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Lucid Computing

Operations Associate / Head of Operations

San Francisco, California, United States +1

Location
San Francisco, California, United States · London, England, United Kingdom
Work
Hybrid
Employment
Full-time
Level
Director
Function
Operations
Pay
Not stated
Posted
2 months ago

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About the role

The Role

Lucid is a small team building verifiable compute infrastructure. We're looking for someone to help with all things operations. We're open to a range of experience levels, from a strong early-career operations associate through to a Head of Operations who would own how the company runs, and will shape the title, scope and compensation to the person we hire.

It's a job for someone who wants to see how a company actually gets built, and who's willing to do the unglamorous parts of that well.

What You'll Do

  • Own calendars, scheduling, and travel for the founding team, including complex multi-party and international coordination
  • Coordinate with finance team on expenses, invoices, receipts, and bookkeeping hygiene
  • Own the office and the in-person experience: space, supplies, equipment, and making sure new hires have what they need on day one
  • Plan offsites, team events, and the occasional customer or investor visit
  • Take on standalone projects as they come up — research, vendor comparisons, process build-out, first drafts of documents and correspondence

What You'll Bring

  • Judgment and discretion. You'll have visibility into fundraising, compensation, candidate pipelines, and customer terms. That has to be safe with you without anyone needing to say so.
  • Follow-through. Things you take on get done, on time, without reminders. Nothing sits in your queue silently.
  • Strong writing. You'll draft emails, documents, and candidate communications that go out under our name.
  • Comfort with ambiguity. A lot of what you'll do doesn't have a process yet. You'll be expected to build one, not wait for one.
  • Fluency with modern tooling — Google Workspace, Slack, Notion, e-signature and expense platforms — and the instinct to automate something the third time you do it by hand.

Bonus

  • Experience at an early-stage startup, especially sub-50 people
  • Exposure to legal, paralegal, or contract administration work
  • Bookkeeping or finance operations experience
  • Recruiting coordination at volume
  • Genuine interest in AI, infrastructure, or technology policy

Where This Goes

This is a role with room to grow. The person who does it well will end up owning larger pieces of how the company runs — finance operations, recruiting, legal administration, or people ops, depending on where their strengths land. If you're looking for a seat that stays exactly as scoped, this isn't it. For a more senior hire, that ownership starts on day one.

Practicalities

This role is based in San Francisco or London. The base salary range for this role is listed above. Compensation also includes equity. The range is deliberately wide because we are open to a range of seniority; where you land in it depends on experience.

Source

Posted by Lucid Computing on their own hiring page, jobs.ashbyhq.com. OptiTalent shows it as published, read 07 Nov 2026 11:57 UTC; the original is the reference.

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