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Head of Operations

Moonlake
San Mateo, CA Full Time
POSTED ON 9/28/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 11/28/2025

Introducing Moonlake, AI for creating real-time interactive content

Mission: Take all things non-product/engineering off the team’s plates so they can focus 100% on product.

Scope of work:

  • Finance: Basic FP&A, invoicing, vendor payments, budgeting hygiene.
  • Professional Services: manage tax, legal, real estate brokers, insurance, and other external partners.
  • Office & Logistics: own supplies, space, and day-to-day operational execution.
  • People Ops: offers, onboarding, ordering laptops, IT setup, light HR compliance.
  • General Ops Mindset: thrive in ambiguity, build lightweight processes, move fast without bureaucracy.

Signal Markers

  • Has set up or run finance/HR stacks at an early-stage startup.
  • Comfortable with tools like QuickBooks, Gusto, Brex/Ramp, Notion, Slack, Google Workspace.
  • Can show prior experience as the “catch-all” operator in a small, high-velocity team.
  • Bias for action: scrappy, resourceful, solves problems before founders notice them.

We are committed to being an on-site, in-person team currently based in San Mateo

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