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Culdesac

Culdesac

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Operations
Tempe, AZ, USA
Posted on Tuesday, May 11, 2021
Who We Are
Culdesac is a real estate and technology startup that builds cities for people, not cars. Our goal is to create the first car-free city in the US. We started by creating the first car-free neighborhood built from scratch in the US - Culdesac Tempe, a $200 million mixed-use neighborhood development for 1,000 residents opening in 2022. The neighborhood covers 17 acres and features 55% open space, shared courtyards, and abundant bookable spaces. Culdesac is the co-developer and tech-enabled property manager.
Read more about our vision, our product, and how we are changing how people live, work, and move:
We’re headquartered in Tempe, AZ and were founded in 2018. CEO Ryan Johnson was previously on the founding team of Opendoor. We raised a $30M Series A in January 2022. Our investors include top VCs like Khosla Ventures, Lennar (LenX), Zigg Capital, Initialized Capital, Byers Capital, and Y Combinator.
The Role
Business Operations at Culdesac is a high-impact role where you will have the ability to help shape the direction of the company. This is a multi-disciplinary position where you will drive strategic company alignment on cross-functional topics. BizOps is about making decisions and processes for the first time and is core to product development at Culdesac.
Your role is to be an effective generalist. You bring structure to ambiguous situations. You keep the big picture in mind while relentlessly driving to an answer. You translate high-level strategies into clear operating playbooks before partnering with key leaders to turn vision into reality. You leverage data and decision-making frameworks to solve problems. You consistently empower others to do their best work.
Here's a post from one of our founders on recruiting Opendoor's original BizOps team. It gives some more context to how we think about BizOps talent.
The Requirements
While this list represents what we are ideally looking for, we encourage you to apply even if your resume includes strengths and experiences that don’t match everything listed here. We expect most to need at least 1-2 years of related experience in a generalist role and prior consulting, finance, or startup experience is preferred. This is an on-site position at our Tempe, AZ Headquarters.
Experience leading projects that demonstrate one’s strong quantitative and qualitative problem-solving skills.
Ability to think strategically and analytically in order to distill and synthesize large sets of information and data to help drive key decisions.
Demonstrated ownership over work by being self-directed on ad-hoc projects and juggling complex projects, simultaneously meeting competing deadlines.
Ability to communicate and work effectively with complex stakeholders, such as government officials, investors, and partners.
Ability to build clear and concise multi-form communications, such as documents, presentations, voiceovers, narratives, and talking points.
Experience with data, dashboards, and SQL.
Ability to be flexible in alignment with the constantly shifting priorities of a start-up.
Prioritizes a lifestyle leveraging public transportation, micromobility, and other alternatives to private cars.
Locations
We are headquartered in Tempe, AZ, and our office is located in the heart of downtown Tempe. We encourage employees to visit and work in our beautiful Tempe office and offer relocation assistance to those who’d like to move to Tempe. We also have remote positions, and we work hard to create a first-class, remote-friendly environment.
Benefits & Perks
🏥 Benefits Package - Includes options for medical, dental, and vision.
🥚 Family Planning Benefits
🐣 Parental Leave - Up to 12 weeks paid time off for qualifying events.
🏦 401K Savings
🖥️ Work From Home Stipend - Up to $500 for equipment paid by the company.
🌎 Co-Working Stipend - $100 per month paid by Culdesac for space intended for work productivity directly related to Culdesac business (e.g., co-working space pass for the day). Remote employees only.
🚲 Mobility Stipend - Up to $500 to invest in employee micro-mobility setup (e.g., e-bike, e-scooter, micro-mobility accessories).
🛴 Car-Free Commuter Benefit - $400 per month paid by Culdesac. Tempe employees only.
Our Values
As sprawl became commonplace in our cities, we felt less connected to each other. We normalized hour-long commutes, even as private vehicle ownership became the largest source of carbon emission pollution. Our cities blend technology, real estate, and culture to reimagine our daily lives. Come help us make our residents happier, healthier, and more productive in the years they spend with us and the moments they spend together.
At Culdesac, we:
Work as a team
Be inclusive, drawing on the strengths of people who bring a different perspective.
Find ways to work together that overcome disciplinary and geographic separations.
Ship, including the last 10%
Be output oriented. Ship.
Our mission weaves us deep into people's lives. Respect that trusted relationship by seeing your work through to the end, including the last 10%.
Embrace the full-stack
We have a competitive advantage in operationally complex, capital-intensive work.
Tackling all the layers in the stack gives us an opportunity to deliver an exceptional user experience.
Always remember Rule #0: learn from those who have done it before.
Ask people for feedback
Only users know if we’re creating value for them.
We get better by observing behavior and asking others how we can improve.
Respect the limits of what we can know and plan. In the complex organism of a city, emergent behavior rules.
Design for humans
The messiness of human preferences and decision making is the rich soil where our product grows.
Human paradoxes and contradictions are our opportunity to create joy.
Next Steps
If you think Culdesac might be a good fit, we encourage you to apply! You have nothing to lose, and we'll respond to you within a week. If we move forward, here's our typical process:
1. A 20-minute video call with a recruiter to understand your high-level background and cover logistics & expectations.
2. A 30-minute video call with our Chief of Staff to dig more into your background & experience.
3. A 30-minute video call with our CEO to overview a list of company scenarios.
4. A 45-minute video call with our COO overviewing how you would fit in Culdesac’s mission, vision, and culture.
At each step, we leave time for you to ask us questions. We look forward to hearing from you!
Culdesac is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, citizenship or immigration status, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

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