About the Role
As Operations Lead at Augustus, you will own one of the core operational domains of the bank end-to-end, with operations organized around customer workflows. You will be responsible for processes, SOPs, KPIs, tooling, automations, and agents within your domain, aiming to build a 'dark bank' that runs mostly autonomously by designing systems that minimize work.
Responsibilities
- Own one of the core operational domains of the bank end-to-end.
- Manage processes, SOPs, KPIs, tooling, automations, and agents within your domain.
- Design systems to minimize operational work and automate flows.
- Set metrics to prove system effectiveness.
- Build agents to run the operational systems.
- Collaborate across Operations, Product, Engineering, and Compliance.
- Report directly to the COO.
- Perform manual work to understand process breakdowns in the first two months.
- Ship the first wave of automations and prove the operating model in months 3-4.
- Implement agents for hands-off long tail operations in months 5-6.
- Scale the system, not the team.
Requirements
- 3+ years building products or processes at a bank, fintech, payments, or crypto company, or tier-1 consulting with regulated financial services exposure.
- Shipped production automations or agents, not just proofs of concept.
- Willingness to relocate to New York.
Skills
- Systems thinking
- Automation
- Process design
- Metrics definition
- Cross-functional collaboration
- Ownership
- Problem-solving
Location
- New York
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Mid-level
Education Level
- Not specified
Salary/Compensations
- $180,000-$220,000
Benefits
- Equity
- Relocation support
- Visa support
- Latest Apple gear (MacBook + AirPods)
- Lunch benefit
- Gym benefit
- Beautiful office in the heart of the city
- 4x on-/offsites per year
- Annual development budget
About the Company
- Augustus is building a stablecoin-native clearing bank, aiming to update global clearing for the internet era with a bank that is always open and operates at the speed of compute.
- The company has received conditional approval from the OCC to charter America's first stablecoin-native clearing bank.
- Augustus is regulated in Europe and operates with Euro and Stablecoin clearing today, while building its US team.
- The company is backed with $40M from Valar Ventures, Creandum, and founders of Ramp, Deel, and Circle.
- The team consists of operators, unicorn early employees, ex-founders, and individuals passionate about reinventing banking.
Equal Opportunity
- Augustus is committed to creating an inclusive environment where people from all backgrounds can thrive and where different viewpoints and experiences are valued and respected.
- Augustus will consider all applications for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, national origin, religious beliefs, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, neurodiversity, disability, age, parental or veteran status.
