Raydar
Founding Operations Director
$200K–$275K
New York, New York · Director · Full-time · Posted Oct 26, 2026
- Experience
- Roughly 2 to 4 years in management consulting, investment banking, or private equity, plus 2 or more years in startup strategy, operations, or business operations.
About the job
Own and coordinate the client’s non-investment operations, including vendors, compliance, budgets, people matters, process automation, and sales-team support.
What you'll do
- Resolve operational issues and manage vendors, counterparties, service providers, contracts, and negotiations.
- Run investor onboarding, due diligence, reporting, compliance, budgeting, insurance, office matters, and people operations.
- Coordinate workstreams, automate routine processes with AI tools, bring selected functions in-house, and support sales pitches.
What they ask for
- Roughly 2 to 4 years in management consulting, investment banking, or private equity, plus 2 or more years in startup strategy, operations, or business operations.
- Hands-on experience running routine operations across several areas at an early-stage company.
- History of designing and rolling out end-to-end processes; experience serving as the primary contact for senior external stakeholders.
- Very fluent with current AI tools; comfortable working in person at the New York office five days a week.
Nice to have
- Financial services or investment-firm experience, including direct investing or investment-firm operations.
- Experience building personal AI workflows or automations with agents or no-code tools; involvement in elite sport or another demanding competitive pursuit.
Pay
USD 200,000 to 275,000 (base salary)
AI focus
Automate routine operational processes with AI tools, working alongside technical colleagues.
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