Founding Operations Lead — AI-Driven Sales & GTM

SellScale

San Francisco (CA)

On-site

USD 120,000 - 180,000

Full time

14 days+
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Job summary

SellScale is hiring a Founding Business Operations role to work directly with the founding team in San Francisco. You’ll own projects across go-to-market, internal operations, customer success, and product, shaping how the company operates from day one.

This is a hands-on, multi-hat role for a self-starter who thrives in a fast-paced startup and is excited by agentic AI and modern outbound sales. You will collaborate closely with the founders and core team, learning every facet of building a

Qualifications

  • Excellent communication and writing skills to interface with customers or partners.
  • Knack for sales – onboarding onto sales or previous experience in outbound sales.
  • Self-starter who can own projects end-to-end without step-by-step guidance.
  • Analytical mindset with comfort in metrics, dashboards, and KPIs.
  • Ability to work cross-functionally across customer success, product, growth, and operations.
  • Bias for action – move fast and improve later.
  • SQL or coding experience is a plus.

Responsibilities

  • Own projects end-to-end across go-to-market, internal operations, customer success, and product.
  • Work directly with the founding team to shape company operations.
  • Collaborate across functions to drive initiatives from ideation to implementation.

Skills

Excellent communication and writing
Sales onboarding experience
Self-starter
Analytical mindset
Cross-functional collaboration
Bias for action
SQL

Tools

Notion
Excalidraw
Zapier

Job description

SellScale is hiring a Founding Business Operations role to work directly with the founding team in San Francisco. You’ll own projects across go-to-market, internal operations, customer success, and product, shaping how the company operates from day one.

This is a hands-on, multi-hat role for a self-starter who thrives in a fast-paced startup and is excited by agentic AI and modern outbound sales. You will collaborate closely with the founders and core team, learning every facet of building a

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