Head Of Operations Jobs in Addison, IL (NOW HIRING)

Sauce powers ordering, delivery, and operations for a growing base of restaurant partners. As we have scaled, our product has matured, more restaurants have onboarded, and B2C order volume has climbed — but our operational and go-to-market engine has grown without the structure, tooling, or clear ownership needed to keep pace.

Today, complex cross-functional work is carried by a small number of exceptional individuals operating in constant firefighting mode. This is not repeatable or scalable.

We are hiring a Director-level Head of Operations — a Swiss knife operator who can be cross-functional and effective across every domain. One day it's legal ops, one day it's finance ops, one day it's product ops, one day it's delivery. There is no fixed lane. If there is no clear owner for an operational problem, this person is the owner. Their job is to take it, own it, solve it — and if it's recurring, build the system so it never catches the company off guard again.

This is a builder's role. You will inherit talented people and messy, high-volume problems. Your mandate is to turn that into a structured, measurable, scalable operation that runs without depending on any single hero — and where the default solution to a repeatable problem is an automated process or agent, not a new hire.

• Internal escalation layer — Serve as the single accountable owner for any operational issue that crosses two or more functions or reaches an executive level. Own the escalation path end-to-end: triage → assign → drive to resolution → confirm root cause is fixed and QA'd. Delegation is fine. Accountability passing is not.

• Organizing dispersed functions — Consolidate today's scattered operational activities into coherent teams with clear charters, hand-offs, and accountability. Build playbooks, runbooks, and tooling that replace institutional knowledge held by individuals.

• B2B escalations function — Own the centralized intake, routing, and resolution of restaurant escalations, with clear owners and SLAs, so that Customer Success can refocus on growth, sales, and retention.

• Strategic operational initiatives — Own the implementation of cross-functional, project-based operational initiatives that move the needle at a company level.

• Product operations — Run the operational layer that sits between product/engineering and the field, ensuring releases land cleanly with restaurants.

• Delivery operations — Own day-to-day execution and issue resolution for delivery across partners.

• Customer support — Absorb and structure the support function once the foundation above is in place.

You will be the single point of contact for all operational matters — internally for product, engineering, and GTM teams, and externally as the operational owner restaurant partners can rely on when needed. This is primarily an internal function; external-facing involvement happens as needed, not as a default.

• 6+ years in operations leadership at a real operational company — ideally a high-growth marketplace, logistics, food-tech, fintech, or B2B SaaS serving SMB customers. Candidates should come from a company with a recognizable growth story: we want to see that you've scaled something, not just managed it.

• On-demand delivery or restaurant-tech experience is a strong plus.

• Bachelor's degree or higher.

• Proven track record building operational functions from scratch or from chaos — with evidence: playbooks, systems, metrics, before-and-after. Not just "I led ops."

• Experience owning cross-functional operations across multiple domains simultaneously (legal, finance, support, product ops, delivery).

• Strong systems and process thinking; comfortable defining SLAs, metrics, and accountability models and holding others to them.

• Hands-on SQL knowledge — you read the data yourself, you don't wait for someone to pull it.

• Demonstrated agent and automation building — you can show something you've built: a bot, a workflow, an AI-powered process. Not theoretical interest; actual output.

• Thrives in chaos — you operate effectively when priorities shift daily, problems are ambiguous, and pressure is high. You don't firefight indefinitely; you turn recurring chaos into documented systems.

• A service mindset — operational companies are pulled toward serving customers. You build engines that deliver that service at scale.

• Excellent stakeholder management; credible as the single point of contact for executives, partners, and internal teams.

• Experience working with Israeli startup culture, or a clear demonstrated ability to operate in a fast-moving, direct, low-hierarchy environment.

• Based in either NYC or Miami.

Operational noise is constant in any company that serves real businesses — restaurants need solutions, not just software. Every morning something new creates noise: a delivery issue, a legal question, a finance escalation, a product rollout problem. The difference between a company that scales and one that stalls is whether that noise flows through a structured engine with a clear owner, or through a handful of overloaded individuals.

You will build that engine. And in doing so, you'll unlock the company's next phase of growth.

• Strong & Competitive Compensation Package
• Company-Sponsored Insurance Package (Health, Dental, Vision, Mental Health)
• Paid Parental Leave
• Flexible Work Environment
• Responsible Paid Time Off Policy