About Neon

Neon is a global payments and e-commerce platform designed to help game publishers earn more money and independence from app stores. We believe commerce should be open and transparent: clear decisions, actionable insights, and aligned incentives. Founded by payments, fintech and gaming veterans, Neon focuses on product and partnership excellence: we share the playbook, co-pilot decisions, and abstract away risk and complexity for our customers. We’re replacing old-school, black-box relics with clear, modern, and developer-centric infrastructure.

As an early team member, you’ll have the opportunity to shape and scale Neon’s product and culture, making a direct impact on our growth and success. You’ll join a collaborative, diverse team from world-class companies like Apple, Affirm, Unity, and Visa, backed by renowned VC's including Thrive, a16z, Griffin Gaming, Ribbit, and Renegade. If you want to build disruptive technology, challenge the status quo, and help game creators thrive on their own terms, read on.

Your Mission

As Neon's first bizops hire reporting to the CEO, you'll be responsible for building the function from the ground up, with an immediate focus on owning and accelerating our international expansion in close partnership with Legal, Finance, Product, and GTM.

Responsibilities

Lead “i18n” expansion: Drive Neon’s international expansion, including market evaluation, regulatory and compliance requirements, operational infrastructure, entity formation, and local partnerships.
Build the operational glue: Spearhead and manage company metrics, dashboard creation and OKR tracking. Support financial planning, build workflows, systems, and documentation across the company.
Execute 0→1 strategic initiatives: Lead cross-functional projects critical to Neon’s growth, such as vendor selection, risk/compliance strategy, pricing design, GTM initiatives, and new product strategy.
Hire and scale the team: Identify future needs, recruit early hires, and create onboarding playbooks to grow beyond an individual contributor model. Own budgeting and financial management for operational initiatives.

Attributes

Relentless Drive: High energy, self-starting, and motivated by outcomes over outputs. You thrive in ambiguity and move quickly from idea to flawless execution.
Clear Communicator: Strong written and verbal communication skills, with a real passion for fintech, payments, e-commerce, and/or gaming that energizes others.
Builder’s Mindset: Strategic and hands-on: you can write the checklist, determine the sequencing, and then roll up your sleeves to get it done.
Operational Excellence: Exceptionally organized with strong project management skills, an eye for detail, and a track record of executing complex initiatives.
Adaptive Grit: Scrappy, high-agency, and comfortable navigating uncertainty. You adjust fast, pitch in wherever needed, and create momentum in unstructured environments.

Qualifications

5+ years of startup or high-growth tech experience in an business operations, strategy, product or finance role; or equivalent management consulting experience
Deep experience driving cross-functional data-driven decisions.
Excited to travel ~25%
BA/BS
Bonus: strong familiarity with, or passion for, payments, e-commerce, gaming.

Compensation Range: $160K - $185K

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