Senior Business Operations Manager — Government & Compliance

Abel Police; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Meaningful equity

Comprehensive medical and dental cover

Flexible PTO

Job summary

Abel is hiring a Business Operations Manager to own the operating backbone of the company in San Francisco. You will run government procurement responses, contracts, CJIS compliance coordination, finance, people ops, and internal systems that keep a B2G company moving.

You'll work directly with the CEO and a small senior team, inheriting documented runbooks and an AI-assisted toolchain that automates quotes, agreements, and sales decks.

Qualifications

• 4+ years in startup operations or related roles.
• Meticulous with contracts, government paperwork, and compliance.
• Strong judgment with sensitive information.
• Excellent project management with tight external deadlines.
• Comfort using AI tools daily to automate repeat work.

Responsibilities

• Own government procurement end-to-end: RFP/RFQ/RFI responses and registrations.
• Run the contract pipeline: quotes, pilot and reseller agreements, routing to outside counsel.
• Coordinate CJIS compliance and security questionnaires with CTO and Vanta.
• Manage finance ops: invoicing, payroll, multi-state registrations and tax.
• Own people ops: hiring logistics, onboarding/offboarding, benefits.
• Support sales ops: CRM hygiene, quote generation, agency filing.
• Operate and extend the AI-assisted ops toolchain.
• Flag risks early with practical fixes; keep the company fast.
• Keep office organized and on-site vendors.

Skills

Startup operations

Contract & compliance

Project management

Communication

Operational excellence

Tools

Google Workspace

HubSpot

Slack

1Password

DocuSign

Brex

Carta

Job description

Abel is hiring a Business Operations Manager to own the operating backbone of the company in San Francisco. You will run government procurement responses, contracts, CJIS compliance coordination, finance, people ops, and internal systems that keep a B2G company moving.

You'll work directly with the CEO and a small senior team, inheriting documented runbooks and an AI-assisted toolchain that automates quotes, agreements, and sales decks.