Vice President of Operations

Aegis AI

$200K — $250K *
Consumer Technology
11 - 15 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 12-15+ years of operational leadership experience in tech or management consulting.
  • Proven track record scaling high-growth companies through various employee stages.
  • Deep technical fluency, especially in AI discussions and systems.
  • Strong systems thinking and problem-solving abilities with a focus on efficiency.
  • Proactive ownership mindset; willing to engage at all levels of the organization.

Responsibilities

  • Design and own the company's key operational rhythms and infrastructure for hyper-growth.
  • Translate long-term strategy into actionable cross-functional plans while ensuring alignment.
  • Serve as a central hub to resolve silos and improve collaboration between key teams.
  • Lead zero-to-one initiatives and manage critical strategic projects until maturity.
  • Collaborate on financial planning and manage operational aspects for investor readiness.

Benefits

  • Opportunity to build foundational operations for a rapidly scaling AI startup.
  • Work alongside industry veterans from renowned tech companies.
  • Engage directly with leading venture capitalists and top-tier partners.
  • Be at the forefront of innovative operational strategies in the AI domain.
Full Job Description
The Role

As the Vice President of Operations, you will be the architect of our company's internal engine. While the founders focus on product vision, engineering breakthroughs, and market expansion, you will ensure the organization has the systems, processes, and operating cadence to execute at lightning speed without derailing.

You will partner directly with the CEO and executive team to turn high-level corporate strategy into rigorous operational reality. This means designing an operating model that scales, leading complex cross-functional initiatives, overseeing resource allocation, and optimizing the connective tissue between Product, Engineering, and Go-To-Market (GTM). This is a highly visible, senior leadership role designed for a proven operator who knows how to orchestrate the scaling of a category-defining AI company.

Responsibilities
  • Scale Business Operations: Design, implement, and own the company's core operating rhythms (OKRs, QBRs, leadership meetings, and all-hands). Build the infrastructure, processes, and KPIs needed to support hyper-growth.
  • Strategic Planning & Execution: Translate long-term corporate strategy into actionable, cross-functional operating plans. Ensure company-wide alignment and hold executive leaders accountable for delivering on key milestones.
  • Cross-Functional Orchestration: Serve as the central hub between Product, Engineering, and GTM. Identify organizational silos, resolve systemic friction points in our "agentic" development cycle, and build scalable frameworks that allow technical and commercial teams to sprint in unison.
  • Incubation & Special Projects: Lead complex, zero-to-one enterprise initiatives. Take ownership of critical gaps-whether standing up a new business function, spearheading international expansion, or driving enterprise-scale GTM partnerships-until they are mature enough to hand off.
  • Financial & Resource Operations: Partner with the CEO on financial planning, budget allocation, and vendor management. Play a key operational role in future fundraising rounds, managing the data room and ensuring business metrics are investor-ready.
Who You Are
  • Seasoned Executive Operator: 12-15+ years of operational leadership experience. You likely have a background as a VP of Operations, COO, GM, or a senior partner at a top-tier management consulting firm transitioning into tech.
  • Scaled a High-Growth Machine: You have been through the hyper-growth journey before. You know what a company looks like at 50, 500, and 1,000+ employees, and you know how to build the operational scaffolding to survive those transitions smoothly.
  • Technically Fluent & AI-Native: You can go toe-to-toe with elite engineers. You are deeply comfortable discussing model precision, human-in-the-loop systems, the evolving threat landscape, and how AI infrastructure impacts unit economics.
  • Systems Thinker & Problem Solver: You are obsessed with efficiency and scale. You can look at a tangled, ambiguous process and immediately see the streamlined, automated, and scalable solution.
  • High Agency, Zero Entitlement: Despite your senior background, you are willing to get into the weeds when the company needs it. You lead with a true "owner" mindset, taking complete responsibility for ambiguous, high-stakes challenges.
Why This Role?

This is a rare opportunity to build the operational foundation of a rapidly scaling, venture-backed AI startup alongside industry veterans. You will be applying your hard-earned expertise to build the "immune system" for the modern enterprise, working directly with the visionaries who built Gmail and Chrome Security, and top-tier partners at Accel and Foundation Capital.

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