Weekly Operations Management · AI
Director · Operations Manager · Remote · Canada
- Company
- Series A generative-AI startup for document processing · 51–200 employeesCL-77822 · based in Milton
- Where
- Remote · Canada
- Format
- Regular role
- Time needed
- 4–9 h a week
- Start
- Starts within 7 days
- Level
- Director · 10-15 years
- When you work
- Weekday evenings
The company is already looking at 3 profiles for this task. It is still open: new profiles are added to the shortlist until the company decides.
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About this task
This Series A generative-AI startup for document processing (51–200 employees) is looking for a director Operations Manager for an ongoing part-time engagement of 4–9 h a week. Keeps cross-team work moving and the weekly numbers visible.
The company wants a senior person on this without carrying the cost of a full-time role. It builds AI products and needs human experts to check what the models produce.
The work is fully remote. Any location in Canada works, with a few hours of overlap with the team's day. Most people do this on weekday evenings; replies inside the working day are not expected.
What you deliver
- Run the weekly ops review, chase blockers across three teams and send a one-page status every Friday.
- A written update every Friday with what was done, what is next and anything blocked
- A short handover note when the engagement pauses or ends
- Questions collected in one thread, answered within one working day
What a week looks like
- Daily: one hour at a time that suits you, inside the agreed window
- Monday: ten-minute sync if anything is blocked
- Friday: weekly summary posted to the shared thread
Duration: 12 weeks, renewable. Accepted after the walkthrough. Edits requested within three working days are part of the price.
Tools
Who fits
- 10-15 years of hands-on work as an Operations Manager, or the equivalent mix of roles
- Comfortable working in Asana, Slack and Google Sheets
- Your own work history stays private; the company sees a first name, your field and a rate
Nice to have
- Has worked with a distributed team across time zones
- A habit of asking one clarifying question early rather than five late
Not included
- Managing other contractors or employees
- Anything that needs a signature in your own name unless the brief says so
- Travel or work at a fixed location
How you get paid
- The company prepays Deftridge before your first hour, so payment does not depend on a late invoice.
- Deftridge pays you in CAD after the company confirms the hours or the deliverable. The payment date is written in your task agreement.
- You work as an independent contractor: you report your own income, and your recruiter sends the statements your accountant needs.
- You never chase the company. Questions about money go to Deftridge.
What happens after you say you're interested
- Within one working dayA recruiter writes to you to confirm your hours and the rate you want.
- You agree the rateYou and the recruiter fix an exact rate inside the company's range. You decide whether to go ahead.
- With your written OKThe company sees the anonymous profile below. Most companies answer within three working days.
- StartYou sign the task agreement and the company's confidentiality terms through Deftridge, and begin on the date above.
What the company sees about you
First name, field, experience, tools and the hours you offer. Not your surname, your employer or your contact details.
- Experience
- 10-15 years in operations & assistance
- Tools
- Asana, Slack, Google Sheets
- Offers
- 6 hours a week, weekday evenings
- Rate
- CA$115 an hour, agreed with the recruiter
How this rate compares
The midpoint of this range, CA$115 an hour, is in line with the median director Operations Manager rate in Canada (CA$115). The shaded band is the 25th to 75th percentile of the market.
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Questions about pay and privacy
The rules are the same for every task. Pricing explains the 15% fee, prepayment and when you are paid; How it works covers matching, what the company sees and side work next to a job.
CL-77822 is the Deftridge code for this company. Its name is shared only after you agree to an introduction, and you decide whether to go ahead.