Chief Operating Officer

Workstream is a mission-driven company building the all-in-one HR payroll and hiring platform for managing the hourly workforce. There are 2.7 billion hourly workers making up 80% of the global workforce but this market has been heavily underserved by technology and deserves better. Workstream has been purpose-built for the hourly workforce from day one so that these businesses and their employees can thrive.

Our customers include leading brands from multiple sectors including Burger King Carls Jr./Hardees IHOP KFC and Culvers. We are a high growth series B company and quickly expanding our product portfolio to deliver on our vision. We are backed by legendary VCs and industry experts like Founders Fund BOND and Coatue.

Grow With Us

We are looking for a world-class Chief Operating Officer (COO) to serve as the primary strategic and operational partner to our CEO helping scale Workstream from a high-growth Series B company into a category-defining global enterprise.

In this role you will oversee and unify the companys core business operationsbridging the gap between strategy product go-to-market (GTM) and corporate functions. You will ensure Workstream scales efficiently while maintaining speed quality and a high-performance culture.

This is a high-impact executive leadership role for an exceptional operator who thrives on complexity drives organizational accountability and translates visionary goals into repeatable company-wide business performance. You will work closely with the CEO Executive Team Board of Directors and investors to align global strategy with flawless execution.

The ideal candidate is a visionary builder and a disciplined executionerequally comfortable setting corporate direction driving executive alignment and stepping into day-to-day operations to clear roadblocks.

Why This Role Is Different

This is not a traditional back-office administrative role. At Workstream the COO will act as the companyschief execution architectowning the organizational design cross-functional synergy and governance needed to transform high-level strategy into market-defining execution.

As a vital force multiplier for the CEO you will focus on scaling not just our market footprint but the executive leadership team and organizational machine behind it.

The ideal candidate is an elite enterprise operator who combines high-velocity startup agility with world-class operational disciplinea leader who can build resilient systems accelerate corporate growth and help shape Workstream as the definitive platform powering the global hourly workforce.

Day In The Life

• Executive Leadership & Partnership: Serve as the primary strategic partner to the CEO and executive team co-designing the companys operating cadence and ensuring total alignment on corporate priorities.
• Cross-Functional Orchestration: Drive synergy and alignment across traditionally siloed functionsProduct Engineering GTM Finance and Peopleto accelerate product-to-market velocity and business growth.
• Corporate Scale & Governance: Build and scale company-wide operating models including long-term corporate goal setting (OKRs) business reviews and the infrastructure required for global expansion.
• Organizational Efficiency: Identify macro operational bottlenecks and design organizational structures workflows and resource allocation models that improve decision-making speed.
• Strategic & Financial Planning: Partner with the CEO and Finance leadership on the annual operating plan corporate budgeting and resource optimization.
• Board & Investor Relations: Support the CEO in board meeting preparation investor relations and high-level corporate reporting.
• People & Culture Leadership: Mentor scale and inspire a world-class operational team while fostering a culture of high ownership accountability and psychological safety.
• Special Initiatives & Ambiguity: Spearhead critical corporate initiatives market expansions or ambiguous business challenges driving them from concept to execution.

• 12 years of executive leadership experience across business operations corporate strategy or general management within high-growth technology companies.
• Proven track record scaling a B2B SaaS or technology company through critical growth inflection points (Series B through Series D IPO or major scale).
• True multi-functional oversight: Experience managing complex organizations that span commercial operational and corporate functions.
• Exceptional business & financial acumen with a deep understanding of SaaS metrics corporate governance and capital allocation.
• World-class stakeholder management with the ability to command a room influence executive peers and align diverse global teams.
• High-velocity execution mindset paired with the strategic patience required to build for the long term.
• Comfort in ambiguity: A history of thriving in fast-paced evolving startup environments by bringing order to chaos.

• Previous COO President General Manager (GM) or VP of Operations experience at a high-growth SaaS company.
• Experience in HR tech payroll workforce management or vertical SaaS.
• Experience scaling global distributed teams and managing international corporate entities.
• M&A corporate development or fundraising experience.

• A mission-driven and value-based company dedicated to empowering deskless workers and local businesses
• An early employee opportunity at a Series B hyper-growth startup with over $120M in funding
• Work directly with the founding team and industry veterans to accelerate your career
• Competitive salary and equity
• Comprehensive health coverage: medical dental and vision. We pay 95% of premiums for employees and 85% for dependents
• In-office amenities and stocked kitchen
• 401(k) Plan
• Pre-tax commuter benefits
• Flexible PTO
  

Salary Range

In compliance with the California Pay Transparency Law the base salary range for this role is between $200000 to $250000 base in San Francisco areas. This range is not inclusive of our discretionary bonus or equity package. When determining a candidates compensation we consider a number of factors including skillset experience job scope and current market data.

Know More About Workstream

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  Workstream provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race color religion age sex national origin disability status genetics protected veteran status sexual orientation gender identity or expression or any other characteristic protected by federal state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment including recruiting hiring placement promotion termination layoff recall transfer leaves of absence compensation and training.

  We are committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals.