Strategy Intern
Apply NowCompany: Taara Connect, Inc
Location: Sunnyvale, CA 94087
Description:
About the Team:
Born at X, Google's Moonshot Factory, Taara is on a mission to connect billions of people lacking abundant and affordable internet today by pioneering the way we use light to deliver faster, cheaper, more reliable connectivity. Lead the charge in bringing our groundbreaking wireless optical communication and photonics chip technologies to the world. Drive our growth story as we scale innovative solutions across the world. Join us to light the way for bridging the digital divide and illuminating the future.
About the Role:
Join Taara as a Strategy Intern and help create the glide path for our hyper-growth trajectory. This is a unique opportunity to work with Taara's leadership team on a high-impact project, driving business growth, market expansion and innovation in the connectivity space.
This role is onsite in Sunnyvale, California.
How you will make 10X impact:
What you should have/be:
It would be great if you also had these:
The US base salary range for this full-time position is $6,500 - $8,000/month. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your location during the hiring process.
Born at X, Google's Moonshot Factory, Taara is on a mission to connect billions of people lacking abundant and affordable internet today by pioneering the way we use light to deliver faster, cheaper, more reliable connectivity. Lead the charge in bringing our groundbreaking wireless optical communication and photonics chip technologies to the world. Drive our growth story as we scale innovative solutions across the world. Join us to light the way for bridging the digital divide and illuminating the future.
About the Role:
Join Taara as a Strategy Intern and help create the glide path for our hyper-growth trajectory. This is a unique opportunity to work with Taara's leadership team on a high-impact project, driving business growth, market expansion and innovation in the connectivity space.
This role is onsite in Sunnyvale, California.
How you will make 10X impact:
- Create a framework for de-risking Taara's moonshot over a 5-10 year time horizon
- Understand industry opportunities, challenges, and competitive dynamics in the context of project mission and vision
- Generate hypotheses about solution's competitive advantage in the context of our target markets and partnership portfolio
- Suggest a number of experiments or learning plans to de-risk key assumptions in these hypotheses
- Work closely with team members to create implementation plans to prototype solutions
- Investigate strategic decisions around new investment opportunities
- Understand the levers influencing project financial trajectory and establish buy-in for data-backed recommendations, influencing senior-level audiences, both internal and external
What you should have/be:
- Currently enrolled in an Masters of Business Administration, preferably with an engineering background and financial modeling experience
- Entrepreneurship - identify opportunities, source partnerships, secure resources
- Initiative - create your own workflows, proactively ask for input/feedback, iterate with an ability to quickly shift priorities and work with a high sense of urgency
- Strategic thinking - identify bottlenecks/key problems in ambiguous and complex environments; ideate creative and efficient solutions
- Quick learner - grasp a range of technologies and applications
It would be great if you also had these:
- Demonstrated understanding of the broader technology industry
- Understanding of optical or photonics systems
- Background in telecommunications industry or related verticals
- Previous entrepreneurial experience - you've launched a business (project, company, club), turning an idea into a revenue-generating endeavor; you see opportunities where others don't
The US base salary range for this full-time position is $6,500 - $8,000/month. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your location during the hiring process.