Pear VC
Operations Associate - Founding Team Member
8mo ago
USAJuniorfinancial operationsrecruitingmarketingpartner management
Operations Associate to support GTM strategy, partnerships, recruiting, and operational tasks at a startup launching an AI-powered dating product.
Responsibilities
- We’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.
Requirements
- ~ 1 year of experience in consulting, investment banking, or a high-performance environment
- A highly organized operator - you make chaos feel like clarity
- Strong communicator (written and verbal)
- Comfortable owning ambiguous problems and turning them into action
- Scrappy, resourceful, and energized by doing whatever it takes to make us win
- Excited about startups, tech, and redefining how people meet
- Based in San Francisco - or ready to be here
Other
- Support GTM Strategy - coordinate launch plans, timelines, and cross-functional execution
- Drive Partnerships - source, contact, and manage relationships with venues, creators, and brand partners
- Coordinate Marketing Efforts - organize campaigns, events, and content operations with the growth team
- Recruiting Support - help build pipelines, coordinate candidate experience, and keep hiring on track
- Financial Ops - expense management, payment tracking, and helping maintain a healthy financial pulse
- Work Directly With Founders - be a key part of daily decisions across product, growth, and operations
- Operational Excellence - build processes that make us faster, smarter, and always improving
- Massive opportunity - the future of dating needs a new model
- Real ownership - equity in a company built to scale
- High-trust, high-autonomy environment
- Access & impact - work alongside founders daily and see your work go live fast
- Backed by the best - $10M seed from top consumer VC in SF
- Build a category-defining product that helps people connect offline, in the real world