Operations Roles in Private Equity – USA

Leap: Fast-Track Generalist Program

Tacto

LEAP IS OUR FAST TRACK FOR SHARP GENERALISTS WHO WANT TO BUILD SOMETHING MEANINGFUL AT THE FRONTIER OF INDUSTRIAL AI Many of our best people come from generalist backgrounds, e.g., founded sth on their own, worked in consulting, finance, or high-growth tech. They've seen what great looks like and at some point, decided they want real ownership and impact over outcomes instead of watching from the sidelines. When you want to be a builder, this program is for you. We're hiring 5+ special roles across our commercial and product teams. You bring the toolkit, we give you ownership, resources, and a playground to build. Generalist means you're not easily boxed into one function or don't yet know where you want to specialize. You've operated across strategy, operations, sales, commercial, product, tech, or all of the above. Some of you have done that by building your own company or starting an initiative. Others have done it within high-performance environments like strategy consulting, venture capital, or finance. You learned to pick up new domains fast, structure hard problems, and deliver under pressure. Now you want to use those skills to build something meaningful with real ownership to make it work. If one of the positions seems like the perfect fit, apply directly for that role. If you're interested in multiple positions and the above sounds good, or you are interested in Tacto in general, apply to Tacto Leap - we'll figure out together where you'll have the highest impact. We look for the right mindset and potential - not the biggest egos. Let's talk if you think the above is intriguing. WHERE YOU'D COME IN 3-10y experience * Chief of Staff - Right hand to the CEO. Own Talent & Org Development, build the systems that let Tacto scale, and grow your scope from there. * Expansion Lead - Enterprise - Move Tacto upmarket. Build the enterprise playbook, the team, and the processes from zero. * Expansion Lead - International - Take Tacto beyond DACH. You'd run the entire international expansion, end to end. * Forward Deployed Lead - Lead the team that turns our platform into millions in savings for actual manufacturing companies. You own how customers get value. * People & Performance Lead: Build the infrastructure that makes Tacto's team perform at its best. * Talent Lead: Own how Tacto attracts and hires the best talent out there 1-3y experience * (Sr.) Product Marketing Manager - Shape how Tacto shows up in the market. Positioning, launches, enablement. * (Sr.) Product Manager - Run a product area end to end. Define AI agents, ship features, talk to customers, measure what works. * Revenue Operations - Build the systems that make our whole revenue function run. * Customer Value Manager - Turn customers into power users and turn usage into proven savings * Strategy & Operations - Build Tacto's next growth engine. Find the compounding loops that scale without headcount * Blaze: Fast-Track Sales Program: Our fast-track into sales. Learn, sell and grow with real ownership from day 1. * Business Development Representative: Start your career in Tech Sales & fill the pipeline with qualified opportunities. Don't see a perfect fit? We're growing fast and new roles open every month. If the mission resonates, let's talk - we'll figure it out. Please consider that almost all our positions require a proficiency in German of at least C2. TYPICAL BACKGROUNDS THAT THRIVE HERE We don't care about the exact line on your CV. We care about how you think and how fast you can make things happen in new territory. However, most people who join through this program come from one of these paths: * Ex-Founders (exited, pivoted, or closed) - you've done the 0-to-1 thing. You want the next chapter with more resources, a great team, and a market that's ready * Ex-Consulting - you know how to structure ambiguity and deliver under pressure. Now you want to own what happens after the recommendation * Ex-Venture Capital / Private Equity / Investment Banking - you've evaluated hundreds of companies from the outside. Now you want to build one from the inside * Ex-High-growth tech (Palantir, Celonis, etc.) - you've already made the leap to tech. Now you want more ownership * Ex-High-growth Startups - you’ve joined a company early and helped it to scale significantly. Now you are looking for a new challenge * Special bees: Our best people did not follow a straight forward career, but shaped their own. If you have done something special that does not fit into a box - we are looking for you! WHY YOU SHOULD JOIN TACTO Growth at the frontier of AI: You shape the future of technology and reinvent how manufacturing works, surrounded by best-in-class talent and leading minds in tech and society who challenge and inspire you to build for impact. We build the future instead of talking about it. Real ownership, real impact: You own outcomes, not tasks. No decks that sit in a drawer. No recommendations you never see implemented. You ship, you measure, you see the result in our organization, our product or in the companies that build the physical world, our customers. A company that bets on you: We hire for potential. High expectations, great talent density, and a culture where your ambition, performance, and agency are what count - not where you come from or how big your ego is. That is demanding and rewarding and that's where we thrive. HOW THE PROCESS WORKS 1. You apply once - this application covers all roles in the program. No need to pick one upfront. 2. Intro Call (15 min) - Quick chat with our Chief of Staff. We come prepared with a view on where you'd fit and why. 3. Hiring Manager (30 min) - Deeper conversation with the hiring manager for your proposed role. Honest questions, both directions. 4. Leadership Deepdive (30-45 min) - Meet another leader. Talk about where Tacto is going and how you'd fit. 5. Onsite Case Review (~2 hours) - Come to Munich. Work through an actual case with the team. See how we work day to day. OUR BACKGROUND Tacto is building the intelligence layer that connects AI to the physical world of manufacturing, starting with procurement. AI is transforming every industry, but it stops at the factory gate. The knowledge that holds manufacturing together - part costs, suppliers, materials - is scattered across systems and people. Over 50% of a product's cost originates from suppliers, making procurement the single largest cost lever in manufacturing and the missing connection between the digital and the physical world. Yet it still runs on Excel and legacy systems. We're changing that with our Procurement Intelligence Platform, trusted by hundreds of companies running billions of Euros of material. Based in Munich, we are 100+ passionate builders who are in-office, with high expectations, fast growth, and a lot of fun. We are supported by >€50m from Sequoia, Index, and Europe's leading tech entrepreneurs and industry veterans. WHY IT MATTERS Manufacturing forms Europe's economic backbone, driving a fourth of Europe's GDP and providing over 30% of jobs. These hidden champions and global market leaders manufacture the physical world around us, from the machines that build our cities to the medical devices that save lives. But the world is changing. The US dominates the digital world of bits. China is scaling the world of atoms, manufacturing at unprecedented speed and scale. Geopolitics are more uncertain than ever. Europe's strength lies in its deep industrial knowledge through generations of engineering. Manufacturing worldwide runs on European machines and software. But that heritage is only an advantage if we leverage it in the age of AI. Tacto builds the AI that connects Atoms and Bits, empowering our Industrial Base to Stay Stronger and building a lighthouse for European tech. WHAT WE OFFER The people at Tacto are passionate about building the organization, growing themselves, and our product while having fun and being real. We have high expectations, great talent density, and a culture where your ambition, performance, and agency are what count - not where you come from or how big your ego is. You'll grow at the forefront of AI, have real ownership and impact, and be surrounded by the best people in their field who challenge you and make you better every day. That is demanding and rewarding, but that's where we thrive. Besides that you have: * Money: Competitive salary & equity in the company with real upside, so you are invested in our success * Workplace: A vibrant in-office culture (> 4 days/week) in a beautiful office in central Munich * Development: A development budget and regular exposure to exceptional people, e.g., Lunch & Learns, peer mentoring, external speakers * Time off: 26 + 4 vacation days per year (4 fixed “company rest days”) as well as regular off-sites and team events * Health: Wellpass membership, of course, a fruit basket (!), and access to Jobrad, for your health * Family & Social Security: Voluntary pension contribution, voluntary KITA subsidy for your children Tacto is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, religion, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, or gender identity. Please do not submit personal data revealing racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious or philosophical beliefs, trade union membership, data concerning your health, or data concerning your sexual orientation.

