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Strategy & Ops Associate (Expansion)

United Kingdom, London · Job Posted May 29, 2026
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Job Description

International expansion team owns everything from evaluating whether to enter a market, to launching and scaling within it. Work in three phases: select new markets, launch new markets, scale launched markets. Role reports to Head of International Expansion.

Job Responsibility

  • Own full due diligence process: competitive landscape, regulatory environment, commercial sizing, pharmacy infrastructure, pharma partnership opportunities
  • Synthesize research into investment thesis for go/no-go decision
  • End-to-end ownership of market launch: from first local hire to first patient acquired
  • Build local team, sign first pharmacy partner, manage workstreams
  • Own P&L for a launched market
  • Run experiments to improve funnel, make data-driven bets, build systems
  • Hire and develop local talent, hold accountable to OKRs

Requirements

  • 2+ years experience in high-pressure environment such as law, consulting (MBB preferred) or investment banking
  • or 3+ years as an operator in a recent high-growth startup
  • Commercial modelling: Build a commercial model from scratch, make assumptions explicit, and defend them
  • Business understanding & due diligence: Quickly grasp what makes a market successful, understand unit economics, produce a clear point of view on go/no-go decision
  • Due diligence: Research a new market independently and produce a clear structured answer
  • Negotiation: Real commercial conversations with partners, suppliers, pharma companies
  • Project management: Run complex cross-functional workstreams with real accountability
  • Communication: Write tight investment theses and clear slide decks
  • Founder mindset: Operate like a founder, resilience, ownership

Nice to have

Data & SQL: comfortable getting answers from data, writing SQL queries, building dashboards, stress-testing assumptions

What we offer

  • Employee options program
  • Annual development budget plus 3 days of professional development leave
  • Private health insurance through Vitality or monthly wellness allowance
  • 25 days of holiday
  • Enhanced parental leave
  • Work from anywhere 3 weeks out of the year
  • Vibrant office culture with regular socials, clubs, after-school sport, seasonal events

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