Operations Associate - Founding Team Member

About the RoleWe're looking for an Operations Associate to join the founding team at Known and help execute the most exciting consumer launch of 2025. You'll work closely with our Head of Operations - driving GTM strategy, accelerating partnerships, enabling recruiting, and keeping our internal engine running smoothly.This is a rare chance to get in early at a well-funded startup ($10M seed from one of the top consumer VCs in SF), build an entirely new category in AI-powered dating, and take on real ownership from day one. You'll move fast, learn fast, and help shape how Known enters the world.What You'll DoSupport GTM Strategy - coordinate launch plans, timelines, and cross-functional executionDrive Partnerships - source, contact, and manage relationships with venues, creators, and brand partnersCoordinate Marketing Efforts - organize campaigns, events, and content operations with the growth teamRecruiting Support - help build pipelines, coordinate candidate experience, and keep hiring on trackFinancial Ops - expense management, payment tracking, and helping maintain a healthy financial pulseWork Directly With Founders - be a key part of daily decisions across product, growth, and operationsOperational Excellence - build processes that make us faster, smarter, and always improvingWho You Are~1 year of experience in consulting, investment banking, or a high-performance environmentA highly organized operator - you make chaos feel like clarityStrong communicator (written and verbal)Comfortable owning ambiguous problems and turning them into actionScrappy, resourceful, and energized by doing whatever it takes to make us winExcited about startups, tech, and redefining how people meetBased in San Francisco - or ready to be hereWhy KnownMassive opportunity - the future of dating needs a new modelReal ownership - equity in a company built to scaleHigh-trust, high-autonomy environmentAccess & impact - work alongside founders daily and see your work go live fastBacked by the best - $10M seed from top consumer VC in SFBuild a category-defining product that helps people connect offline, in the real world