Vice President of Operations

Aegis AI • San Francisco, CA

6d

About The Position

Aegis AI is building the next generation of email security—powered by AI agents that think and act like human analysts. Our mission is to keep users safe. Our agents stop Phishing, BEC, and Spam attacks before they reach employees, using hundreds of specialized models that collaborate autonomously across inboxes.
Our team was founded by the Google security leaders who built Gmail and Chrome Security. Backed by Accel and Foundation Capital, we're transforming how enterprises protect their people from modern social engineering threats.
As the Vice President of Operations, you will be the architect of our company’s internal engine. While the founders focus on product vision, engineering breakthroughs, and market expansion, you will ensure the organization has the systems, processes, and operating cadence to execute at lightning speed without derailing.
You will partner directly with the CEO and executive team to turn high-level corporate strategy into rigorous operational reality. This means designing an operating model that scales, leading complex cross-functional initiatives, overseeing resource allocation, and optimizing the connective tissue between Product, Engineering, and Go-To-Market (GTM). This is a highly visible, senior leadership role designed for a proven operator who knows how to orchestrate the scaling of a category-defining AI company.

Requirements

• 12-15+ years of operational leadership experience. You likely have a background as a VP of Operations, COO, GM, or a senior partner at a top-tier management consulting firm transitioning into tech.
• You have been through the hyper-growth journey before. You know what a company looks like at 50, 500, and 1,000+ employees, and you know how to build the operational scaffolding to survive those transitions smoothly.
• You can go toe-to-toe with elite engineers. You are deeply comfortable discussing model precision, human-in-the-loop systems, the evolving threat landscape, and how AI infrastructure impacts unit economics.
• You are obsessed with efficiency and scale. You can look at a tangled, ambiguous process and immediately see the streamlined, automated, and scalable solution.
• Despite your senior background, you are willing to get into the weeds when the company needs it. You lead with a true "owner" mindset, taking complete responsibility for ambiguous, high-stakes challenges.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and own the company’s core operating rhythms (OKRs, QBRs, leadership meetings, and all-hands). Build the infrastructure, processes, and KPIs needed to support hyper-growth.
• Translate long-term corporate strategy into actionable, cross-functional operating plans. Ensure company-wide alignment and hold executive leaders accountable for delivering on key milestones.
• Serve as the central hub between Product, Engineering, and GTM. Identify organizational silos, resolve systemic friction points in our "agentic" development cycle, and build scalable frameworks that allow technical and commercial teams to sprint in unison.
• Lead complex, zero-to-one enterprise initiatives. Take ownership of critical gaps—whether standing up a new business function, spearheading international expansion, or driving enterprise-scale GTM partnerships—until they are mature enough to hand off.
• Partner with the CEO on financial planning, budget allocation, and vendor management. Play a key operational role in future fundraising rounds, managing the data room and ensuring business metrics are investor-ready.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Executive
• Education Level: No Education Listed