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Founding Business Operations Specialist
Job Summary
Join as a founding Business Operations hire in a fast-paced environment to build and own the operational foundation for a growing company. This critical role shapes company culture, processes, and the overall experience for employees and customers. You will drive initiatives that ensure smooth operations and high-quality interactions from day one.
Essential Functions
- Organize unique, high-quality events for recruiting, customers, and partners
- Manage work trial processes to deliver excellent experiences for all candidates
- Establish and maintain compliance processes and documentation for a solid company foundation
- Oversee details that shape perception, including swag, office setup, and documentation
- Design and implement systems that reduce overhead and help the team focus on core priorities
- Handle logistics-heavy projects with a strategic mindset
Required Qualifications
- 2-7 years of experience in generalist ops, people ops, GTM, or events at a VC-backed company with fewer than 1000 employees
- Experience organizing in-person events or logistics-heavy projects
- Proven track record building operational systems or processes from scratch
- Background in payroll, compliance, or visa administration
- Undergraduate degree
- High EQ, extroverted personality, and exceptional detail-orientation
Preferred Qualifications
- Business operations experience focused on community building and event planning
- Strategic thinker with logistics expertise
- Active user of large language models (e.g., Claude, ChatGPT) in daily workflows
- Proven ability to host strategic events and manage compliance operations
- Experience running work trials in a startup environment
Technical Skills
- Event planning and execution
- Logistics management
- Compliance process development
- Work trial coordination
- Operational system design
- Payroll and visa administration
- Community building
- Process automation
- Detail-oriented project management
- Large language model integration in workflows
Education & Certifications
Undergraduate degree required.
Compensation & Benefits
Competitive salary range of $160,000 - $180,000 annually, commensurate with experience. Comprehensive benefits package available.