As the first dedicated operations hire, you will build the foundational systems for a fast-growing team of 36. Reporting to the VP Operations, you’ll own financial reporting, board preparations, compliance, and people ops. This is a high-agency role designed to streamline growth and free the founding team to focus on product innovation.
Business Operations Manager at Maze
Join a fast-growing AI cybersecurity startup backed by Theory Ventures as their first Business Operations Manager. Reporting to the VP of Operations, you will build the company's operational backbone from scratch—owning everything from financial modeling and board packs to compliance and people ops. This is a high-impact, fully remote UK role for a scrappy yet rigorous operator who wants to design an AI-native company culture alongside a world-class founding team from Meta and Amazon.
About this role
Role overview
About the company
Maze
$25M Series A AI cybersecurity startup backed by Theory Ventures
What you'll do
What you will do
- Own the financial operating rhythm, including the financial model, budget vs. actuals tracking, and investor-grade board packs.
- Design and execute the systems for compliance and people operations to ensure a seamless experience as the company scales.
- Identify opportunities to integrate AI tooling into internal workflows to maintain a lean, high-velocity operational team.
Who you are
Who this is a fit for
- 2-4 years of experience demonstrating high rigour in demanding environments like management consulting, finance, or a high-growth scale-up.
- Strong financial literacy with the ability to maintain complex spreadsheets and translate data into clear leadership insights.
- Builder’s mindset with the agency to identify operational gaps and create lasting infrastructure without needing a detailed brief.
Why this role
Why this role is remarkable
- Work at the forefront of generative AI with a founding team from Amazon, Meta, and Elastic building autonomous security agents.
- Massive ownership opportunity to design an AI-native operations function from scratch, including all-hands, offsites, and internal reporting rhythms.
- High-impact mission using LLMs to solve critical cybersecurity vulnerabilities for Fortune 200 companies and leading tech firms.
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