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Maven Recruiting Group
San Francisco, CA Full Time
POSTED ON 8/1/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 9/12/2026
The role: Director of Operations

Location: San Francisco, CA | Onsite 5 Days/Week

Compensation: $140,000–$175,000 Base DOE Benefits

Industry: Mission-Driven Technology Startup

A mission-driven technology startup is seeking its first Director of Operations to help build the foundation for the company's next phase of growth.

This is an exciting opportunity for someone who thrives in startup environments, enjoys creating structure from scratch, and loves solving problems across the business. The ideal candidate is scrappy, proactive, and excited to establish processes, systems, and operational best practices that will scale alongside the company.

The Culture: This is a rare opportunity to become the company's first dedicated operations leader and help shape how the business scales. The team is ambitious, collaborative, mission-driven, and looking for someone who can take an idea, run with it, and build the systems needed to support long-term growth.

Day-to-Day:

  • Build and improve company-wide operational processes and systems.
  • Partner with leadership on strategic operational initiatives.
  • Collaborate across IT, Legal, Finance, People, and Recruiting.
  • Establish and scale operational functions from the ground up.
  • Implement tools, workflows, and internal infrastructure.
  • Manage vendors, consultants, and external partners.
  • Drive cross-functional projects and key business initiatives.
  • Improve efficiency and identify operational gaps.
  • Create documentation, policies, and operating procedures.
  • Serve as a trusted operational partner to leadership.


The Ideal Candidate

  • Experience building operations within a startup or high-growth company.
  • Strong cross-functional partnership experience.
  • Comfortable creating structure in ambiguous environments.
  • Exceptional project management and organizational skills.
  • Resourceful, proactive, and highly adaptable.
  • Able to balance strategic thinking with hands-on execution.
  • Strong communicator with excellent stakeholder management skills.
  • Excited to wear multiple hats and take ownership.


Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Maven Recruiting Group participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S. Please refer to the E-Verification Poster and Right to Work Poster on https://www.mavenrec.com/job-seekers for additional information.

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Salary : $140,000 - $175,000

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