Strategy + Operations

For business professionals who want to break into or level up for Strategy & Operations roles in tech 🔥
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Flexible & Part-Time
7
 weeks
This Sprint is
7
weeks long. You can expect
2-8
hours per week, in a mix of live virtual working sessions and async independent work. All live sessions are recorded.
Mentorship
1:6
 mentor to learner ratio
Spend weekly time with your mentor in a small group session. Our Sprints are intimate and curated to build real relationships with mentors.
FINAL PRODUCT
Portfolio Builder
This Sprint culminates in a pitch deck you can add to your portfolio to show your skills & interests.
TUITION
Included in Membership
A Sprint of your choice is included in a membership to The Commons ($
1249
).

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Build critical, job-ready skills in context like:
Data analysis using SQL
Presentation-building for Execs
Experimentation and prioritization
Ambiguous problem solving
Data Visualization
Stakeholder Management

The Strategy + Operations Sprint is our most popular Sprint and the optimal place to start if you’re looking to gain critical skills needed for Strategy & Operations roles in tech.

You’ll work with a team & industry mentor to simulate a project you’d get in a BizOps role at a high-growth tech company.

You’re part of the BizOps team at Juniper, a quick-commerce food delivery marketplace. It’s been almost two months since Juniper launched in a new market: New York. With 6+ workshops, weekly team working sessions & office hours, and with guidance from your mentor, you will use SQL to analyze the launch’s performance and build an experiment to improve on Juniper’s operations. You’ll pitch your recommendations at the end of the 6 weeks and get direct, actionable feedback from mentors who live & breathe this daily!

Pre-requisites
Excel and/or Sheets proficiency
Level uP FOR ROLES LIKE
Business Operations Manager
Strategy & Operations Associate
Chief of Staff
Generalist
New Market Launcher

Who Is This For?

Professionals join The Commons from both tech and non-tech backgrounds, to hone critical skills relevant for today’s roles in tech, while building an impactful network.
Here are four types of people who would benefit
Tech Pivoters
to make their pivot more effective and efficient
Professionals who want to expedite their pivot into tech by building tangible skills, tackling problems that double as interview prep, building their network, tapping into an exclusive job board and meeting hiring managers.
Common Profiles:
Recent MBA Grads
Rotational Programs
Supply Chain
Telecom
CPG
Fortune 500
Accounting
Finance
Consulting
New Hires
to deliver more impact, faster
People who have recently landed a new role in tech join to deliver impact faster by tapping into mentors, building skills faster than they could on-the-job and gaining a community of peers to get advice from.
Common Profiles:
Chief of Staff
Strategy & Ops Manager
Data Analyst
BizOps Associate
Tech Professionals
to reach for an internal pivot or promotion
People who work at a tech company and want to accelerate a promotion or pivot to a new role within their company by bridging skill gaps and gaining external, feedback-driven mentorship.
Common Profiles:
Strategy & Operations
BizOps Associate
Strategy & Ops Manager
Customer Success Manager
Account Executive
Power Networkers
to authentically build professional relationships
Not all members of The Commons are looking for a career pivot. Many seek meaningful community and mentorship as they continue to hone their craft in the tech industry and broaden their network.
Common Profiles:
GMs
Startup C-Suite
Entrepreneurs

How Sprints Work

Sprints are interactive learning experiences that are led by industry mentors.

Step 1

Onboarding & Foundations
Community onboarding
Jump into our community! We’ll set you up with an alumni buddy to show you the ropes.
SPRINT KICKOFF + FOUNDATIONS
Your Sprint officially starts! Get to know your cohort and mentors. Your mentors will walk you through the fundamentals and explain how they leverage them in their day-to-day.
PROJECT DROP!
Get up to speed on the project you’ll be tackling over the course of your Sprint. Create a plan of action with your teammates and start collaborating on a first draft.

Step 1

Onboarding & Foundations
Community onboarding
Jump into our community! We’ll set you up with an alumni buddy to show you the ropes.
SPRINT KICKOFF + FOUNDATIONS
Your Sprint officially starts! Get to know your cohort and mentors. Your mentors will walk you through the fundamentals and explain how they leverage them in their day-to-day.
PROJECT DROP!
Get up to speed on the project you’ll be tackling over the course of your Sprint. Create a plan of action with your teammates and start collaborating on a first draft.
Step 1
Onboarding & Foundations
Step 2
Deep Dive & Tackle
Step 3
Review & Feedback
Step 4
Polish & Present

Member Outcomes

Our unique model of combining upskilling, mentorship and community leads to material outcomes for our members, whether that’s a pivot, promotion, or performing better on-the-job.
96
%
felt more comfortable with SQL after the Sprint
96
%
honed relevant soft skills like stakeholder management and structured problem solving
94
%
felt more confident about their understanding of BizOps through The Commons
88
%
would be disappointed if they hadn't taken part in the Sprint

Members join us to realize real career outcomes

Mya Elango

Mya joined The Commons after receiving fourteen nominations for our International Women’s Day scholarship, described by friends and colleagues as kind, smart, bold and innovative - an excellent reflection of The Commons community. She was looking to explore new opportunities and explore making a pivot from healthcare consulting. Through The Commons, she honed her technical skills like SQL and analysis, and under the coaching of her mentor Ananya, built confidence to apply for roles in tech. She was keen to find an opportunity at a company that was making a positive impact, and connected with Brody - another mentor at The Commons - who happens to be the VP of Operations at Flashfood. A few short weeks later, she was setting into her role on his team as an Optimization Lead.

