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SoGal Ventures · 2 weeks ago

Manager, New Verticals & Special Projects

New York, United States

Full-time

Hybrid

Mid Level

3+ years exp

SoGal Ventures is looking for a highly versatile Manager, New Verticals & Special Projects to join their Business Operations team at Little Spoon. This role involves supporting retail growth, managing new vertical launches, and driving strategic initiatives to enhance operational efficiency and visibility.

ConsumerEnterprise SoftwareGeneration ZHealth CareSustainabilityWellness

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Share weekly performance snapshots and campaign dashboards with leadership to drive visibility and agile decision-making

Lead the creation of monthly buyer readouts, IRI performance synthesis, and retail performance storytelling

Develop repeatable templates and structures for ongoing performance reporting and buyer materials

Support new retailer launches through modeling, scenario planning, and business case development

Build decks and materials that synthesize insights, performance, and strategy for internal leadership and transform data into crisp narrative and insights for external audiences

Support all retail marketing and go-to-market workstreams across Target, Amazon and future retail partners (e-commerce + in-store)

Build and manage GTM calendars, promotional timelines, and execution plans; align agencies and internal teams and hold stakeholders accountable

Centralize and route retail marketing requests (from promos to in-store marketing), ensuring clarity, speed, and brand alignment

Manage day-to-day agency and platform relationships (shopper, Roundel, TPA, and retail media partners), ensuring all programs launch on schedule and deliver against performance goals (ROAS, CTR, conversion)

Structure and manage internal cross-functional processes across Retail, Marketing, Strategy, and Ops (promo calendars, in-store marketing, reset timelines, ISM coordination, cross-functional meeting cadences)

Identify bottlenecks and implement systems to help teams operate more efficiently

Analyze POS, retail media, and paid campaign performance data (ROAS, CTR, conversion, velocity, household penetration) to identify trends, insights, and optimization opportunities

Manage retail marketing budget trackers; monitor spend and flag reallocation opportunities based on performance

Support Chief of Staff with ad-hoc financial and business modeling across new launches, promotion planning, resets, and commercial planning

Pressure-test P&Ls, validate assumptions, and partner with Finance and Ops on margin and cost-structure opportunities

Act as a force multiplier and operate as a true extension of the Chief of Staff and CEO on priority initiatives – conducting analysis, preparing executive-level materials, and driving execution on high-impact, time-sensitive projects

Prepare concise briefs, meeting prep, and internal comms that allow Chief of Staff and CEO to move faster

Support the execution of high-priority growth initiatives, working directly with Chief of Staff and CEO

Absorb some of the miscellaneous special project executional work that sits between retail, strategy, ops, and marketing – connecting dots across the organization

Qualification

Financial modelingData analysisProject managementRetail marketingBusiness case developmentCommunication skillsTeam collaborationAdaptability

Required

Strong grasp of financial statements, business case modeling, channel economics, and commercial planning

Data-driven; confident pulling reports, analyzing velocity, and able to distill complex problems into clear recommendations

Polished communicator with the confidence to interface with buyers, agencies, and senior leadership

Strong project management skills — highly organized, reliable, and able to manage multiple initiatives simultaneously

Comfortable moving fluidly between decks, models, processes, and execution

Scrappy, resourceful, and excited to build – often from zero to one

A collaborative team player with a low-ego, high-ownership mentality

3-5 years of experience in management consulting, banking, CPG strategy/business operations, retail, or a founder's/CEO's office role

A track record of thriving in fast-paced, high-impact environments, bringing calm, clarity, and structure to the chaos

A roll-up-your-sleeves attitude and comfort with ambiguity

Based in NYC and confident working with teams across time zones – this is a hybrid role out of our NYC HQ

Benefits

Equity

Comprehensive Health Coverage

401(k) With Company Match

Flexible PTO + Holidays

Paid Parental Leave

Learning & Development

Little Spoon Perks

Company

SoGal Ventures

SoGal is the first institutional VC for a future of living, working, and staying healthy created by and for the rest of us.

Founded in 2017

New York, New York, USA

2-10 employees

http://sogalventures.com/

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