Operations Manager
Pubblicato il 24-10-2026 - Platform Engineering in Italia
h3Take over founder-led operations and build the systems that help us grow. /h3 pYou might be a consultant who moved into a startup, a founder’s associate already running important parts of a business, or an operator who has started building software and automations yourself. /p pYou enjoy understanding how a business works, finding what slows it down, and making it work better. You can turn an unclear problem into a practical plan, bring people with you, and build the first solution. /p pWe are looking for someone ready to take that ability further: own our operations function, lead a small team, and join the company’s leadership team. /p h3About Us /h3 pPlatform Engineering Masters is the company behind platformengineering.org and PlatformCon. We bring together engineers, technology leaders and vendors through our community, conferences, education and Weave Intelligence. /p pAs the business grows, the systems behind it need to grow too: how we deliver for customers, run events, produce content, understand performance and share information across teams. /p pOur co-founder, Christoph currently leads operations. You will work closely with him during the handover, then take responsibility for running and developing the function independently. You will report to Luca, our Managing Director. /p h3The challenge /h3 pWe have a working business, an existing operations team and plenty already being built. We also have manual handovers, disconnected information and processes that depend too much on particular people. /p pYour job is to decide what needs attention, understand the business problem behind each request, and lead the work through to a solution people actually use. /p pSome of the questions you will tackle: /p ul liHow do we turn a customer commitment into a reliable delivery process across sales,
content and events? /li liHow do we give teams trustworthy information about what is working and where to focus? /li liHow do we make recurring work, such as publishing a webinar or delivering a sponsored asset, easy to run consistently? /li liWhich problems need custom software, which need better use of existing tools, and which simply need a clearer process? /li liHow do we keep improving our systems without making the business dependent on their original builders? /li /ul h3What you will own /h3 pbThe operations roadmap. /b Work directly with Sales, Growth, Content and Events to understand their needs. Prioritize by business impact, challenge requests where necessary, and make trade-offs explicit, including when requests come from founders. /p pbA small, growing team. /b You will manage our existing revenue operations and systems engineering specialists from the start, and help recruit and develop additional content/design and growth operations capacity. /p pbHands-on delivery. /b Prototype, write code, connect systems and build automations yourself when that is the fastest way to make progress. Give your team clear direction and space to own delivery. /p pbSystems that last. /b Make sure critical workflows have clear ownership, useful documentation and sensible standards for reliability, access and maintenance. /p pbAdoption and results.
/b Work with business teams until the solution is part of their everyday work. Judge success by better delivery, useful information and time saved. /p pYour remit is the operational systems supporting the business. Functional leaders own their commercial, editorial and event outcomes; you work with them to make those outcomes easier to achieve. /p h3What You Will Bring /h3 ul liStructured problem-solving and strong communication. You can understand an internal customer’s needs, question assumptions and explain a recommendation clearly. Consulting or similar client-facing experience would be useful. /li liEvidence that you build. You have used code, APIs, automation or AI tools to solve real problems. You can walk us through what you built, why you chose that approach and what happened when people used it. /li liCommercial judgment. You connect operational improvements to revenue, delivery quality, cost or capacity. /li liOwnership in an ambiguous environment. You can make progress without a complete brief and follow through when implementation gets difficult. /li liReadiness to lead. You can set priorities, give useful feedback and hold a small team accountable while staying close to the work. /li liCuriosity about technology and the business. You learn unfamiliar tools and domains quickly and care about the quality of the result. /li /ul pExperience managing processes in a startup would be valuable. You do not need to have held a Head of Operations title or worked in every area this role touches. We care more about your judgment, learning speed and track record than a particular CRM certification or tool stack. /p h3What Success Looks Like /h3 pIn your first months, you will establish clear priorities with the team, take ownership of the most important systems and deliver i