Junior Analyst at Blackbird Labs

<h3>About Blackbird:</h3><p style="min-height:1.5em">Blackbird Labs is a loyalty and payments platform establishing meaningful connections between the world’s best restaurants and their customers.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em"></p><p style="min-height:1.5em">Served up in 2022 by Ben Leventhal, co-founder of Eater and Resy, Blackbird offers a fully customizable loyalty programming platform for restaurants and a consumer app designed to make every guest feel like a bonafide VIP no matter where they dine. Backed by Union Square Ventures, a16z, Amex Ventures, Variant Fund, and other forward-thinking investors, Blackbird is out to revolutionize the restaurant industry.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em"></p><h3>About Our Team:</h3><p style="min-height:1.5em">At Blackbird, our values guide everything we do and our talent principles define the key traits we seek in our employees.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em"></p><p style="min-height:1.5em">We have <strong>passion for our product</strong> – committed to our mission and instinctively think like and go the extra mile for our customers. We are <strong>elite performers</strong> – striving for excellence, going above and beyond to achieve exceptional results, and learning quickly with horsepower, drive, and grit. We <strong>make others better</strong> – taking initiative to elevate others, giving and receiving feedback, and championing a culture of growth. We hold one another accountable to living out our talent principles as we march together to achieving our mission.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em"></p><h3>About the Job</h3><p style="min-height:1.5em">We are looking for a Junior Analyst (or Analyst Intern) to join the CEO’s direct team. This is a high-visibility role focused on financial modeling, scenario planning, and forward-looking analysis that shapes how Blackbird thinks about growth, unit economics, and the future state of the restaurant economy. You will work closely with the CEO and senior leadership to build the analytical foundation for strategic decisions.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em"></p><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Responsibilities</strong></p><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Build, maintain, and iterate on financial models that project the future state of Blackbird’s business across multiple scenarios (growth, market expansion, product launches).</p></li></ul><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Develop unit economics models for Blackbird’s transaction network (Flynet), restaurant memberships, and Blackbird Club loyalty program.</p></li></ul><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Analyze market data and industry trends in the U.S. restaurant economy to identify opportunities and inform strategic priorities.</p></li></ul><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Prepare investor-ready materials, board presentations, and internal memos that translate complex analysis into clear narratives.</p></l