Head of Operations
CurbWaste
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: New York City • New York • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $175,000 - $195,000 per year
Job Level
Lead
About the role
- You'll be the architect of our operational infrastructure.
- This isn't about maintaining the status quo—you'll be building systems, processes, and teams while keeping the trucks running.
- Work directly with our founders and leadership team to identify operational bottlenecks, design solutions, and execute with urgency.
- Immediate impact: Audit current operations across finance, HR, legal, and facilities to identify critical gaps.
- Implement quick wins that reduce friction and free up founder/leadership time.
- Own vendor relationships and negotiate better contracts.
- Partner with finance team for budget management.
- Lead quarterly planning and cross-functional project coordination.
- Near Term Impact: Build and scale our people operations: onboarding, performance management, compensation frameworks.
- Design and implement systems for managing rapid growth (tools, workflows, documentation).
- Establish data-driven operational metrics and reporting cadence.
- Begin building your team as complexity grows.
- Long Term Opportunity: Evolve into VP Operations or COO as the company scales.
Requirements
- 4-7 years of experience in high-performing environments: management consulting, investment banking, startup operations, or strategic finance
- Track record of building processes and systems from scratch, not just maintaining them
- Exceptional project management skills with ability to juggle multiple priorities simultaneously
- Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities—you love diving into data to find insights
- Proven ability to execute with limited resources and ambiguous direction
- Outstanding communication skills and ability to influence without authority
- Bias toward action and comfort making decisions with incomplete information
- Strongly Preferred
- Experience at a high-growth startup during a key scaling phase
- Exposure to multiple operational functions (finance, HR, legal, sales ops)
- Background in management consulting (MBB or similar) or investment banking
- Familiarity with startup tools and systems (e.g., Ramp, Carta, Equals, Hubspot)
- Experience supporting fundraising processes or board-level reporting
Benefits
- Competitive salary range: $175k-$195k + meaningful equity
- Flextime, recognition, and support for autonomous work: Flexible time off with ample learning and development opportunities to continue growing your career.
- Health benefits: Company-paid medical, dental, and vision
- 401k
- Clear path to VP of Operations or COO at scale
- Shape the companies foundation and culture
- Work directly with the CEO & leadership team
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
project managementanalytical skillsproblem-solvingbudget managementprocess designsystem implementationdata analysisperformance managementonboardingcontract negotiation
Soft skills
communication skillsinfluence without authorityability to juggle multiple prioritiesbias toward actiondecision-making with incomplete informationleadershipteam buildingcollaborationadaptabilitystrategic thinking