JOB-2053

An early-stage company bringing hardware and software into K-12 schools is looking for a founding Head of Operations to own how new districts go live and to build the operating backbone of a fast-growing team.

What you’ll own

  • Take each new school from signed purchase order to fully live: hardware staging and shipping, room mapping, roster syncs with student information systems, training and ID card production
  • Design self-install kits and guides clear enough that a school’s own staff can mount devices without calling for help
  • Spend real time inside school buildings, building relationships with technology directors, facilities staff and principals
  • Run day-to-day internal operations, including procurement, inventory, deliveries, vendors, tooling and a daily company-wide operating dashboard
  • Scale the process for summer onboarding waves of hundreds of schools at once
  • Turn repeated problems into playbooks and automation (AI tools encouraged) so the next hire can run what you built

Profile

  • 1–5 years in operations, implementation, deployment, field ops, program management, logistics or BizOps
  • A structured problem-solver who can break down messy, ambiguous situations
  • Presence and credibility in front of skeptical educators and school staff
  • Comfort troubleshooting dashboards, CSV files, data syncs and device pairing, with a critical, thoughtful approach to AI
  • Humility and accountability; early-stage startup, supply chain or procurement experience is a plus

On-site in Brooklyn, NY, five days a week, with regular local school visits and periodic travel to conferences around the US.