Head of Business Operations

Sequence Holdings; New York (NY); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Sequence Holdings LLC is seeking a senior operations leader who will own peopleOps, finance, and the operating cadence. You will shape the company’s day-to-day and long-term operating rhythm, aligning teams and priorities across functions.

With AI-native approaches, you’ll introduce scalable processes, drive recruiting, budgeting, and reporting, and partner with executives to scale a growing, ambitious services business in New York.

Qualifications

• Real startup operating experience with proven results.
• AI fluency and ability to embed AI into workflows.
• Ability to move between recruiting, finance and operations and own a problem.

Responsibilities

• Own people operations and build the talent function.
• Establish internal finance function including planning and reporting.
• Own operating cadence: OKRs, all-hands, monthly reviews.
• Drive priorities across teams and represent Sequence with stakeholders.
• Lead crucial projects to support daily operations.

Skills

Startup operations

AI-enabled workflows

Cross-functional leadership

Strategic thinking

Decision making

Job description

About Sequence

Sequence acquires established businesses in the service economy and refounds them as market leaders. Refounding means rebuilding a business around what is now possible with AI, combining its existing strengths with new ways of operating.

We bring capital, engineering and operational expertise, working alongside each company’s leaders and employees. At the center is Atlas, our shared technology platform. What we build and learn in one business strengthens Atlas for the next.

Based in New York City, Sequence is backed by 8VC, Conviction, Lux Capital and other strategic partners.

What You Will Do

You’ll report directly to the CEO and help build and run Sequence’s central organization. You’ll take ownership of important problems as they emerge, build the foundations and establish clear ownership. The work requires bringing order to a fast-moving company while preserving the initiative and dynamism that drive our results.

Your initial priorities will include:

• Owning people operations while building our talent function, hiring its leader and helping us meet our recruiting goals.

• Establishing our internal finance function, including financial planning and reporting.

• Owning our operating cadence: OKRs, all-hands meetings and monthly business reviews.

• Driving priorities across teams and representing Sequence with candidates, partners and other external stakeholders.

• Other crucial projects or functions critical to Sequence’s smooth daily operations.

You’ll lead through influence from day one, earning trust through judgment and execution. Your scope and responsibilities will grow with the firm.

What We Look For

• Real startup operating experience. You’ve built functions, teams or systems in a growing company and can point to results you personally delivered. Investing or engineering experience is a plus.
• AI native. You use AI fluently in your own work and build it into workflows, systems and how teams operate.
• Range and ownership. You can move between recruiting, finance and company operations, learn quickly and own a problem through to resolution.
• Sound judgment and analytical depth. You understand the commercial and financial implications of decisions, identify what matters and work through the details.
• Exceptional communication and leadership. You earn trust, hold people accountable and drive decisions across teams. You’re credible with colleagues at every level and with external partners.
• Tenacity and attention to detail. You set a high bar, do the unglamorous work and follow through until the result is right.