Risely Ai

Founder's Associate

San Francisco, USA · Exec

Sponsorship not specified$90k-$130kDetected 72 days ago

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About the role

The job is to take the messy operational reality of an early-stage startup and turn it into something that actually functions.
Anything that needs an owner becomes yours until someone else picks it up.
Think of yourself as the operating system of the company.

A real mix of ops, internal building, and strategic projects.
Some on repeat, a lot of it for the first time: Support and manage internal operations.
Own strategic projects end to end.
Market research, competitive analysis, hiring sprints, vendor evaluations, special projects the founders need someone to drive.
The role You'll work directly with the founders to support and manage the company behind the scenes.
You'll make critical decisions and drive real outcomes from the start.
We build AI digital workers that handle the real operational work universities are drowning in: enrollment, advising, advancement, student services.
We're a small team, YC-backed, well-funded, and building like the future of higher ed depends on us.

the internal processes, the data, the tools, the follow-ups, the projects in flight, the things that would otherwise slip.
Support and manage internal operations.
Vendors, contracts, hiring logistics, finance ops, the back office.
Actually build internal tools and agents.

$90-130K cash (incl. variable) plus founding-level equity Risely is building the agentic operating system for universities.
Bonus Higher education experience or a real interest in fixing how universities run.
We founded Risely to back the mission of higher education through the biggest systemic and technological

Our customers include R1 research universities and private colleges around the US.

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