Operations Manager

About Us

We are a private design studio that builds and supports a portfolio of companies and projects across software, hardware, hospitality, and more. Some of what we build stays in house; some spins out. We also run an early-stage investment fund and an accompanying cohort program for founders. This company is not Expa, but is an affiliate of Expa's.

The Role

We are looking for an Operations Manager who treats operations as a product rather than a back office — someone who builds the infrastructure that lets a small team and a changing set of projects move quickly without breaking things.

The role is weighted toward our fund and cohort program, which will take roughly 60% of your time. The other 40% supports the rest of the portfolio: reviewing the monthly financials, keeping budgets honest, handling insurance and registrations, routing work between legal, finance, and engineering, and making sure each project gets set up properly and stays ahead of what it owes. Most of our project leads are engineers, and designers focused on their product. You are the person who notices the insurance renewal, the registration deadline, or the contract that never got countersigned — and gets it handled.

This is a mid-senior, self-directed seat. You will own the oper