Business Operations Manager

Business Operations Manager

Instawork's vision is to create economic opportunities for local businesses and skilled hourly workers in communities around the world. With an AI-first approach, we're supercharging the leading online labor marketplace and looking for exceptional talent to help us build the future of hourly work. Backed by world-class investors like Benchmark, Spark Capital, Craft Ventures, Greylock, Y Combinator, and more, we want you to help us continue to scale quickly and make an even greater impact.

We're looking for a Business Operations Manager who can act as an internal founderowning bold ideas end-to-end and driving them from strategy to execution. This role is for someone who thrives in ambiguity, sees opportunities where others see gaps, and isn't afraid to get their hands dirty building something from scratch. This is a high-visibility, high-leverage role : you'll work directly with senior leadership, and your projects will directly shape Instawork's trajectory.

Who You Are :

• 5+ years of experience in high-impact, fast-paced environments (business operations, strategy & ops, consulting, investment banking, venture building, or startup leadership).
• Demonstrated ability to take initiatives from 0?1, including setting strategy, validating demand, and executing all the details to make it real.
• Strong analytical toolkit (Excel / Sheets, SQL, BI tools) and the curiosity to dig into data until you uncover the "why."
• Exceptional communication and influence skills; able to inspire executives and frontline teams alike.
• Entrepreneurial mindset : scrappy, resourceful, comfortable with uncertainty, and biased toward action.
• A true generalist "athlete"equally at home building strategy decks, debugging a workflow automation, or interviewing customers.

What You'll Do :

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About Instawork :

Founded in 2015, Instawork is the nation's leading online labor marketplace for food services, hospitality, light industry, and logistics, connecting more than 7M skilled workers with local restaurants, hotels, warehouses, stadiums, and more. Our AI-powered platform serves thousands of businesses across more than 50 major markets in the United States and Canada. We're not just helping fill shifts, we're supporting local economiesand we're just getting started!

Instawork has been featured by CBS News, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, and the Associated Press. Forbes included us on their Next Billion Dollar Startups list; RetailTech Breakthrough named us Workforce Hiring Solution of the Year for 2025; and Inc. 5000 recognized us as one of the country's top 10% fastest-growing companies two years in a row. But what matters most is our impact. We're solving real problems for real people, and we're doing it at scale.

Join our team to help us build something that matters! We're looking for superstars who want to help us shape the future of work. With hubs in San Francisco, Bangalore, and Chicago, city offices in New York, Phoenix, and Singapore, we're back to working together in-person five days a week because we believe the best ideas happen when great people collaborate face-to-face. We also value diverse perspectives and encourage applications from candidates of all backgrounds. Ready to make an impact? Learn more at www.instawork.com / about.