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General Manager, Workforce Management (SF)

Instawork • Full-time • San Francisco, California, United States • $140k - $200k / year • 1w ago

At Instawork, our mission is to create meaningful economic opportunities for local businesses and skilled hourly professionals in communities around the world. We're building the leading AI-powered labor marketplace—and we're looking for exceptional talent to help us scale quickly and make an even greater impact. Backed by world-class investors like Benchmark, Spark Capital, Craft Ventures, Greylock, Y Combinator, and others, we’re transforming the way the world works.

This is a call for an entrepreneur, a builder. Instawork is looking for a General Manager for our new workforce management product line.

At Instawork, our mission is simple: to create economic opportunity for local businesses and professionals, globally. We are the leading AI-powered marketplace for connecting businesses with skilled hourly workers, solving the massive challenge of staffing reliability. We believe there is a huge opportunity with helping businesses manage their entire labor stack (full time, part-time, seasonal workers, on-demand workers,..) - from optimizing labor planning, sourcing and allocating workers, handling complex compliance requirements, fostering employee engagement, and more.

What You'll Do

As a General Manager you will drive a cross-functional effort to develop and execute against our ambitious workforce management plans. In particular you will:

Partner Engagement: Immerse yourself with Instawork Partners and their needs, translating their challenges into product capabilities
Drive go-to-market: Execute a GTM strategy in partnership with our Sales and Account Management teams that establishes Instawork as a leader in workforce management
Own outcomes: Be accountable for planning and execution against our growth goals as we scale usage with existing and new Instawork Partners
Evangelize: Serve as the champion for the product, inspiring our Partners about the future of AI-driven workforce management.

Who you are

Builder: You are a strategic thinker but also as comfortable rolling up your sleeves to close and onboard Partners.
Ambition and Speed of Execution: Evidence of striving to achieve big goals and moving quickly to exceed them.
Empathy: You have a deep empathy for users
AI Adopter: Heavy user of AI tools for professional and personal success.
Work Environment: This role requires in-office presence in San Francisco or Chicago, 5 days a week

For CA based applicants:

The base salary for this position is $140,000 - $200,000
This position is eligible for equity in the form of stock options
This position is eligible for Instawork benefits, including:
A variety of medical, dental, and vision plans with coverage beginning on the date of hire
Flexible paid time off
At least 8 paid company holidays annually
Home office stipend
Supplemental pay on qualified leaves
Employee health savings accounts (HSA) contribution
Flexible spending plans
401K plan
Perkspot - discount program through Lumity
Impact: Opportunity to shape the success of a new business.
Collaboration: Close partnership with senior leadership, including Instawork's CEO.
Growth: Potential for significant career growth in a dynamic and expanding company.

About Instawork

Founded in 2015,Instawork is the leading flexible work app for local, hourly professionals. Its digital marketplace connects thousands of businesses and more than five million workers, filling a critical role in local economies. Instawork has been featured on CBS News, the Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, Associated Press, and more. In 2022, Instawork was ranked among the country’s top 10% of fastest-growing companies by Inc. 5000 and was included in the Forbes Next Billion Dollar Startup list. Instawork was also named the 2022 ACE Award recipient for “Best Innovation” and one of the “Best Business Apps” by Business Insider. Instawork helps businesses in the food & beverage, hospitality, and warehouse/logistics industries fill temporary and permanent job opportunities in more than 25 markets across the U.S. and Canada.

At Instawork, we constantly evaluate how to build an optimal work environment for success. Currently we operate on a hybrid model, but we remain open to adapting our policies to meet the needs of our evolving business and team dynamics. As we continue to grow, we're seeking candidates who are excited about contributing to our in-person culture and open to the idea of working in-office up to 5 days a week.

For more information visit www.instawork.com

We value diversity on our team and firmly believe Instawork is stronger when we hire people who make their own unique contributions to our culture. We welcome all applicants and encourage candidates from underrepresented backgrounds to apply.

To learn more about our company values, please visit: https://info.instawork.com/about

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