Visiting Finance Associate

Peec AI

About Peec AI Peec AI is a Berlin-based Series A startup building analytics and intelligence tools for modern SEO and growth teams. As AI reshapes how people discover information online, companies need new ways to understand where they appear, how they perform, and where the next growth opportunities lie. Peec AI helps teams track their visibility across AI search, measure performance, and uncover opportunities to grow their organic presence in an increasingly complex search landscape. About the role We’re looking for a Visiting Finance Associate to work closely with our founders and finance team on the financial and strategic foundations of Peec AI as we scale. In this role, you’ll help build financial models, analyze key SaaS metrics, support budgeting and forecasting, and contribute to investor reporting and strategic projects. You’ll gain hands-on exposure to how a high-growth startup operates, from financial planning and operational analysis to fundraising and board reporting, while taking ownership of meaningful finance projects from analysis through to insights and recommendations. WHAT YOU’LL DO * Support the founders and leadership team on financial planning, analysis, and strategic decision-making at Peec AI * Work closely with the founders and our Head of Finance on budgeting, forecasting, performance tracking, and day-to-day finance operations such as month-end close processes and invoice tracking. * Build and maintain financial models related to revenue, pricing, unit economics, and growth scenarios * Analyze key financial and operational metrics (ARR, churn, CAC, LTV, burn, runway) and turn data into clear insights and recommendations * Assist with monthly reporting, board materials, and investor updates * Support (external) fundraising and grant applications, investor diligence, and ad-hoc strategic analyses as needed * Take ownership of finance-related projects end-to-end, from problem framing to execution and presentation WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR * Currently pursuing a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree, ideally in Finance, Economics, Business, Mathematics, or a related field * Proven experience through 1–2 internships or roles in venture capital, private equity, investment banking, consulting * Strong analytical and structured thinking, with the ability to break down complex problems and work with numbers confidently * Excellent written and verbal communication skills, you can clearly explain financial insights to non-finance stakeholders * Curiosity about startups, technology, and how high-growth companies are built and scaled * Low-ego team player who’s comfortable working closely with founders and getting hands-on with operational work BONUS POINTS * Experience building financial models, forecasts, or dashboards * Exposure to SaaS metrics, subscription businesses, or usage-based pricing models * Familiarity with accounting basics, financial statements, or reporting processes * Experience in a fast-paced or high-ownership environment * Strong interest in venture-backed companies, and the startup ecosystem WHAT WE OFFER * A rolling internship program with flexible start dates (beginning September, minimum 3-month duration) * Exciting and challenging work with real impact and ownership at one of Europe’s fastest-growing Series A startups * Direct exposure to the founders, with a front-row seat to company strategy, fundraising, and decision-making * Steep learning curve across finance, strategy, and company-building fundamentals * Regular team events and off-sites * Paid Meal & Uber rides when working late * The most beautiful office space and work environment in Berlin

