Product Operations Associate
New York, NY (in-person, SoHo)
Trayd is building the operating system for commercial construction: payroll, compliance, and back office workflows that actually work in the real world.
Construction is one of the biggest industries in North America, and it still runs on a messy mix of spreadsheets, legacy payroll providers, and manual processes that break the moment things get even slightly complex. The people doing the work are the hardest working people in the country, and the companies running crews are forced to spend hours every week fighting systems that were never built for them.
We’re changing that.
Trayd started with a simple promise: construction workers should be able to access the money they already earned faster, and subcontractors should be able to run payroll without chaos. Today, we’re building deeper infrastructure across payroll, union rules, job costing, and accounting workflows so our customers can run their businesses with confidence. We’re in the next phase of growth, with accelerating customer demand and a platform that runs real payroll every week, and we’re scaling engineering to match it.
Trayd is based in New York and backed by Y Combinator.
We’re hiring a product operations associate to help drive how new products get built, launched, and improved at Trayd.
This is a high-ownership role designed for someone early in their career who wants to learn quickly and take on real responsibility. You’ll work directly with the CTO (who is also the Head of Product) and product leadership on launches, analytics, and solving messy real-world problems across customers and internal teams.
You will not be stuck doing narrow operational tasks. You’ll be involved in decisions, product strategy conversations, and execution from idea through rollout.
If you want a front-row seat to how a startup scales products and teams, this role is built for that.
Nice to have
Working style
This is an in-person role in Soho, five days a week. We move quickly, collaborate constantly, and value people who take initiative and ownership.
If you want to learn how products actually get built and launched inside a fast-growing company, you’ll fit here.
The base pay range for this role is $85,000 – $95,000 per year.
Trayd is a B2B construction payroll platform and back office management system designed for same-day pay. We allow the 7M construction workers in the US to get access to their earned wages 7-10 days sooner than legacy payroll providers. With a unique spin on traditional payroll, Trayd is on a mission to create back office efficiencies for commercial subcontractors while simultaneously addressing the significant labor shortage affecting the $2.1TR North American construction industry.
Trayd is bigger than construction payroll. It's the promise that the hardest working people get access to their money, as and when they need it, creating greater financial wellness across the board. Not only that, we are pioneering digital cash access for a demographic traditionally overlooked while simultaneously modernizing operations in an industry that has been slow to adapt. The challenges and opportunities with Trayd are abundant, promising an engaging journey ahead.
Salary
$85,000 - $95,000
Location
Manhattan, United States
Experience
1+ years
Last stage
Seed
Investors
No applications, no recruiter spam. Just the intro.
A few questions to make sure this role is the right shape for you. Two minutes.
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If they’re a yes, I book the chat. You show up — that’s the whole job-hunt.