Hybrid Founding Operations Lead

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About the role

  • Operations Lead managing finance, HR, compliance, and business operations for AI-powered market research startup. Building the operational foundation and systems for scaling the company.

Responsibilities

  • Build the operational backbone of Keplar as it scales
  • Manage finance, HR, legal, compliance, and business operations
  • Coordinate bookkeeping and quarterly financial close
  • Support annual tax filings and financial reporting
  • Manage quarterly investor updates + business metrics reporting
  • Refine hiring and interview processes
  • Draft and manage employment and equity agreements
  • Lead employee onboarding/off-boarding
  • Manage payroll and benefits selections
  • Ensure appropriate business insurance coverage
  • Lead SOC 2 process
  • Act as EA/Chief-of-Staff to CEO for scheduling and priority orchestration

Requirements

  • Experience in operations at a high-growth startup (ideally seed through Series A/B)
  • Strong command of written and verbal communication across stakeholders
  • High ownership and responsiveness — you don’t wait to be asked
  • Ability to zoom out to understand strategy and zoom in to solve details
  • Comfort handling sensitive situations with empathy, discretion, and clarity
  • Strong documentation culture and the ability to “make the implicit explicit”
  • Confidence making decisions in ambiguous or fast-changing environments
  • Comfort using AI tools (GPT, Claude, etc.) to accelerate execution

Benefits

  • Competitive salary
  • Meaningful early-stage equity

Job title

Founding Operations Lead

Job type

Experience level

Senior

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

No Education Requirement

Location requirements

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