[Remote] Strategic Operations Lead

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Tarteel AI is hiring a Strategic Operations Lead to partner with its founders on high-priority initiatives, internal operations, and systems that support efficient scaling. The role drives execution across operations, finance, recruiting, and internal tools while reducing reliance on founder involvement.

Responsibilities

• Execute across a wide range of high-impact areas, including operations, finance, recruiting, and internal tools
• Support the founders in executing quarterly and yearly objectives by maintaining operating rhythms, surfacing concerns, and helping functional leaders course-correct as needed
• Work directly with the founders, receive high-level direction on priorities, and maintain ownership of execution
• Help founders delegate operational responsibilities by building clear systems and documentation
• Conduct research and make recommendations
• Design systems and processes that increase team efficiency, communication, and knowledge sharing
• Screen inbound applicants and proactively build networks to seek out high-value candidates
• Champion adoption of internal company tools and processes

Skills

• Strong ability to take ownership of projects, break down ambiguous problems, and drive execution with limited guidance
• Demonstrated track record of applying good judgment when given autonomy and ownership
• Systems thinker with strong problem-solving skills and creative thinking
• Consistently seeks opportunities to use AI, emerging technologies, automation, and software to increase leverage and eliminate manual work
• Comfortable with daily responsibilities constantly changing
• Demonstrated pursuit of excellence, regardless of field. You should be among the best at something you care about, whether professional, academic, athletic, creative, or community-based
• Experience leading groups, communities, and/or organizations
• Willing to challenge assumptions, push through organizational resistance, and respectfully hold stakeholders accountable to commitments
• Able to absorb feedback quickly and improve rapidly in unfamiliar domains
• Experience in operations or similar role
• Experience building operational systems in startups or high-growth organizations
• Former founder, operator, or community builder
• Tools like Notion, Linear, or similar project and knowledge management tools are among your core strengths

Benefits

• Fully remote work - Work anytime, anywhere
• Dunya + Akhira — Islamic work week + Islamic holidays and culture
• Unlimited time off with manager approval
• Yearly team retreats and off-sites
• Ability to work in your thobe/abaya or traditional clothes in the comfort of your own home
• Work closely with the core founding team

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