[Hiring] BizOps Associate @Lola Blankets

Role Description

Lola Blankets is a fast-growing direct-to-consumer brand creating the most beloved blankets on the internet. As we scale, we are seeking a BizOps Associate to join our BizOps team - the quantitative right hand to our Product, Operations, and Commercial leaders, helping them make sharper, faster decisions across inventory, new product development, fulfillment, and our retail / wholesale / corporate channels.

Reporting to the BizOps Lead, this person partners with the Heads of Product, Operations, and Commercial - supporting their highest-priority projects, and deepening the analytical rigor underneath decisions about what we make, how we get it to customers, and where we sell it.

Alongside a counterpart BizOps Associate on the Marketing side, they co-own the operating rhythm of our Leadership Team (LT meetings, monthly retros, quarterly planning) and help hold the organization accountable to its commitments.

Think ex-consultant who’s ready to operate: structuring the problem, building the model, running the meeting, and making sure decisions get implemented. This is a role for someone who loves diving deep into inventory data one day and facilitating a quarterly planning session with senior leaders the next.

Qualifications

• 1-2 years of experience in consulting, corporate strategy, investment banking, private equity, or high-growth startup operations (ideal candidate is late year 1 / year 2 in MBB or similar)
• Top-tier analytical skills: Excel mastery, comfort with large datasets, experience structuring business problems quantitatively
• SQL proficiency strongly preferred
• Experience with BI tools (Tableau, Looker, PowerBI, Lightdash) a plus
• Exposure to ecommerce, DTC, retail, or consumer goods strongly preferred
• Bonus: operations, supply chain, inventory planning, retail/wholesale strategy, or product analytics experience (e.g., S&OP, portfolio strategy, merchandising)
• Strong project management instincts: able to keep multiple workstreams on track, follow up relentlessly, and drive accountability without formal authority
• Comfort building executive presentations and synthesizing complex information into clear narratives
• Executive presence: comfortable presenting to senior leadership and influencing decisions through clear communication
• Bias toward action: track record of getting things done in ambiguous environments
• Experience working cross-functionally and building stakeholder alignment

Requirements

• Acts as the analytical thought partner to the Heads of Product, Operations, and Commercial, translating their priorities into structured workstreams with clear owners, milestones, and success metrics.
• Support our inventory planner in deepening the intelligence layer around inventory (availability, forecast accuracy, sell-through, days-on-hand); partner with Ops leadership on warehouse performance, fulfillment cost, COGS, and supply chain analytics.
• Serve as the data champion for product line expansion - partnering with our product lead and directors on market sizing and opportunity assessment for new verticals and line extensions.
• Coordinate new product development, assortment, and launch readiness into the campaign calendar.
• Support analytics on product performance, SKU rationalization, and portfolio strategy.
• Support Commercial leadership with strategic analytics - location analytics, sell-through, product performance by channel, and portfolio thinking across retail, wholesale, and corporate.
• Co-own preparation of Leadership Team meetings, monthly retros, and quarterly planning sessions: setting agendas, building executive presentations, synthesizing inputs, and driving follow-ups.
• Track OKRs and key metrics across Product, Operations, and Commercial pods; hold owners accountable to commitments and surface risks early.
• Drive CEO-priority projects: building business cases, structuring the work, aligning stakeholders, managing timelines, and delivering results.
• Lead initiatives spanning multiple functions with clear ownership and accountability; translate strategic priorities into action.
• Identify gaps in process, reporting, or capabilities and propose solutions that scale.
• Quantitative analysis across inventory and demand, unit economics by SKU and channel, COGS and fulfillment cost, retailer performance, and location strategy.
• Synthesize large datasets into clear visual insights using SQL, Excel, and BI tools.
• Serve as analytical thought partner to leadership on high-stakes decisions across Product, Operations, and Commercial.

Benefits

• 21 days paid vacation + all federal holidays (except parts of Thanksgiving)
• Full health benefits
• 16 weeks of paid birth parent leave available. 8 weeks non-birth parent leave
• 55% off Lola Blankets for friends and family
• Opportunities for career growth and leadership roles within Lola Blankets