Rhizome is seeking a highly organized and proactive Operations &amp; Executive Support Manager to serve as the operational backbone of our organization. As we scale, you’ll be the central hub for internal operations, ensuring that our leadership is supported, our office runs smoothly, new team members are seamlessly onboarded, and daily business operations function efficiently. This role will report directly to the CEOAbout Rhizome Rhizome is at the forefront of developing decision intelligence technology at the intersection of climate science and infrastructure systems. Our team pursues this endeavor with the wisdom and steadiness of industry veterans, and the curiosity, grit, and energy of startup and technology enthusiasts.Our climate resilience SaaS platform helps utilities, governments, and industries plan for greater resilience to climate change and extreme weather by integrating AI-powered models with utility asset data, climate projections, and location-specific environmental conditions to forecast infrastructure failures before they occur. Focused on the $500B resilience investment gap in the grid today, our mandate is simple: Help electric utilities proactively adapt to climate change by integrating critical climate-asset intelligence into their existing planning workflows. As the world experiences record-breaking climate-related impacts, especially related to grid failures, our platform identifies future vulnerabilities from storms, floods, extreme temperatures, and wildfire ignition risks on utility assets at high resolutions and empowers planners to optimize investment deployments that keep society safe during natural hazard events.Responsibilities<ul><li>Provide comprehensive executive support, including calendar management, meeting coordination, coordinate travel, and communication facilitation for leadership.</li><li>Manage day-to-day office operations ensuring a productive, well-equipped, and smoothly functioning workplace.</li><li>Lead onboarding processes for new employees, including coordination of training schedules, resource allocation, and integration into company culture.</li><li>Ensure all HR paperwork, access, and systems are in place for a smooth onboarding experience.</li><li>Serve as a central point of contact across departments to streamline internal processes and resolve operational challenges.</li><li>Develop, implement, and optimize office policies and procedures that enhance efficiency and support organizational goals.</li><li>Coordinate company events such as quarterly on-sites and our annual retreats. </li></ul>Requirements<ul><li>3+ years in operations, executive support, or office management roles within dynamic, high-growth environments.</li><li>Exceptional organizational skills with the ability to prioritize, multitask, and anticipate the needs of leadership and teams.</li><li>Proven experience coordinating employee onboarding and working effectively with diverse teams.</li><li>Strong communication skills, both written and verbal, with a collaborative and resourceful approach.</li><li>Self-motivated and proactive, able to work independently while managing multiple responsibilities simultaneously.</li><li>Technical proficiency with office software suites, collaboration platforms, and a willingness to adopt AI-driven operational tools aligned with company innovation.</li></ul>We'll look extra closely at:<ul><li>Experience with onboarding tools (e.g., BambooHR, Gusto, Rippling).</li><li>Background in HR administration or employee experience.</li><li>Event planning or company culture-building experience. </li></ul>Culture and Core ValuesAt Rhizome, we lead with compassion and empathy, aiming to understand before we help. Our thesis as technologists is that, in order to fulfill our mission to protect society from the impacts of climate change through intentional, intelligent infrastructure planning, we need to embark on a journey of respectfully listening, learning, and then problem-solving. This sentiment is represented through our core values:&nbsp;<ul><li>Empathy: Understanding and relating to problems, customers, and each other, with humility.</li><li>Creativity: Exploring with curiosity and building with intention.</li><li>Aspiration: Striving for societal impact, personal fulfillment, and simply doing good work.</li><li>Tenacity: Pushing past barriers and the status quo with a sense of optimism and determination.</li><li>Service Excellence: Delivering high-quality outcomes for our customers, colleagues, and communities.</li></ul>Compensation and Benefits Rhizome offers salaries and an excellent package of benefits and stock options. Compensation is based on a variety of factors including experience, role, and location.&nbsp;Salary Range: $70-90kBenefits: Unlimited time off, stock options, excellent health, dental, and vision, and 401k.

Rhizome is an AI-powered platform that helps electric utilities identify vulnerabilities from climate threats, quantify risk at high resolutions, and measure the economic and social benefits of grid-enhancing investments.

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