Founder's Right Hand Man/Woman, Startup Operations Generalist
Worldwide
We are a Canada-based startup building branded hiring platforms for Canadian professional associations and industry groups. We're small. it's just the two founders running product, sales, marketing, and everything in between and we need a right hand who can pick up whatever the business needs next. This isn't a narrow role. One week you might be onboarding a new employer partner, the next you're cold calling a list of prospects, the next you're building a process that doesn't exist yet because we've never had time to write it down or do not know available. If you want exposure across an entire startup rather than staying in one lane, this is built for that. What you'll do: - Onboard new employer partners onto the platform — kickoff, setup, first-30-days support - Run outreach campaigns to prospects we hand you (associations, employers, warm and cold lists) - Manage our social media presence — scheduling, set up campaigns, content calendars, and posting across LinkedIn and Instagram - Help design and run marketing campaigns end-to-end, not just execute individual posts - Use AI tools and light automation (Zapier, Make, n8n, ChatGPT/Claude workflows, or similar) to cut out repetitive manual work wherever you spot it - Help set up operational processes and documentation — turning "how the founders do it" into something repeatable - Jump into whatever's the actual priority that week and help us figure out what that priority even is - Keep things organized: trackers, checklists, follow-ups, the connective tissue that keeps a small team from dropping balls - Hire contractors What we need from you: - Real experience in startup operations, or a similarly scrappy generalist role where you saw how startups were built and grew - Comfortable on the phone , email and outreach are part of this, not an edge case - A doer and an organizer: someone who builds the checklist rather than waits for one - Clear written and verbal communication — you'll represent us directly to partners and prospects - Genuinely good with ambiguity and shifting priorities; a startup at this stage doesn't hand you a stable lane Nice to have: - Experience in job board, hr tech - Dont mind cold calling - Experience with Apollo.io or similar outreach tools - Some experience dealing with Canadian nonprofits, associations, or membership organizations, career services, employment servuces - Some exposure to process documentation or light project management This is a direct working relationship with the founders, not a role buried under layers of management. Start part-time with real room to grow into more as we scale. Appreciate low rate in the begining to ensure fit if possible
- Not SureHourly
- 6+ monthsDuration
- IntermediateExperience Level
$7.00
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$15.00
Hourly- Remote Job
- Ongoing projectProject Type
Skills and Expertise
Activity on this job
- Proposals:10 to 15
- Last viewed by client:yesterday
- Interviewing:5
- Invites sent:15
- Unanswered invites:11
About the client
- CanadaCalgary6:46 PM
- $19K total spent38 hires, 5 active
- 2,483 hours
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