# Founding Operations Director

> Raydar · New York, United States · Full-time · Posted 2026-10-26

**Salary:** USD 200,000–275,000

**Workplace:** on_site

## Description

About the company

Our client is a financial services firm.

The role

Raydar is recruiting for this role on behalf of our client. Take on a founding operations role that owns every non-investment function, covering vendors, contracts, compliance, budgets and people matters, while coordinating workstreams hands-on and automating routine processes.

What you'll do

\- Resolve operational issues end to end so they never reach the investment team.

\- Oversee counterparties, service providers, vendors and contracts, including negotiating terms.

\- Manage investor onboarding, due diligence paperwork and reporting.

\- Run compliance workflows, budgeting, insurance, office matters and people operations.

\- Automate routine operational processes with AI tools, working alongside technical colleagues.

\- Bring in-house some functions currently handled by external providers.

\- Lead a small external sales team and support pitches to large institutional prospects.

\- Act as the central coordinator across workstreams, keeping them on schedule.

## Requirements

What we're looking for

\- Roughly 2 to 4 years in management consulting, investment banking or private equity, plus 2 or more years in strategy, operations or business operations at a startup.

\- Hands-on experience running routine operations across several areas at an early-stage company, such as vendors, budgets, staffing and compliance.

\- A history of designing and rolling out complete processes from start to finish.

\- Experience as the primary contact for senior external stakeholders, running calls and communications directly.

\- Very fluent with current AI tools.

\- Comfortable working in person at the New York office five days a week.

Bonus points

\- Experience in financial services or at an investment firm, including direct investing or investment firm operations.

\- Experience building personal AI workflows or automations with agents or no-code tools.

\- Prior involvement in elite sport or another demanding competitive pursuit.

## Benefits

Compensation and benefits

\- Base salary: USD 200,000 to 275,000

\- Profit share

Location and work model

\- New York, NY, United States

\- Full-time, on-site, 5 days a week

## Apply

[Apply at Raydar](https://apply.workable.com/raydar/j/8F098198C3/apply)

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