head of operations & business strategy

First operations hire at Homefig, reporting directly to the founder. This is a high-ownership, in-person role in Brooklyn, NY.

About the company

Home design hasn't been rebuilt in a generation. Designing a kitchen today takes 1-2 hours in tools like Revit or 2020 Design—legacy CAD products built decades ago: slow, expensive, and hostile to anyone who isn't a trained professional. The $500B+ home renovation industry still runs on software that has not had a first-principles redesign in a generation.

Homefig is building the world's fastest and most intuitive architectural design software. We use procedural modeling and large language models to generate spec-ready rooms populated with real-world products in seconds, not hours. We are starting with kitchens and expanding to the entire home. The endgame is simple: any homeowner can design a beautiful, fully specified home as fast as they can think. No CAD training. No friction. Just intent into design.

About the role

This is a high-ownership role for someone who thrives in ambiguity and moves fast. You'll work directly with the founder to build the commercial engine from scratch: go-to-market strategy, sales pipeline, partnerships, and the operational backbone of the company. A builder, not a manager.

Responsibilities

• Go-to-market strategy: Define how we reach kitchen retailers, cabinet manufacturers, and eventually homeowners. Build the playbook from zero.
• Sales relationships: Create and manage partnerships with manufacturers and dealer networks. Own the pipeline end to end.
• Business operations: Build the operating backbone across admin, finance coordination, vendor management, and hiring.
• Strategy with the founder: Help shape fundraising materials, partnership positioning, pricing models, and the long-term direction of the company.

Qualifications

• Startup operator: You have experience in an ops, biz-ops, or strategy role at a startup and you were exceptional at it.
• Unusually fast learner: Your learning rate is unreasonably high. You get good at new domains faster than people expect.
• Drawn to the built world: You care about architecture, construction, design, or manufacturing. AEC or proptech experience is a plus.
• In-person builder: You're in NYC and want to build side by side with a small, intense team. This role is not remote.
• High ownership by default: If something is broken, you fix it. You don't wait for perfect process or ask for permission to be useful.