone faster. This is a role for someone who sees AI as a first instinct, not a last resort; no two weeks will look the same. IN THIS ROLE YOU WILL: - Be a core part of an innovative, AI-native team that serves as the backbone of the company and the swiss-army-knife of any problem that arises - Personally execute on high-priority projects across the business - Own vendor relationships end-to-end - sourcing, diligencing, negotiating, and implementing - Drive cost reduction across the business, identifying and actioning on opportunities in collaboration with Product, Design and Data Science - Support ticketing operations, helping build and scale the systems and processes that power Partiful's new ticketing business - Relentlessly identify painpoints, and streamline, automate and scale processes to make every team across the business better and more efficient, with a strong bias towards building & deploying AI wherever possible - Prototype solutions & build internal tools end-to-end using vibe coding YOU'RE A GOOD FIT IF YOU: - Have 2-4 years of experience in business operations or a similar function, with a minimum of 1 year in a high-growth startup - Have minimum 2 years of "field work" — e