Location: Calgary
In-Office (5 days a week at 838 11 Ave SW Suite 202)
Level: Entry / Intermediate
Reports to: Founder & CEO
About Tech Thursday
Tech Thursday is one of Canada’s fastest-growing tech community platforms, hosting weekly events that bring together the country’s most ambitious founders, operators, innovators, and ecosystem leaders. Since 2022, we’ve welcomed 30,000+ attendees, built an audience of 10,000+ newsletter subscribers, and expanded to multiple cities across Canada.
Our mission: create the space for high-quality thought leadership and collisions that accelerate innovation, grow talent density, and strengthen Canada’s tech ecosystems.
We’re expanding rapidly across the Prairies and beyond, building a national connective tissue for tech communities. To support this next stage of growth, we’re hiring an Operations Lead to work alongside the founder, build internal systems, lead cross-city execution, and manage our partnerships.
Why This Role Matters
This isn’t a back-office operations job. This is a career-launching, front-row seat to Canada’s tech ecosystem.
Reporting to the Founder & CEO, you’ll become the operational engine that powers Tech Thursday. You’ll shape how our communities run, connect with tech, government and innovation leaders across the country, and influence how Tech Thursday scales nationally.
If you’re ambitious, organized, and excited by the idea of building something big and meaningful, this is your platform.
This role includes some evening availability. We’re seeking someone energized by fast growth, high ownership, and a mission that’s bigger than any one city. What we promise in return: this role won’t stay static. You’ll grow as we grow, taking on higher-level strategy, leadership opportunities, and exposure to some of the most influential people and organizations in Canadian tech.
What You’ll Do
Strategic Planning & Founder Leverage:
- Build the workflows, plans and operational rhythm that keep every city moving in sync.
- Create structure in ambiguity and help the Founder focus on the highest-impact opportunities.
National Operations & Multi-City Program Management:
- Own the quality and cadence of weekly events across Calgary, Winnipeg, Edmonton, Ottawa, and future expansion cities.
- Build and standardize playbooks for event execution, panel design, speaker sourcing, and new city launches.
- Support and guide local city leads, volunteers, and steering committees to deliver consistently excellent experiences.
Sponsorship & Ecosystem Partner Delivery:
- Ensure sponsors and partners receive full value (e.g., brand visibility, impressions, attendee data, panel design).
- Manage cross-city, multi-event sponsorship execution.
Internal Operations, Systems & Team Building:
- Build the processes for hiring, onboarding, communication, and project management tools that help a national team operate like a single unit.
- Run weekly team meetings and help shape strong internal culture as we scale.
Content, Programming & Thought Leadership:
- Work with the Founder and content team to shape event programming, panel themes, and speaker briefs.
- Support content creators to ensure newsletters, recaps, and thought leadership are delivered with consistency and quality.
- Uphold Tech Thursday’s reputation for curated, high-quality programming.
What You Bring
- 2-5 years of experience in operations, consulting, venture, startups, or another fast-paced environment.
- A builder’s mindset: you see problems early, create structure quickly, and execute with excellence.
- A confident communicator who can engage with founders, policymakers, executives, and community leaders.
- Experience juggling multi-stakeholder environments with many moving parts.
- Comfortable navigating ambiguity and rapid scaling - and the energy to thrive in it!
What Success Looks Like (12 Months In)
- Weekly events across Canada run with consistency, quality and strong attendance.
- All cities operate with clear systems, strong attendance, and high community satisfaction.
- Sponsorships renew, expand, and view Tech Thursday as a top-tier national platform.
- The Founder is fully leveraged, spending more time externally and on strategic initiatives, while trusting operations are running smoothly.
- Tech Thursday is recognized nationally as the connective tissue of Canada’s tech ecosystem.
Compensation
- $60,000
You’ll also gain access to:
- High-profile community events featuring Canada’s top founders and leaders
- Travel opportunities to support new city launches and national programming
- Front-row access to the conversations shaping Canadian tech
Our Process
Here’s what you can expect:
1. Introductory Call (30 minutes, virtual)
A casual conversation with the Founder. We’ll get to know you, learn what excites you about Tech Thursday, and answer your initial questions about the role.
2. Conversation with the Founder (45–60 minutes, in-person)
Meet the Founder in person for a deeper discussion about your working style, past experience, and what it’s like to operate in a fast-moving, community-driven environment.
3. Light Assignment (60–90 minutes)
A short, practical exercise designed to understand how you’d approach the role. This gives you a feel for what operations looks like here, and helps us understand how you think.
4. Meet the Team (30 minutes)
You’ll connect with the people you’ll collaborate with most: city leads, volunteers, and content/programming teammates. A chance to understand our culture, ask questions, and see how we work together.
6. Final Check-In & References
A brief final touchpoint to wrap up any remaining questions, followed by two references.
