Founding Ops: Build the Startup's Operating System (SF)

Prompting Company; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

The Prompting Company in San Francisco is hiring a Founding Ops to take the company off the founders' plates. This true founding role has you building the operating system of the company, including hiring ops, finance/admin, legal/vendors, tools, and office operations.

You will own recruiting ops end to end, manage billing and contracts, set up internal tools, and ensure the SF office runs smoothly. There is no ops team, no playbook—you'll write it and shape how GTM and engineering move faster.

Qualifications

• Experience in running ops at a real startup, not campus clubs.
• Graduated and has held a real job; not an entry role.
• High-agency, detail-oriented, and comfortable with incomplete information.

Responsibilities

• Run recruiting ops end to end (pipeline, scheduling, offers, onboarding)
• Own finance and admin: billing, vendors, payroll coordination, contracts
• Set up and keep internal tools actually working (Slack, Google, customer systems)
• Make SF office and in-person operations work
• Spot process holes before they become founder time sinks

Skills

Founding-ops experience

Recruiting ops

Finance and admin

Office operations

Process improvement

Tools

Slack

Google Workspace

CRM tools

Job description

The Prompting Company in San Francisco is hiring a Founding Ops to take the company off the founders' plates. This true founding role has you building the operating system of the company, including hiring ops, finance/admin, legal/vendors, tools, and office operations.

You will own recruiting ops end to end, manage billing and contracts, set up internal tools, and ensure the SF office runs smoothly. There is no ops team, no playbook—you'll write it and shape how GTM and engineering move faster.