Portfolio AI & Operations Lead

Vantora; Los Angeles (CA); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Vantora is seeking a Portfolio Operations Manager to drive AI enablement across a portfolio of companies and strengthen governance and external connectivity within the venture ecosystem.

You will work directly with portfolio CEOs and Vantora leadership to identify AI opportunities, build practical workflows, and synthesize company health into actionable updates. This role blends hands-on AI work with CEO support and portfolio reporting.

Qualifications

• 4-5+ years in venture platform, startup operations, AI operations, BizOps, product operations, consulting, venture capital, or an early-stage company-building role.
• AI-native with hands-on experience building AI-enabled tools, workflows, automations, or internal systems.
• Comfortable with LLMs, AI productivity tools, automation platforms, no-code/low-code systems, data tools, and APIs.
• Strong analytical ability to understand company performance, operating metrics, burn, runway, pipeline, growth levers, and portfolio health.
• Externally credible and relationship-oriented; can build trust with VCs, founders, operators, advisors, and strategic partners.
• Excellent written communicator who can synthesize messy inputs into updates, board materials, leadership summaries, and memos.
• Able to move between hands-on AI work, CEO support, portfolio reporting, governance, and events.
• Interest in enterprise software, industrial markets, transportation, logistics, aviation, manufacturing, energy, and other complex B2B verticals.
• High tolerance for ambiguity; energized by building the playbook rather than inheriting one.

Responsibilities

• AI Enablement: identify AI-driven growth levers for portfolio companies; build AI-enabled tools, workflows, prompts, agents, and playbooks; embed AI into GTM, sales, research, marketing, recruiting, finance, product so on.
• CEO & Portfolio Company Support: partner with CEOs to understand priorities, operating cadence, and risk; provide practical execution support including research, tooling, process design, investor prep, and mapping.
• Portfolio Governance: build systems to monitor health across financial, commercial, product, talent, and operational metrics; create dashboards and operating reviews for leadership; standardize board reporting templates.
• VC Ecosystem & Events: cultivate relationships across the VC community; connect portfolio with capital access, market insights, and advisor networks; represent Vantora at events; translate relationships into portfolio value.

Skills

AI operations

Venture platform experience

Cross-functional collaboration

LLMs & AI tools

Relationship building

Executive support

Data visualization

Communication

Strategic thinking

Project management

Tools

Automation platforms

APIs

Data tooling

Job description

Vantora is seeking a Portfolio Operations Manager to drive AI enablement across a portfolio of companies and strengthen governance and external connectivity within the venture ecosystem.

You will work directly with portfolio CEOs and Vantora leadership to identify AI opportunities, build practical workflows, and synthesize company health into actionable updates. This role blends hands-on AI work with CEO support and portfolio reporting.