Head of Operations

About the Company

Our client is a seed-stage AI startup in San Francisco building an agentic geospatial intelligence engine that lets anyone quickly and cheaply answer any question about the physical world: a powerful search and reasoning layer over physical-world data. The company is at an early, high-momentum stage.

About the Role

The company is hiring its first Head of Operations to free up the founder for high-leverage, needle-moving work. This person will own two broad buckets: the traditional operational foundation (insurance, office, compliance, payroll, accounting, contracts, and legal) and the business-facing work (building talent pipelines, producing customer materials, and supporting fundraising decks). The right person is a trusted generalist who can absorb both without needing detailed direction, someone who can reason about the product independently and get things done with high reliability.

What You'll Own

- Own the full operational backbone: insurance, office management, compliance, payroll, accounting, contracts, and legal coordination - Build and maintain talent pipelines and support recruiting operations as the team scales - Produce customer-facing materials and one-pagers, synthesizing the product and use cases without detailed direction from the founder - Support fundraising processes by creating decks, data rooms, and investor materials - Design internal systems and processes from scratch as the company scales, setting the operational foundation for the next stage of growth - Act as a trusted generalist who keeps everything running well so the founder can focus on high-leverage decisions

Requirements

Must-Have

- 2–5 years of experience in an operational, business operations, or closely adjacent role at a startup - Has seen what executional excellence looks like at a later-stage startup (Series A, B, or C), with an understanding of strong internal systems and processes - Extremely reliable, trustworthy, and not sloppy; operates as a mini owner rather than an employee clocking in - Strong generalist communication skills: able to coordinate with vendors, candidates, customers, and internal stakeholders without a script - Comfortable doing both foundational operational work (compliance, payroll, contracts) and higher-order business-facing tasks (customer materials, fundraising support) in the same week - Thrives in ambiguity and figures things out independently without a detailed playbook

Nice-to-Have

- Background in investment banking, private equity, or management consulting with a desire to move into building at a startup - MBA (Stanford GSB or equivalent) with a track record of execution, not just analysis - Venture analyst or investor background, wanting to switch from evaluating startups to building one - Sales background with strong operator instincts, particularly someone who has moved from closing into an operational or generalist role - Product background with demonstrated operational range - Competitive or athletic background (D1 athlete or equivalent) that signals the drive to grind in a fast-moving environment

Key Details

- Location: San Francisco, CA (in-person) - Employment: Full-time - Experience: 2–5 years - Salary: $150,000 – $200,000 USD per year - Equity: 0.5% – 0.75% - Visa Sponsorship: Not available

Benefits & Perks

- 0.5% – 0.75% equity - In-office meals included

Interview Process

- Intro screen with the founder - Take-home case study - Advisor interview - Offer