Director, Business Operations

Figma

Figma is growing our team of passionate creatives and builders on a mission to make design accessible to all. Figma’s platform helps teams bring ideas to life—whether you're brainstorming, creating a prototype, translating designs into code, or iterating with AI. From idea to product, Figma empowers teams to streamline workflows, move faster, and work together in real time from anywhere in the world. If you're excited to shape the future of design and collaboration, join us! Some of the most consequential problems at Figma don't belong to any one team: how our business model evolves as software shifts to AI and consumption, how we price and package what we're still inventing, where the next layer of growth comes from. We're looking for an exceptional operator to own problems like these and drive them to decisions that reach the CEO, CPO, and CFO - and beyond. As the first Director  hire on our Business Operations team, you'll start with the highest-stakes arena we have today — Figma's business model and monetization strategy (pricing, packaging, our AI credit and consumption models, and the shape of the model itself) — and build and lead the small, high-leverage team that owns it. But the through-line of this role isn't a domain; it's you: a broad, first-principles operator who brings structure to ambiguity, earns exec trust fast, and turns strategy into shipped outcomes. This is a full-time role that can be held from one of our US hubs or remotely in the United States. WHAT YOU'LL DO AT FIGMA: * Take Figma's most ambiguous, highest-stakes business questions from "no one knows" to a decision we can act on — and own the outcome * Set the direction for how Figma monetizes the AI era: agents, consumption/usage-based billing, our APIs, and acquired businesses — with a real point of view on where the model is going, not just where it is * Build and lead a small, exceptional team; set the bar for structured thinking and exec-ready synthesis * Be the partner Product, Finance, Engineering, and GTM want in the room when the problem is hard * Bring a sharp, independent voice into company planning and our biggest capital-allocation calls WE'D LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU IF YOU HAVE: * You’re always the one handed the hardest, vaguest, most important problems * Pair a top-tier strategy foundation (management consulting, private equity, or investing) with operating experience at a high-growth software company (Product, Growth, Strategy & Ops, or BizOps) or a top-tier PE/VC firm * Have a track record of taking ambiguous, company-defining problems from zero structure to executive decision * Communicate with exec-level clarity and influence senior leaders without authority * Reason fluently about a P&L and a business model — strong business and financial instincts * Lead and develop people WHILE IT'S NOT REQUIRED, IT'S AN ADDED PLUS IF YOU ALSO HAVE: * Exposure to monetization, pricing & packaging, or business-model design — especially in the AI/consumption era * Hands-on financial modeling / SQL At Figma, one of our values is Grow as you go. We believe in hiring smart, curious people who are excited to learn and develop their skills. If you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with the points outlined in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles. Pay Transparency Disclosure If based in Figma’s San Francisco or New York hub offices, this role has the annual base salary range stated below.     Job level and actual compensation will be decided based on factors including, but not limited to, individual qualifications objectively assessed during the interview process (including skills and prior relevant experience, potential impact, and scope of role), market demands, and specific work location. The listed range is a guideline, and the range for this role may be modified. For roles that are available to be filled remotely, the pay range is localized according to employee work location by a factor of between 80% and 100% of range. Please discuss your specific work location with your recruiter for more information.  Figma offers equity to employees, as well a competitive package of additional benefits, including health, dental & vision, retirement with company contribution, parental leave & reproductive or family planning support, mental health & wellness benefits, generous PTO, company recharge days, a learning & development stipend, a work from home stipend, and cell phone reimbursement.  Figma also offers sales incentive pay for most sales roles and an annual bonus plan for eligible non-sales roles. Figma’s compensation and benefits are subject to change and may be modified in the future. Annual Base Salary Range: $258,000—$348,000 USD At Figma we celebrate and support our differences. We know employing a team rich in diverse thoughts, experiences, and opinions allows our employees, our product and our community to flourish. Figma is an equal opportunity workplace - we are dedicated to equal employment opportunities regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity/expression, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. We will work to ensure individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to apply for a role, participate in the interview process, perform essential job functions, and receive other benefits and privileges of employment. If you require accommodation, please reach out to accommodations-ext@figma.com. These modifications enable an individual with a disability to have an equal opportunity not only to get a job, but successfully perform their job tasks to the same extent as people without disabilities.  Examples of accommodations include but are not limited to:  * Holding interviews in an accessible location * Enabling closed captioning on video conferencing * Ensuring all written communication be compatible with screen readers * Changing the mode or format of interviews  To ensure the integrity of our hiring process and facilitate a more personal connection, we require all candidates keep their cameras on during video interviews. Additionally, if hired you will be required to attend in person onboarding. By applying for this job, the candidate acknowledges and agrees that any personal data contained in their application or supporting materials will be processed in accordance with Figma's Candidate Privacy Notice.