# Head of Operations at adaption Head of Operations at adaption in San Francisco. Hybrid, full-time. Posted October 29, 2026. - Company: adaption - Location: San Francisco - Workplace: Hybrid - Job type: Full-time - Experience: 1+ year - Posted: 2026-10-29 - Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/adaption/7c9547b2-6959-4d84-aa7c-de80b5eae58d/application - Source: https://jobmagic.ai/jobs/head-of-operations-adaption-v0mxx0 ## Requirements - 1–6+ years of experience in operations, founder's office, or special projects—ideally within a fast-paced, early-stage startup environment. Former founders welcome - Hyper-adaptable & available on short notice: Comfortable with irregular hours, fast turnarounds, and last-minute travel demands during critical build phases - Exceptional multi-tasking abilities: Proven track record of managing competing priorities, context-switching seamlessly, and keeping key initiatives moving without dropping details - Low ego, high agency: A "no task is too small" attitude coupled with the drive to take full ownership of high-stakes projects - Strong organizational & logistical instincts: Impeccable attention to detail, proactive anticipation of founder needs, and bulletproof administrative follow-through ## Description ### The Role As Head of Operations at Adaption, you are the right hand, force multiplier, and ultimate leverage point for the founding team. Your primary directive is simple: make the founders’ day radically lighter so they can focus on high-leverage decisions and accelerating our 0 to 1 trajectory. You are a true swiss army knife: equally comfortable with jumping on operations, coordinating team strategy or traveling alongside the founders to handle logistics and live execution. You thrive in intense, fast-moving environments where ambiguity is constant, context-switching is mandatory, and being available on short notice is second nature. From high-level strategic initiatives to critical operations, no job is too big or too small if it moves the company forward. ### Responsibilities - **Founder Leverage:** Serve as the central point of leverage for the founders. Clear operational friction before it even reaches their desks. Be a trusted intermediary for key asks, anticipating operational needs and proactively coordinating next steps - **High and Low Execution:** Tackle tasks across the full spectrum of operations— from helping with procurement to coordinating team logistics. - **Day-to-Day Operations & Scale: **Build internal rituals, communication channels, and operations infrastructure to keep a fast-growing, distributed team aligned and running efficiently. - **Agile Context-Switching: **Rapidly pivot between high-level strategic problem-solving and immediate tactical tasks based on founder priorities and urgent operational needs. - **Travel & On-the-Ground Support: **Travel directly with the founders for investor meetings, conferences, key hires, and strategic offsites. Manage door-to-door travel logistics, schedule adjustments, and live operational needs on short notice. - **0 to 1 Special Projects: **Own high-priority, cross-functional initiatives end-to-end from first principles. Take undefined, ambiguous problems that don't fit into standard job descriptions and build working systems from scratch. ### Qualifications & Mindset - 1–6+ years of experience in operations, founder's office, or special projects—ideally within a fast-paced, early-stage startup environment. Former founders welcome - Hyper-adaptable & available on short notice: Comfortable with irregular hours, fast turnarounds, and last-minute travel demands during critical build phases - Exceptional multi-tasking abilities: Proven track record of managing competing priorities, context-switching seamlessly, and keeping key initiatives moving without dropping details - Low ego, high agency: A "no task is too small" attitude coupled with the drive to take full ownership of high-stakes projects - Strong organizational & logistical instincts: Impeccable attention to detail, proactive anticipation of founder needs, and bulletproof administrative follow-through Above all, we're looking for great teammates who make work feel lighter and aren't afraid to go out on a limb with bold ideas. You don't need to be perfect, but you do need to be adaptable. We encourage you to apply, even if you don't check every box. ### **About us** Most AI is frozen in place - it doesn't adapt to the world. We think that's backwards. Our mandate is to build efficient intelligence that evolves in real-time. Our vision is AI systems that are flexible, personalized, and accessible to everyone. We believe efficiency is what makes this possible - it's how we expand access and ensure innovation benefits the many, not the few. We believe in talent density: bringing together the best and most driven individuals to push the boundaries of continual adaptation. We're looking for builders and creative thinkers ready to shape the next era of intelligence.   ### **Benefits** - **Flexible work**: In-person collaboration in the Bay Area, a distributed global-first team, and team offsites. - **Adaption Passport**: Annual travel stipend to explore a country you've never visited. We're building intelligence that evolves alongside you, so we encourage you to keep expanding your horizons. - **Lunch Stipend: **Weekly meal allowance for take-out or grocery delivery. - **Well-Being**: Comprehensive medical benefits and generous paid time off.