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# Strategy & Operations Associate at Pursuit

- **Company:** Pursuit
- **Location:** Long Island City, NY
- **Posted:** 2026-08-04
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-10
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/pursuit/jobs/8105989

## Job description

## About Pursuit

Pursuit is a social impact organization building the future of economic mobility in the age of AI. For over a decade, we’ve transformed lives through immersive training programs that propel adults from low-income backgrounds - often without college degrees - into high-growth tech careers. Our graduates have already generated nearly $1 billion in lifetime wage gains.

Now, as AI reshapes every industry, Pursuit is evolving into an AI-native organization. We’re training AI-native talent, embedding AI into our operations, and building scalable software to extend our impact. From grassroots partnerships to national policy (like our Good Jobs Guarantee), we’re not just filling jobs- we’re rethinking how economic opportunity works at scale.

## About the Role

We are looking for a contract Strategy and Operations Associate to work closely with Pursuit’s CEO as a strategic right hand in developing core expansion plans for the organization. This is an opportunity to contribute directly to growth strategy, market expansion, and financing approaches at one of the most innovative nonprofits in the country.

This will be a Chief of Staff-type role, where you’ll work on high-priority, high-visibility projects, including:

- Leading industry and landscape analyses to inform Pursuit’s next phase of growth.
- Developing growth plans for expanding into new markets and sectors.
- Researching and modeling innovative financing approaches that align with Pursuit’s Jobs Fund and other vehicles.
- Partnering with the CEO and leadership team to shape strategic decision-making frameworks.
- Synthesizing data, trends, and insights into briefings, memos, and presentations for internal and external stakeholders.

This will be a hands-on role designed for pre-MBA candidates with prior consulting or strategy experience, or post-MBA professionals exploring applied impact and early-stage environments and who want to apply their skills in a mission-driven, AI-native context.

Who We’re Looking For

- Pre-MBA candidates with prior consulting or strategy experience, or post-MBA professionals
- Strategic thinker – You can connect data, market insights, and organizational goals to inform decision-making.
- Analytical and structured – You can bring order to ambiguous and complex challenges and create clear frameworks.
- Mission-driven – You want to apply your skills to economic mobility, equity, and the future of work.
- Adaptable and entrepreneurial – You thrive in fast-paced, high-growth, startup-style environments.
- Strong communicator – You can synthesize information and present it clearly to executives and stakeholders.
- Experience working with senior leaders – You’re comfortable partnering with C-suite leaders and skilled at “managing up.”
- Familiarity with financing models – Exposure to impact investing, nonprofit financing, or innovative capital models is a plus.
- Excited about AI – No prior experience required, but you’re curious about how AI is reshaping industries and eager to apply it to strategic challenges.
- No ego – You’re emotionally intelligent, culturally sensitive, and socially aware.

Other details:

Expected start date: ASAP

Duration: 6-8 months (open to extending to full-time consideration based on mutual fit and performance)

Structure: Open to structuring as a secondment, externship, or rotational program, aligned with your firm's requirements

Location: Option to choose between remote work or hybrid in-person schedule Tuesday - Thursday in New York City headquarters. NYC based preferred.

Reporting: You will report to CEO, Nick Simmons (MBA, Harvard Business School and MPP Harvard Kennedy School)

Compensation: $50/hour for 30-40 hours/week

## About Pursuit

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Pursuit is a social impact organization that transforms lives by training adults from underrepresented communities for high-growth careers in AI and technology, using an innovative outcomes-based financing model.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Nonprofit)
- **Headquarters**: Long Island City, New York, USA
- **Founded**: Not publicly available
- **Founders**: Not publicly available

## Core Business
- Primary industry: Workforce development, technology education, AI training, and employer services.
- Target customers: B2B (employer partners ranging from startups to Fortune 500 companies) and B2C (adult learners, referred to as “Builders,” from low-income and underrepresented backgrounds).
- Mission or purpose statement: “To create transformation” by catalyzing long-term change through community development, a revolutionary training and employment program, an innovative financing model, and sustained career support.

## Products & Services
- **Pursuit AI-Native Program**: Flagship training program that equips Builders with AI skills, professional competencies, and community support to thrive in AI-driven workplaces. Includes career coaching and a sourced job opportunity with partner employers.
- **Employer Partnerships (Pursuit Commit)**: Helps companies hire, retain, and nurture talent from non-traditional backgrounds through on-the-job support, training, and retention services.
- **Pursuit Bond**: An outcomes-based financing model that ties funding to successful long-term career outcomes, leveraging impact investment and capital markets alongside philanthropy.
- **Community Development**: Outreach and programs that introduce AI concepts early, making technology approachable and accessible to excluded communities.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not applicable (nonprofit). The organization is in the early stages of a multi-year campaign with a directional goal of $45 million over three years.
- **Key Metric**: Historically, program participants have experienced a 400%+ jump in income on average, earning a starting salary of approximately $94,000 (up from an average of $18,000 before the program).
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Employer hiring partners include venture-backed startups and Fortune 500 companies. Specific names not listed in sources, but cited as “best-in-class partners, funders, and employers.”
- **Growth Signals**: Shift to an AI-first curriculum, scaling fundraising to $45M, hybrid work model, and active hiring for senior roles (Director of Individual Giving, Chief of Staff, Account Executive for Job Outcomes).

## Competitive Advantages
- **Outcomes-Based Financing (Pursuit Bond)**: Aligns funding with actual job placement and career success, reducing risk for funders and incentivizing long-term support.
- **Integrated Model**: Combines community development, AI training, employer partnerships, and lifelong career support in a single, compounding system.
- **Proven Income Lift**: 400%+ average income increase and $2M lifetime earnings boost per Builder.
- **AI-Native Focus**: Early mover in preparing non-traditional talent for AI-driven roles, with a curriculum built around AI skills.

## Strategic Focus
- Scaling the AI-Native Program to meet growing demand for AI talent.
- Expanding employer partnerships to secure more job opportunities and improve retention.
- Raising $45 million through a multi-year campaign to fund growth and sustainability.
- Strengthening individual giving and philanthropy to diversify funding sources.

## Why Work Here
- **Mission-Driven Impact**: Employees directly contribute to economic transformation for individuals, families, and communities, tackling systemic inequality.
- **Hybrid Work Culture**: Office in Long Island City with a hybrid approach; includes group lunches, happy hours, and game nights.
- **Benefits**: Premium health, dental, and vision coverage; virtual care and mental health platforms; health club/fitness class memberships; unlimited PTO; flexible parental leave; 401k with robust employer matching; pre-tax commuter benefits; flexible spending accounts.
- **Team & Values**: Diverse, passionate team with backgrounds in workforce development, tech, impact, policy, and operations. Values diversity and inclusion, equal opportunity employer.
- **Growth Opportunities**: Active hiring for senior leadership roles (Chief of Staff, Director of Individual Giving) and operational roles (Account Executive for Job Outcomes), signaling organizational expansion.

## Sources
1. [Pursuit Careers](https://www.pursuit.org/careers)
2. [Pursuit Homepage](https://www.pursuit.org/)
3. [Pursuit Our Approach](https://www.pursuit.org/our-approach)
4. [Pursuit Our Team](https://www.pursuit.org/our-team)
5. [Built In NYC](https://www.builtinnyc.com/company/pursuit)

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