Job description

About the Opportunity We're partnering with a fast-growing company looking for a Founding Strategy & Operations Generalist to work directly with the CEO and take ownership of some of the company's most important strategic and operational priorities. This is a high-impact generalist role for someone who enjoys solving ambiguous problems, moving quickly, and building processes from scratch. You'll initially help scale recruiting and hiring, then expand into business operations, pricing, finance, sales strategy, and AI-powered internal automation. You'll have significant visibility with senior leadership and the opportunity to make an immediate impact as the company continues to scale. What You'll Do • Build and improve recruiting processes, candidate pipelines, and hiring workflows • Own cross-functional business operations including contracts, billing, accounting coordination, insurance, and administrative processes • Support strategic initiatives across pricing, revenue opportunities, finance, sales strategy, and company operations • Build AI tools, agents, automations, and workflows that reduce manual work • Take ambiguous problems, structure them, develop solutions, and drive them through execution • Partner closely with senior leadership across recruiting, operations, finance, sales, and strategy • Help build processes and systems that enable the company to scale What We're Looking For • 2–4 years of professional experience • Background in management consulting, investment banking/private equity, or strategy & operations at a venture-backed startup • Exceptional analytical and structured problem-solving ability • Comfortable operating with ambiguity and limited structure • Hands-on experience building AI workflows, automations, or agents • Strong written and verbal communication skills • High-agency mindset with the ability to work independently • Willingness to take on responsibilities beyond a narrowly defined job description • Ability to work onsite in San Francisco 4 days per week • Visa transfers supported

Requirements

Must-haves

Build and improve recruiting processes, candidate pipelines, and hiring workflows
Own cross-functional business operations including contracts, billing, accounting coordination, insurance, and administrative processes
Support strategic initiatives across pricing, revenue opportunities, finance, sales strategy, and company operations
Build AI tools, agents, automations, and workflows that reduce manual work
Take ambiguous problems, structure them, develop solutions, and drive them through execution
Partner closely with senior leadership across recruiting, operations, finance, sales, and strategy
Help build processes and systems that enable the company to scale
2–4 years of professional experience
Background in management consulting, investment banking/private equity, or strategy & operations at a venture-backed startup
Exceptional analytical and structured problem-solving ability
Comfortable operating with ambiguity and limited structure
Hands-on experience building AI workflows, automations, or agents
Strong written and verbal communication skills
High-agency mindset with the ability to work independently
Willingness to take on responsibilities beyond a narrowly defined job description
Ability to work onsite in San Francisco 4 days per week
Visa transfers supported

Nice-to-haves

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Platform: manatal
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