Chief Operating Officer – AI Native Operations

ResponsibilitiesYou own six areas: AI agent oversight, sales operations, production and fulfillment, financial performance, marketing and lead flow, and people.You report directly to the owner with real decision-making authority.A field superintendent, project coordinator, and controller report to you, as do four AI agents running 24/7.Your mandate: sustain and grow the current run rate while protecting the margins that got us here, and build out the retail sales process.Days 1-30: Learn the full pipeline, audit every AI agent, and deliver a written 90-day priority plan.Days 31-60: Close the open infrastructure items, stand up funnel reporting, take ownership of Meta ad performance.Day 90: You own all six areas.RequirementsYou've run operations in a lean business; not a department inside a big company, but the actual machine of a small oneYou've managed a team and made hard calls when someone wasn't performingYou've owned or rebuilt a sales processYou can read a P&L and protect a margin without being the bookkeeperYou're comfortable with technology and think in systemsYou work well with a fast-moving, direct founder; you bring decisions, not menus, escalates sparingly, and figure things out before asking#J-18808-Ljbffr