Join our small, fiery team on a mission to usher in the Bitcoin Golden Age.’
About Shakepay
Shakepay is reimagining financial services to give every Canadian their fair shake, by making it bitcoin-friendly, secure, and rewarding. When Shakepay launched in 2015, it quickly became one of Canada’s fastest-growing financial institutions. Backed by top venture funds having raised $44M+ and trusted by over one million Canadians and counting. People who choose careers at Shakepay are helping shape a future of financial freedom, opportunity, and prosperity for all Canadians.
Business Operations and Strategy
We’re looking for ambitious professionals with a thirst for knowledge who are interested in working with the most exciting financial innovation ever created: Bitcoin. Bitcoin is important because it allows individuals to store their wealth without relying on third parties. Its fundamental use-case as a store of value with a predictable monetary policy is having profound implications on freeing people into financial sovereignty.
Join the Business Operations and Strategy team and play a pivotal role in shaping the future of Shakepay by driving operational excellence, data-driven decision-making, and strategic planning across the organization.
You will:
- Drive company strategy and planning, working closely with the executive team to refine our long-term vision and the path to achieving our goals
- Set up systems and train the org to enhance operational capabilities, especially as it relates to optimizing cross-functional workflows and building a culture of executional excellence
- Evaluate current processes, identify bottlenecks, and propose solutions to streamline operations and increase efficiency
- Gather data-driven insights about our business and customers, providing strategic recommendations for the business
- Lead cross-functional special projects and act as the swiss army knife for any high priority problem that comes up
Must have:
- 5+ years of experience in a relevant field, preferably a combination of management consulting or investment banking and in-house experience in a startup or high-growth environment
- Versatile problem solver who can look at a problem from multiple different angles
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, collaborating effectively across all levels of the organization from executives to individual contributors
- Lots of experience working cross-functionally, managing complex projects and influencing cross-functional stakeholders
- Analytical mindset with a good instinct on data and metrics, highly proficient in Excel/Sheets and ideally SQL
- Strong generalist skill set including business acumen, strategic thinking, organization, and project management
- Proactive, self-motivated, and thrives in a fast-paced, dynamic startup environment
Nice to have:
- Experience working in a similar role at a growth-stage technology startup
- Bilingualism in English and French
- Basic knowledge of bitcoin
Why join?
- Be part of a groundbreaking journey: you’ll live on the frontier of financial innovation. Bitcoin is rewriting the rules, and Shakepay is at the forefront.
- Impact and scale: with only 2% of Canadians on Shakepay, the potential for growth is massive. You can help us bring Shakepay and bitcoin to all Canadians.
- Rewarding benefits: we offer competitive compensation (every shaker owns stock options), benefits (health, dental, paramedical, disability, etc), and generous vacation time.
- Embrace continuous learning: ambitious individuals with an insatiable thirst for knowledge will feel at home. Working at Shakepay means you’ll be working in an environment that encourages constant growth and development.
- Get paid in bitcoin: choose to take a percentage of your salary in the hardest, soundest money the world has ever known.
- Work remote: work from anywhere in Canada. If you’re in Montreal or Toronto, you can also work from our offices.
We understand that potential can be just as valuable as experience. If you’re eager to learn, grow, and contribute to the mission but worry that you may not have the “right” experience, we still want you to apply. We encourage applications from everyone, regardless of background and life experience. We’re firm believers that a little bit of slope makes up for a lot of y-intercept.
Fluency in English is required due to the percentage of English-speaking customers and the nature of our platform, which is available to all Canadians.
