Director of Operations

Magoosh started in 2009 with four co-founders and a few computers. Today, our team is growing fast and our products are used all over the world in more than 180 countries. Millions have studied with us, downloaded our apps, read our blogs, and watched our videos. Every day we work with thousands of students to help them get the scores they need to get into the schools they want.

We’re looking for a Director of Operations to help us scale systems/processes and help our team stay happy and productive, so we can achieve our mission of bringing enjoyable, effective and affordable online education to the world. We’re a team of 25 full-time employees and 50 contractors and we’re growing. You can learn more about our hiring process, office life, and philosophy. This is a full time position based in Berkeley, CA.

* Manage back-office functions such as finance, legal, office management, etc. * Serve as a people manager for our HR manager and Recruiter * Work with external partners and vendors, such as lawyers and outsourced accountant * Scale many internal processes ranging from how we order our weekly team lunch to how we scale meetings and communication across the company — with a strong focus on maintaining our culture and sense of community * Partner with managers on employee development and growth * Continuously evaluate company performance against quarterly, annual, and long-term goals * Work with other departments on forecasting, budgeting, and metrics * Do whatever else needs to be done!

* Have a strong alignment with our values, philosophy, and mission * Prior experience managing a team of at least 2 people * Have 7+ years of work experience * Are very comfortable with change and ambiguity and love taking on new challenges * Have excellent attention to detail * Seek out the root cause of issues * Have worked with external agencies, vendors, etc. and know how to negotiate with them and drive them to get results * Have the ability to bring people of diverse viewpoints together **Extra credit if you have…** * Have worked at a growing startup * Have managed managers