Operations Associate

Zenos — Early-stage, AI & RoboticsZenos is building a new class of hardware-light AI robotics systems designed for real-world deployment. We're early, fast-moving, and well-capitalized. Our founders are successful entrepreneurs with a nine figure exit in the AI space. Our CEO has been a public company executive at a company whose products you use often.We're hiring an Operations Associate to work directly with the CEO on whatever matters most — from fundraising and sales to operations, hiring, and getting robots into the field.This role is for someone who wants to be in the middle of everything.The RoleYou'll operate as a generalist across the company, helping push forward our highest-priority work. You'll be supporting office buildouts, driving early customer development, and helping build the operational backbone of the company. You will be solving the problems that don't have a natural home in engineering or sales and building the 'V1' of our internal departments by setting up our early-stage processes and systems, ensuring they are scalable as we grow.You'll move between strategic work (market analysis, materials, planning) and hands-on execution (coordinating logistics, supporting field tests, making things happen in the real world). One day might involve refining a pitch or analyzing a market; the next might involve setting up a test site or solving a scrappy operational problem.If something is blocking the company, you'll help unblock it.Who You Are1-5 years of experience at a top-tier company (startup, tech, consulting, etc.)Scrappy, focused on getting stuff doneComfortable with ambiguity and ownershipStrong communicator and clear thinkerWilling to do both data-driven high-level thinking and low-level executionSystems thinker who can create solutions to get to the next stageYou don't need robotics experience — but you should be excited to work in the real world, not just behind a screen.Why This RoleWork directly with the CEO on the company's most important problemsGet broad exposure across fundraising, sales, engineering, and hiringDefine the operations of a high-growth startupHigh ownership from day oneClear path to leadership roles as the company grows