Head of Operations, CurbWaste
$175-195k
+ Equity
Software for the waste industry
Be an early applicant
Software for the waste industry
21-100 employees
Be an early applicant
$175-195k
+ Equity
21-100 employees
Company mission
To help waste businesses focus on the things that matter, servicing their clients and picking up trash.
Role
Who you are
- You are on a mission to help customers win
- 4-7 years of experience in high-performing environments: management consulting, investment banking, startup operations, or strategic finance
- Track record of building processes and systems from scratch, not just maintaining them
- Exceptional project management skills with ability to juggle multiple priorities simultaneously
- Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities—you love diving into data to find insights
- Proven ability to execute with limited resources and ambiguous direction
- Outstanding communication skills and ability to influence without authority
- Bias toward action and comfort making decisions with incomplete information
Desirable
- Experience at a high-growth startup during a key scaling phase
- Exposure to multiple operational functions (finance, HR, legal, sales ops)
- Background in management consulting (MBB or similar) or investment banking
- Familiarity with startup tools and systems (e.g., Ramp, Carta, Equals, Hubspot)
- Experience supporting fundraising processes or board-level reporting
What the job involves
- You'll be the architect of our operational infrastructure
- This isn't about maintaining the status quo—you'll be building systems, processes, and teams while keeping the trucks running
- You'll work directly with our founders and leadership team to identify operational bottlenecks, design solutions, and execute with urgency
- This role is perfect for someone who gets energized by chaos and thrives on turning ambiguity into clarity
- Audit current operations across finance, HR, legal, and facilities to identify critical gaps
- Implement quick wins that reduce friction and free up founder/leadership time
- Own vendor relationships and negotiate better contracts
- Partner with finance team for budget management
- Lead quarterly planning and cross-functional project coordination
- Build and scale our people operations: onboarding, performance management, compensation frameworks
- Design and implement systems for managing rapid growth (tools, workflows, documentation)
- Partner with finance team on financial modeling, metrics dashboards, and investor reporting
- Lead office expansion or remote infrastructure buildout
- Establish data-driven operational metrics and reporting cadence
- Begin building your team as complexity grows
- Evolve into VP Operations or COO as the company scales
- Build and manage operations team across multiple functions
- Own strategic initiatives like M&A integration, new market expansion, or operational due diligence
- Serve as strategic partner to CEO on company-wide initiatives
Our take
Precision in scheduling and logistics is vital for the work of waste haulers, a sector that is responsible for the transportation of waste products from commercial sites. As sustainability becomes an ever more pressing issue, the need for haulers to meet the demands of net zero and environmental friendliness has meant that waste management software is in more demand than ever.
CurbWaste is a software solution for waste haulers to manage the logistics, tracking, training and onboarding needs of their business. With research suggesting that almost 70% of waste haulers prefer digital solutions, the company has tapped into a sector that, although originally reluctant to embrace digitisation, has seen strong uptake and investment over the last few years.
That is certainly the case for CurbWaste, which received a funding round of $10 million at the end of 2023. The company will use this investment to expand its business reach, capitalising on the fact that waste management is coming under increasing scrutiny.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Dec 2023
$10m
SERIES A
Apr 2023
$4m
SEED
Total funding: $20.5m
Company benefits
- Opportunities for professional growth
- Dynamic and innovative environment
Company HQ
Theater District, New York, NY
Leadership
Michael Marmo
(Founder & CEO)Currently an Advisor at WATS and at Afterlife. Previously Founder and President at Curbside, and Manager at Point Recycling.
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