Founding Growth

Known; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Known, a San Francisco-based matchmaker, is seeking the top 0.1% operations talent to work alongside our founders as we sprint from our $10M seed round toward launching across the US.

You will own a piece of Known’s growth, deciding which area to impact—GTM, UGC scaling, or community programs—and drive initiatives with autonomy and ownership in a fast-moving, high-performance environment.

Qualifications

• 1-4 years of experience in early-stage startups, consulting, investment banking, or a similar high-performance environment.
• A systems-minded operator who embraces ambiguity.
• Strong communicator (written and verbal).

Responsibilities

• Own a piece of Known’s growth and decide which area to impact.
• Lead a GTM strategy to scale Known to 100,000 users.
• Scale a UGC program to thousands of creators and tens of thousands of users.
• Grow a community for Known by creating matchmaking events, brand partnerships and event series across launch cities.

Skills

Startup experience

Ambiguity tolerance

Strong communicator

Growth mindset

Job description

Founding Growth

Known is a matchmaker that talks to users and supports them like a friend. Our mission is to empower humanity by applying general intelligence to human connection. Users join Known by telling us their life story.

On average, our new users talk to our AI voice agent for 27 minutes, giving us a uniquely intimate context that enables our matchmaking.

We are a team of engineers who’ve created some of the most widely used AI-driven consumer products including Uber Eats, Uber and Afterpay.

We love to work hard, with a high degree of autonomy and ownership. We work together in-person in Cow Hollow, San Francisco.

Are you a good fit?

We are looking for the top 0.1% operations talent to work alongside our founders in San Francisco as we sprint from our $10M seed round toward launching across the US.

• 1-4 years of experience in early-stage startups, consulting, investment banking, or a similar high-performance environment

• A systems-minded operator who embraces ambiguity

• Strong communicator (written and verbal)

Strong specialty characteristics

The Work

We expect you to own a piece of Known’s growth. It’s up to you to decide what part of Known you’re most excited about working on.

This could be:

• 0-1 on a GTM strategy to scale Known to 100,000 users

• Scaling a UGC programs to thousands of creators and tens of thousands of users

• Growing a community for a beloved consumer brand; creating matchmaking events, brand partnerships and event series' across Known's launch cities

Our Investors

We’re backed by Eurie Kim and Kirsten Green at Forerunner Ventures (the investors behind Decagon, Faire, and Oura), NFX and PearVC.

Learn more

• Known’s 10M Seed | TechCrunch

• “You Don’t Need to Swipe Right” - Known | NYT

• Website