Raza Khan

Raza joined The Commons after spending over 3 years honing his strategy and operations skills in telecom. He wanted to pivot into tech, and knew he needed to build his skills and network to propel him there. In his LinkedIn post, he shared how The Commons (fka Skillful) helped him understand BizOps roles in tech, hone his technical skills, develop core competencies and best practices, engage with the “most helpful community” and build relationships with individuals across diverse industries. Through the community, he met Jordy, Director of BizOps at ResQ and went on to land a role on her team. He’s now onto his second role that he’s landed through The Commons - this time, BizOps at Webflow.

Changing the trajectory of your career through a role or industry pivot.
Mya Elango

Mya joined The Commons after receiving fourteen nominations for our International Women’s Day scholarship, described by friends and colleagues as kind, smart, bold and innovative - an excellent reflection of The Commons community. She was looking to explore new opportunities and explore making a pivot from healthcare consulting. Through The Commons, she honed her technical skills like SQL and analysis, and under the coaching of her mentor Ananya, built confidence to apply for roles in tech. She was keen to find an opportunity at a company that was making a positive impact, and connected with Brody - another mentor at The Commons - who happens to be the VP of Operations at Flashfood. A few short weeks later, she was setting into her role on his team as an Optimization Lead.

Raza Khan

Raza joined The Commons after spending over 3 years honing his strategy and operations skills in telecom. He wanted to pivot into tech, and knew he needed to build his skills and network to propel him there. In his LinkedIn post, he shared how The Commons (fka Skillful) helped him understand BizOps roles in tech, hone his technical skills, develop core competencies and best practices, engage with the “most helpful community” and build relationships with individuals across diverse industries. Through the community, he met Jordy, Director of BizOps at ResQ and went on to land a role on her team. He’s now onto his second role that he’s landed through The Commons - this time, BizOps at Webflow.

Nicole
Consulting
BizOps @ Deel
Hershel
Banking
Strategy & Ops @ Uber
Janet
Finance
BizOps @ Properly
Caitlin
Investment Banking
Growth + Ops @ Cerebral
Rachel
World Bank
Strategy & Ops @ Google
Oni
Ops @ Investment Firm
Product Ops @ Moves
Claudio
Not-For-Profit
Chief of Staff @ Flexpa
Raza
Telecom
BizOps @ Webflow
Nicole
Banking
PM @ Zensurance
Naomi
Investing
Product Ops @ Uber
Patrick
Private Equity
BizOps @ DoorDash
Alexa
Consulting
Operations @ Super
Deliver impact quickly in a new role.
Jenina Sy

Jenina had been working in tech for a number of years before joining The Commons. She spent time as a Business Project Intern at Google and a Business Manager at GrabPay, a superapp serving Southeast Asia, where she focused on payments. Her reason for joining The Commons? While she was a spreadsheet wizard - having built that muscle throughout her time in banking, telecom and tech - she said “SQL evades me. I have tried learning it online 3X but failed miserably. Hopefully I’ll finally pick it up here.” And, she did just that by way of The Commons’ secret sauce: learning in live workshops (where you can actually ask questions), applying what she learned to a project (so she could retain it!), and being coached by a mentor who lives and breathes SQL in their role in tech.

Jay
levelled up for their role
BizOps @ Syndio
John
levelled up for their role
COO @ Draft (fka Contentfly)
Haley
levelled up for their role
Product @ Series A Startup
Meerah
levelled up for their role
Customer Success @ Loopio
Edmund
levelled up for their role
Sr. Product Ops Manager @ Shopify
Yumna
levelled up for their role
Founder @ Consulting Business
Sarah
levelled up for their role
Founder-in-Residence @ Entrepreneur First
Luca
levelled up for their role
Ops Manager @ Uber
Omar
levelled up for their role
Product Ops @ Careem
Build your skillset to unlock opportunities for advancement.
Charliepat Hart

While working in operations at a Series A startup, Charliepat joined The Commons to level up his generalist skill set. Through the Strategy & Operations Sprint, he honed SQL skills which enabled him to dig deeper into his company’s data. In turn, this enabled him to bridge the gap between product performance and business decisions at his organization, and unlocked higher impact projects for him to contribute towards. Charliepat’s mentor, Ujwal (BizOps at LinkedIn), coached him through how to break down ambiguous problems and identify gaps in operations. By applying his enhanced data expertise and implementing a structured approach to problem solving, Charliepat was recognized for the value he was bringing to the business with a promotion to BizOps team within a month of completing the Sprint.

Abhi
Strategy & Ops @ Clutch
Assistant GM @ Clutch
Alysha
BizOps Associate @ ResQ
BizOps Manager @ ResQ
Chloe
Ops Analyst @ PolicyMe
Product Manager @ PolicyMe
Bernard
Business Analyst @ PolicyMe
Product Analyst @ PolicyMe
Elaine
BizOps Associate @ Commit
BizOps Lead @ Commit
Armish
Ops Specialist @ Sampler
Ops Manager @ Sampler
Holly
Ops Coordinator @ Instawork
Ops Manager @ Instawork
Wafic
BizOps Manager @ Uber
Product Manager @ Uber
Nania
E-Comm Specialist @ Sobeys
Strategic Planning Specialist @ Sobeys
Your Sprint Schedule
Check out the schedule for upcoming cohorts
Here's what a typical Sprint looks like...
*Schedule does not reflect weekly team and mentor meetings. These are scheduled by the teams around the team members schedules.
**Times in EST. All sessions are live & online.
***Workshops are recorded and are viewable in case a learner cannot make a session.
****Schedule is subject to slight changes. This is a reflection of a past cohort.
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