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Ellipsis Labs is a profitable, venture-backed startup building sustainable and efficient DeFi protocols on high-throughput decentralized infrastructure. The company operates three flagship products: Phoenix Perpetuals (professional-grade perpetual futures on Solana), SolFi (a proprietary automated market maker), and Phoenix Legacy (a limit order book on Solana). Combined, these products have facilitated over $285B in trading volume.
The Operations Associate will serve as the operational backbone of the company, owning systems and day-to-day execution that enable smooth operations across a fast-growing startup. This is a high-visibility generalist role with real ownership from day one and opportunity to build and improve processes as the company scales.
Key responsibilities include:
Office Operations: Own day-to-day office operations including identifying space needs proactively, managing inventory (laptop procurement, equipment repairs/replacements), coordinating team events end-to-end, managing guest experience, overseeing all food logistics (daily lunch/dinner, snacks, beverages), and supporting logistics for an upcoming office move.
Recruiting Operations: Collaborate with the head of talent on interview scheduling and on-site coordination, maintain clean and up-to-date recruiting systems, and coordinate onboarding and offboarding for new hires and departing employees.
Executive Support: Own cofounders' calendars, schedule business dinners as needed, and handle one-off requests.
Qualifications:
- Strong organizational and systems-thinking skills with natural ability to convert ad hoc work into repeatable processes
- Demonstrated bias toward action; takes ownership of problems and sees them through independently
- Excellent written and verbal communication
- High discretion and sound judgment, particularly regarding confidential calendar and business information
- Comfort with hands-on work (restocking, setup, physical tasks) alongside higher-level project work
- Natural project and vendor management instincts with ability to set clear expectations and hold vendors accountable
- Comfortable operating in-person in a fast-paced startup environment with shifting priorities
