Research Operations Assistant

About Us

At Founders Pledge, our mission is to empower entrepreneurs to do immense good with their charitable giving. Since launching in 2015, our community of over 2,300 members has pledged nearly $13.6B and donated $1.8B+ to the charitable sector in 45+ countries.

We provide end-to-end giving infrastructure, pioneering research, and access to a global network of experts. In other words, we help tech leaders become strategic philanthropists. Our members include founders and leaders behind companies such as Airbnb, UiPath, Dropbox, Skype, Spotify, and Uber.

We focus on deploying capital where it can achieve the greatest impact, guided by evidence, careful analysis, and long-term thinking.

Salary: Up to $90,000 depending on experience

Founders Pledge primarily funds high-impact opportunities through direct donations from our members, or through our themed Funds. Growing and effectively managing these Funds is a massive priority for us. They allow us to deploy capital quickly in time-sensitive moments, leverage deep domain expertise, and unlock additional resources through innovative funding mechanisms.

As our Funds play a larger role in how we move capital and shape new solutions, we need a dedicated Research Operations Assistant to take on the operational weight behind them - supporting our Fund Managers and research leads, keeping fund operations running smoothly, and keeping information flowing flawlessly across our teams.

Reporting to our Research Operations Lead, your time will be spent providing operational and administrative support that frees our Fund Managers and research leads to focus on their core work, and helps our team scale their impact. Alongside that, you’ll take real ownership of the operations behind our Funds - the area where you’ll build and demonstrate the skills to lead operations yourself.

Each fund is currently managed by a dedicated Fund Manager, focused on growth enablement and execution. As Research Operations Assistant, you’ll primarily provide administrative and operations support with a focus area in fund operations.

The larger share of your time will be spent providing operational and administrative support to our Fund Managers, our research leads, and the Research Operations Lead, allowing them to focus on their primary responsibilities.

• Calendar and inbox support: email drafting and management (including prioritization support) and scheduling meetings, so the people you support spend their time where it counts.

• Meeting, travel, and event logistics: helping prepare for meetings, conferences, and follow-ups, as well as booking flights, hotels, and meeting rooms.

• Operational support: assist the Research Operations Lead by taking on repeatable, process-driven work, building operational and organizational fluency along the way.

• Keep our records in order: maintain the trackers, shared documents, and internal records the research team relies on, so everyone is working from a single accurate picture.

• Manage competing asks: requests will come from several senior colleagues ’ll work with the Research Operations Lead to build and run a system for triaging them.

Alongside that support, you’ll take ownership of the operational process behind our Funds - making fund fundraising seamless, moving money efficiently, and tracking the metrics that drive growth. This is the part of the role where you’ll practice and demonstrate operations leadership. To achieve this, you’ll:

• Build and scale our systems: Take our current ad-hoc processes and replace them with centralized, robust tracking systems for quantitative and qualitative fund data (commitments, capital inflows/outflows, and fund…