Operating Partner - Founder Services & Platform

Unusual; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 300,000 - 500,000; Full time

Job summary

Unusual Ventures is hiring an Operating Partner to lead Founder Services and Platform teams. You will be one of Unusual's Operating Partners, with day-to-day ownership of coordinating resources, setting priorities, and delivering high-quality founder support on schedule.

You will work closely with John Vrionis to organize resources, help founders win at any stage, and build repeatable programs the team can deliver with impact.

Qualifications

• Proven operator with track record in startups, as a CEO or COO, with deep enterprise software experience.
• Built and scaled companies; can distinguish traction from noise.
• Built go-to-market and recruiting motions from the ground up; can coach founders credibly.
• Enjoy helping founders succeed; able to challenge them and be heard.
• Strong leader who can own execution and raise team performance.
• High standards, high empathy, calm and structured thinking.
• Values-driven; integrity and long-term company building.

Responsibilities

• Own the day-to-day: lead Founder Services and Platform teams, manage people and priorities.
• Organize resources: direct talent, go-to-market, marketing, events, content, and introductions to founders.
• Help founders win: support at any stage with recruiting, GTM, customers, or media.
• Build the playbook: shape founder support programs and scale delivery.
• Set the standard: raise the bar for value-add in venture.

Skills

Operator experience

Startup scaling

Go-to-market

Recruiting

Coaching founders

Leadership

Empathy

Strategic thinking

Job description

Unusual Ventures

Unusual Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm focused on working with the very best enterprise software founders. We are looking for an Operating Partner to lead our Founder Services and Platform teams.

We want a builder — and, just as importantly, a manager and a coordinator: someone who will own the details, run the team, and make sure our support reaches founders on time and at quality.

The Role

This is a builder's role with a Partner's scope and ownership. You will be one of Unusual's Operating Partners, on equal footing with our CFO and Operating Partner.

You will work closely with John Vrionis to organize and direct the resources of our Founder Services and Platform teams, and you will own the day-to-day — leading the people, setting priorities, and making sure our support reaches founders when and where they need it.

You will care deeply about helping founders, whatever the need. Some days that is a critical executive hire. Others it is sharpening go-to-market, opening a door to a customer, landing a piece of coverage, or getting a founder in the right room. You will meet each company where it is, at whatever stage, and marshal the firm's resources to move it forward.

• Own the day-to-day. Lead the Founder Services and Platform teams day-to-day — the people, the priorities, and the standards.
• Organize the resources. Direct our talent, go-to-market, marketing, events, content, and customer-introduction resources so they reach the founders who need them most.
• Help founders win. Meet founders at any stage — pre-seed through Series B — and help on whatever front matters: recruiting, go-to-market, customers, narrative, or coverage.
• Build the playbook. Partner with John to shape how Unusual supports founders, and turn that into repeatable programs the team can deliver at quality.
• Set the standard. Raise the bar for what "value-add" actually means in venture — and make it real, not theater.

• A proven operator with a track record of success in startups — as a CEO or COO, with deep experience in enterprise software in particular.
• You have built and scaled companies, and you know the difference between traction and noise.
• You have built go-to-market and recruiting motions from the ground up, and you can coach founders on both with credibility.
• You get real joy from helping founders succeed, and you have the standing to challenge them and be heard.
• You are a strong leader of teams who can own execution and raise the performance of the people around you.
• You have high standards and high empathy, and you bring calm, structured thinking to messy problems.
• You care deeply about truth, clarity, and long-term company building.
• You are values-driven. You care about integrity, substance, and doing the right thing.

This role is based in the Bay Area. You will work from our Menlo Park or San Francisco office — we are flexible on which — and you should live within reach of both, and of our founders.

Compensation is highly competitive and commensurate with the seniority of the seat, including meaningful upside in the firm's success.