Operations Manager
Dandy$116,500 - $137,000/year
Full Time
Senior (5 to 8 years), Expert & Leadership (9+ years)
Not SpecifiedCompensation
Senior (5 to 8 years), Expert & Leadership (9+ years)Experience Level
Full TimeJob Type
UnknownVisa
Venture Building, Civic Tech, TechnologyIndustries
Requirements
- Prior role as COO, Director of Operations, GM, or PMO lead with direct accountability for multi-team or multi-program delivery (e.g., $10–50M scope or zero-to-scale programs)
- Reputation for being future-focused, pragmatic, and disciplined; you install mechanisms and keep them running
- Fluency across finance, legal/governance, talent, and GTM ops; you know when to use outside counsel and when to move
- Track record of standing up operating cadence (OKRs/QBRs, dashboards, closes) and improving burn multiple, cycle times, and quality
- Familiarity with our domains (gov/mil, healthcare, aviation, logistics, data/AI); ATO/SOC experience is a plus
Responsibilities
- Foundry OS: Design and maintain the portfolio operating system—cadences, OKRs, dashboards, and commit/hold/stop gates across all ventures
- Portfolio operations: Capacity and resourcing across builds; milestone tracking; unblock issues to hit pilot and revenue dates
- Finance operations: Budgets and rolling forecasts (platform + venture); month-end close; burn/runway tracking; scenario planning
- Legal & governance: Standardize data rooms and templates (SAFEs, SOWs, MSAs, term sheets); cap table hygiene; board cadence; outside counsel coordination
- People & talent ops: Build recruiting pipelines, rate cards, and a contractor bench; hiring SLAs; onboarding within 72 hours; performance mechanisms
- Compliance & risk: Implement pragmatic controls (SOC2-lite), security/privacy posture, insurance coverage, and—where applicable—ATO roadmaps for gov/mil work
- Tooling & data architecture: Select and integrate the stack (CRM, finance, project tooling); maintain single-pane dashboards for leaders and founders
- Vendor & partner management: Negotiate terms and SLAs; manage procurement; measure cost/quality; ensure partners accelerate trust
- Communications & rituals: Produce crisp operating reviews, venture updates, and “no-surprises” reporting; run portfolio and platform reviews
Skills
Key technologies and capabilities for this role
Questions & Answers
Common questions about this position
What is the compensation for the Head of Operations role?
The position offers a competitive salary plus performance-based upside tied to platform and portfolio outcomes, with benefits provided via Aviture.
Is this a remote position, or does it require office work?
This is a hybrid role that is Omaha-centric with flexibility, including about 20–30% travel for founders, customers, and events.
What key skills or experiences are required for this position?
The role requires expertise in designing operating systems for company formation, including finance operations like budgets and forecasts, legal and governance workflows, talent operations, and data architecture for dashboards and tooling.
What is the company culture like at Foundry by Aviture/The Garage?
The culture emphasizes a service mindset to founders, substance over theatrics, low ego, high signal, and bias to action and clarity.
What makes a strong candidate for the Head of Operations role?
Strong candidates will have experience shortening time from thesis to pilot, improving capital efficiency, and delivering on-time pilots with accurate forecasts, clean diligence, and founder outcomes, demonstrated through operator discipline.
AiCure
AI platform for patient monitoring and insights
About AiCure
AiCure enhances patient care and clinical research through its AI-powered platform, IMA (Interactive Medical Assistant). This platform monitors patient responses to treatments using visual and audio data, providing healthcare providers and researchers with insights into treatment effectiveness. AiCure primarily serves pharmaceutical companies, healthcare providers, and clinical researchers, helping them ensure patient adherence to treatments, improve retention in clinical trials, and detect any deceptive behaviors that could affect research outcomes. The platform also identifies digital biomarkers to predict clinical progress more accurately. Unlike its competitors, AiCure focuses on delivering real-time, reliable patient data, which is crucial for optimizing treatment and reducing risks in clinical research. The company's goal is to improve the quality of patient care and unlock the potential for new therapies by tailoring treatments to individual patient responses.
New York City, New YorkHeadquarters
2010Year Founded
$67.7MTotal Funding
DEBTCompany Stage
AI & Machine Learning, HealthcareIndustries
51-200Employees
Risks
Emerging AI healthcare startups threaten AiCure's market share.
Privacy concerns over video data may affect user trust.
Rapid AI advancements require constant platform updates, straining resources.
Differentiation
AiCure uses patented facial recognition to confirm medication ingestion in real-time.
Their IMA platform provides AI-driven insights into patient treatment responses.
AiCure's digital biomarker platform predicts clinical progress with measurable biological indicators.
Upsides
Growing demand for AI in healthcare boosts AiCure's market potential.
FDA acceptance of digital health tech aids AiCure's market penetration.
Rise of telemedicine accelerates adoption of AiCure's AI technologies.
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