Operations Manager (Venture Fund)

Location: Remote within the United States, with significant travel to Los Angeles; hybrid work setup

Salary: $170,000–$225,000 base annually

Company

Private design studio affiliated with hirify.global that builds and supports a portfolio of software, hardware, hospitality, and other projects, alongside an early-stage investment fund and founder cohort program.

What you will do

• Run operational processes for the venture fund and founder cohort program, including fundraising support, investor tracking, budgets, and payment milestones.
• Support early-stage companies with onboarding, timelines, milestones, events, and professional development programming.
• Review monthly financials, maintain budgets, update operating expenses, and identify variances early.
• Manage insurance applications, quotes, underwriting, renewals, and certificates for projects and entities.
• Coordinate legal, finance, engineering, accounting, vendor, registration, and compliance work through completion.
• Own operating meetings, project check-ins, onboarding and offboarding, escalation, and follow-up processes.

Requirements

• 4–8+ years of experience in operations, chief of staff, or program management, including experience with a venture fund, private equity firm, accelerator, or startup.
• Ability to independently set priorities, make decisions, and own an operations function in an ambiguous environment.
• Financial fluency, including reading monthly P&L statements, maintaining budgets, and managing close calendars with outside accountants.
• Experience with entity setup, insurance, registrations, outside counsel, accountants, and vendor administration.
• Tech savvy and fluent in Mac OS and Google Workspace, including Calendar, Drive, Sheets, and Docs.
• Strong confidentiality, judgment, verbal communication, and relationship-building skills.

Culture & Benefits

• Small, self-directed team with responsibility for building processes from the ground up.
• Remote work is available within the United States, with significant travel to Los Angeles.
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• 401(k) matching.