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Headquartered in Helsinki, we operate globally with offices in London and San Francisco.\nJoin Verda while it’s still being built - not once it’s finished.\nWhy Verda\nCash and equity compensation along with local benefits.\n\n40+ nationalities, with 6 different ones on the management team.\n\nA real chance to make an impact and work alongside world class engineers, researchers, and partners across the global AI ecosystem.\n\nAbout the Role\nWe're looking for an experienced Administrative Operations Lead to oversee and coordinate the day-to-day operations of our US organization. This role owns the systems, processes, and people that keep our operations running smoothly - from facilities and HR to procurement, employee related travel, expenses and cross-functional support. You'll work with a good degree of independence, proposing creative solutions to operational challenges and requiring only limited guidance on new assignments.\nThis is an individual contributor role - you won't have direct reports, but you'll own a broad scope of responsibility across the organization.\nThis is a great fit for someone who enjoys building order out of complexity, likes owning a broad portfolio of responsibilities, and wants to have visible, tangible impact on how a growing organization operates.\nWhat You'll Do\nOversee daily administrative operations, ensuring the organization runs efficiently and staff have what they need to do their best work\n\nDevelop, implement, and continuously improve administrative systems, procedures, and policies\n\nOwn financial management for administrative operations for employees, including tracking spending\n\nManage procurement processes, including vendor selection, negotiation, and ongoing vendor relationships\n\nOversee facilities management, ensuring physical spaces are functional, and well-maintained\n\nIdentify inefficiencies and proactively propose and implement solutions\n\nCollaborate cross-functionally with other departments to support broader organizational goals\n\nWhat We're Looking For\nStrong experience in administrative management or operations, ideally in a role of increasing scope and responsibility (for example as an Executive assistant)\n\nStrong organizational skills with the ability to juggle multiple priorities and deadlines\n\nSound judgment and the ability to work independently with minimal oversight on day-to-day decisions\n\nExcellent written and verbal communication skills\n\nComfort working cross-functionally and building relationships across an organization\n\nPrior experience in a scaleup or other fast-paced, high-growth environment, comfortable with ambiguity and shifting priorities\n\nNice to Have\nFamiliarity with HR, finance, procurement systems and vendor management platforms\n\nCompensation\nThe target base salary range for this role is $100,000-$150,000/year\nWhat's next\nWe're building fast and this role needs the right person behind it. 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