Job Description

We're looking for an exceptional team member to join Slate as our Strategy & Operations Manager. You'll report to our General Manager & Head of Product and work directly with our CEO on the problems that matter most to the business, whatever and wherever they are.

About Slate n

Slate is building the lending platform of the future. Policy as code, instant document verification and AI-powered pre-assessments mean lenders, brokers and their clients get a decision in minutes instead of days, and credit teams spend their time deciding rather than processing paperwork.

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We work hand in hand with lenders, including OwnHome, who are transforming access to homeownership. We're an AI-native team in Sydney, and the tools we sell are the tools we run the company on.

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This is an early, high-leverage role that will shape how Slate operates as we scale.

The role n

This isn't an advisory role. You'll own problems end to end: scope them, build the solution, get it adopted, then move on to the next one.

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Half the job is special projects. Recent examples of work this role would have owned:

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- Building the pricing model behind a new business partnership
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- Benchmarking 21 lenders' credit policies across 60+ levers, then turning it into a live reference the whole company uses
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- Automating company wide reporting and the drafting of board minutes and investor updates so they take hours instead of days
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The other half is making sure AI is actually pulling its weight across the business. You'll be finding where a workflow or an agent would save a team hours every week, building it, and getting it adopted.

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You’ll go where the help is needed most. That means working across every team, earning trust quickly, and making valuable calls about what matters now versus what can wait.

What you’ll do n

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- Lead high-priority projects across strategy, commercial, operations and risk, from first question to finished outcome
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- Find where AI can solve a real organisational problem, then build and roll out the solution yourself
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- Work alongside leadership on decisions, planning and the questions that don't fit neatly in anyone else's job
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- Bring structure and pace to every team you touch, and leave better ways of working behind you
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- Hold competing priorities and keep leadership clear on the trade-offs
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What we’re looking for nn
- 2–4 years at a top-tier strategy consulting firm (McKinsey, Bain, BCG) or an equally demanding environment: investment banking, a high-growth startup, or a business you ran yourself
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- Exceptional problem-solving. You take something messy and ambiguous and turn it into a clear answer and a working solution
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- Strong quantitative skills. You build your own models and make decisions with imperfect data
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- Hands‑on with AI. You already run your own work through tools like Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor every day, and you've built something with them, not just used the chat window
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- Fast without being careless, and comfortable moving between the big picture and the detail in the same hour
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- You work well with people at every level and influence without authority
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- High ownership. When something is yours, it gets done
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- Lending or financial services experience is a plus, not a requirement. Curiosity is required.
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- Direct access to leadership, with ownership of important outcomes from day one
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- Serious breadth. You’ll get exposure to every part of the business
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- A role built to grow as you do, with a path to senior leadership as Slate scales
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- Learning budget & technology allowance
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- Incredible office in Potts Point
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- Team Offsite to Bali in December!
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📌 Strategy & Operations Manager, AI & Special Projects (Sydney)
🏢 Slate
📍 Sydney