Operations Lead
ABOUT AIUC
Our mission is to underwrite superintelligence https://underwriting-superintelligence.com/. We red-team, certify, and insure agents - working with AI category leaders like ElevenLabs https://www.linkedin.com/posts/matiii_a-first-for-the-industry-voice-agents-built-ugcPost-7429909704266653696-d7Ac?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAABaw0-sBnn0CU9SIZf2TfDwTKAAbDaEqsss, Lovable https://lovable.dev/blog/aiuc-1, Harvey https://www.harvey.ai/blog/the-first-certified-ai-agents-in-legal-harvey-achieves-aiuc-1, UiPath https://www.uipath.com/, and Fin https://fin.ai/customers.
Soon, agents will take on critical work in hospitals, banks and governments. This could create abundance - or go terribly wrong. History teaches us that standards and insurance are capitalism’s best tools for making risk legible and shaping incentives.
We’ve built the gold standard for agent security & reliability, AIUC-1 https://www.aiuc-1.com/, with 100+ CISOs from the Fortune 1000 https://www.aiuc-1.com/consortium. Our team comes from Anthropic http://anthropic.com/, McKinsey http://mckinsey.com/, METR http://metr.org/, Palantir, Amazon - 50% are previous founders. We've raised $55m from Ribbit, First Harmonic, and Nat Friedman. Read more here https://open.spotify.com/episode/0FJEDsKalxJ1j4PjO7F4Cn?si=e14469cc5b1f496c, here https://whyyoushouldjoin.substack.com/p/aiuc, and here https://forrealai.substack.com/p/why-aiuc-is-one-of-the-most-agi-proof.
THE ROLE
We're looking for someone who can be the operational backbone of AIUC and own how the business runs from first principles – insourcing the core operations we're currently stitching together,, building the systems and financial controls a fast-scaling company needs, and removing friction and bottlenecks wherever you find it and gear us for growth.
In practice this means, you will:
- Insource and own core operations — bring the operational infrastructure, systems and processes that keep AIUC running in-house (vendors, contractors, legal, HR, etc)
- Centralize spend and financial controls — consolidate vendors and spend, put controls in place, and create visibility into where money goes.
- Support recruiting and people ops — help the team hire and onboard well as we grow headcount across functions.
- Run strategic finance and reporting — own board reporting, financial planning, and the numbers leadership runs the company on.
- Drive efficiency across the org — identify where the company is losing time or money and design the fix; turn unstructured problems into structured, durable systems.
WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR
Someone who wants to deliver real impact and ownership. We think you’ll be successful if you have:
- 6–10 years of experience, ideally having owned operations at a high-growth startup and seen scaling pains firsthand — or a top-tier generalist (consulting, finance, operating) we trust to learn ops fast.
- A killer smart generalist: analytical, detail-obsessed, obsessive about efficiency, with a relentless work ethic.
- Reasons from first principles and is just as comfortable going from a blank page to a concrete plan as executing it.
- Moves with urgency and communicates with structure.
- Finds satisfaction in enabling others and takes pride in operations that run seamlessly.
COMPENSATION & PERKS
- Competitive annual salary
- Equity (significant part of total compensation)
- Health, dental and vision insurance for you and your dependents
- Visa sponsorship and relocation stipend to bring you to SF, if needed
- Daily meals
OUR VALUES
- Strong Back - High standards, keep our promises, work hard
- Open Heart - Say the scary thing, create connection, make room for emotions
- Fast Feet - Experiment, cut scope, take delight in pace
- Eyes Up - ‘Feel the AGI’ across our strategy, teams and day-to-day work