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Head of Operations

Phinity

San Francisco, CAFull-timePosted 1 day agoStill listed today

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Location
San Francisco, CA
Schedule
Full-time
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Job overview

Phinity is an AI research lab developing AI agents for autonomous chip design, from architecture through post-silicon. The Head of Operations works closely with the founders to drive business strategy, operations, and company growth. The role spans strategic partnerships, cross-team coordination, organizational planning, commercial relationships, and internal processes that support the company as it scales.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Strategic ThinkingInterpersonal CommunicationsLeadershipOrganizational SkillsBusiness OperationsConsultingNew Business DevelopmentArtificial IntelligenceOperational ExecutionCommunicationOwnershipIntellectual HonestyAdaptabilityBusiness DevelopmentSemiconductorsDeep Technology

Qualifications

Startup Experience

Benefits

Medical Insurance
401(k) Match
Paid Time Off
Parental Leave

Full job description

Phinity is an AI research lab focused on solving chip design. The bottleneck to AGI is compute, and we enable AI agents to tape-out chips autonomously, from architecture to post-silicon. We are building RL environments, agent infrastructure, and evaluation systems to accomplish this. Our team brings together deep AI and silicon expertise, including leaders and executives from top chip companies, post-training chip-design models at NVIDIA, AI for formal verification research, previous exits, and over 10 years of experience building chips at NVIDIA, Intel, Mediatek, and others.

We are hiring a Head of Operations to work closely with our founders to drive business strategy, operations, and growth across the company.

You will

  • Work with the founders to develop and execute business strategy and strategic partnerships

  • Lead and coordinate day-to-day operations across teams, ensuring priorities are aligned and projects move forward

  • Help define our talent roadmap and organizational planning

  • Manage commercial relationships, contracting, and negotiations with customers, partners, and vendors

  • Build and improve internal processes to help the company scale

What we’re looking for

  • Strong strategic thinking and operational execution skills

  • Excellent communication, leadership, and organizational skills

  • High ownership, intellectual honesty, low ego, and comfort moving quickly

  • Experience in startups, business operations, consulting, or business development is a plus

  • Interest in AI, semiconductors, or deep technology is a plus

Why Phinity

  • Work directly with the founders to shape the strategy and growth of an ambitious AI research lab

  • Take ownership of high-impact initiatives across business strategy, partnerships, and company operations

  • Collaborate with leading AI researchers and hardware experts at the frontier of autonomous chip design

Benefits include

  • Health insurance

  • Retirement plans

  • Unlimited PTO

  • Paid parental leave

  • Lunch and dinner provided in-office

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