Chief Operating Officer - AI Native Operations
Team Architects · Phoenix, AZ · 2 wk ago
Management$100k/yrFull-time
The Role
You 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.
First 90 Days
- 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.
Requirements
- You've run operations in a lean business; not a department inside a big company, but the actual machine of a small one
- You've managed a team and made hard calls when someone wasn't performing
- You've owned or rebuilt a sales process
- You can read a P&L and protect a margin without being the bookkeeper
- You're comfortable with technology and think in systems
- You work well with a fast-moving, direct founder; you bring decisions, not menus, escalate sparingly, and figure things out before asking
Work Model
This is a remote role, we don't run a central office, but you must live in the Phoenix Valley and be available in person for job sites and to meet with the team. Local presence is required and non-negotiable.
Benefits
- Compensation: $100,000 to $120,000 base, W-2, plus a performance bonus tied to gross margin, revenue growth, and conversion metrics.
Pay
$100,000 to $120,000 base
Schedule
Remote work model