Is the Operations Generalist role remote?

It's hybrid — Cogent Security expects some on-site time in San Francisco, CA.

How much experience is required?

At least 2 years of relevant experience for this Operations Generalist role.

Where is the role based?

Cogent Security is hiring for this position in San Francisco, CA.

What seniority level is this role?

Cogent Security targets mid-level candidates for this position.

Is this full-time or contract?

Full-time for this Operations Generalist role at Cogent Security.

Joblaze summary

The Operations Generalist at Cogent Security plays a crucial role in managing daily operations that span people, workplace logistics, events, and special projects, ensuring the company runs smoothly. This position requires a blend of skills in office management, recruiting, and event planning, with a strong emphasis on self-direction and adaptability in a fast-paced startup environment. Ideal candidates have at least two years of experience in cross-functional roles and a proactive approach to problem-solving, particularly with AI tools. The role offers a unique opportunity to engage with various aspects of a rapidly growing company focused on cutting-edge cybersecurity solutions.

Joblaze insights

Listed 9 days ago on Joblaze — tracked directly from Cogent Security's career page.
Cogent Security has 30 other open roles including Performance Marketing Lead, Accounting Manager, Senior Analyst, Strategic Finance.

Quick facts

Is the Operations Generalist role remote?: It's hybrid — Cogent Security expects some on-site time in San Francisco, CA.
How much experience is required?: At least 2 years of relevant experience for this Operations Generalist role.
Where is the role based?: Cogent Security is hiring for this position in San Francisco, CA.
What seniority level is this role?: Cogent Security targets mid-level candidates for this position.
Is this full-time or contract?: Full-time for this Operations Generalist role at Cogent Security.

From the original posting

About Cogent

Cogent is an Applied AI Lab building the next generation of AI agents for cybersecurity. AI has fundamentally changed how attacks happen, allowing malicious actors to operate at unprecedented speed and scale. Cogent’s "AI Taskforce" assesses petabytes of enterprise data to remediate these issues before critical breaches occur.

To stay at the cutting edge, we blend frontier research with real-world execution. Alongside our core product work, Cogent Research serves as our applied AI lab, providing the research horsepower needed to make truly agentic security workflows a reality. We partner with Fortune 500 companies to secure some of the most complex production environments in the world.

We’re backed by Greylock & Bain Capital Ventures, and we’ve built a team with the best minds in applied AI. Our team is comprised of people from:

Top universities like Stanford, Berkeley, Penn, Duke, Carnegie Mellon, Waterloo
Unicorn, high-growth companies like Scale AI, Databricks, Stripe, Tesla, Coinbase
World class cybersecurity experts from Wiz, Abnormal AI, Zscaler
Preeminent research labs like Deepmind and SAIL

About the Role

We're hiring an Operations Associate to own the day-to-day operations that keep Cogent running - ranging across people operations, workplace operations, events, and special projects. You'll work across the business rather than sitting inside one function. This role offers rare exposure to how a category-defining company is built end to end, making it a strong fit for someone excited by company-building and long-term leadership growth.

What You'll Do

Workplace Operations: Own office logistics across both locations in San Francisco and New York, from supplies and landlord relationships, to running company swag from concept to delivery, to planning off-sites.
People Operations: Own recruiting coordination and onboarding end to end, from scheduling and offer logistics to designing how new hires ramp. You'll also handle legal and immigration coordination and run the Cogent Founder Academy.
Events: Dream up events that build the Cogent brand and own them end to end - concept, logistics, & invites, while building a recurring events calendar and cadence for the company.
Special Projects: Partner directly with the founders and the Head of Bizops to tackle other strategic initiatives that come up.

What We're Looking For

2+ years of experience working in a fast-paced environment, ideally at a startup (open to less if you're high-slope and quick to pick things up)
Background in an ambiguous, cross-functional role - people operations, workplace operations, office management, or events management
A self-starter who can unblock themselves and drive work without heavy direction
Good taste and a point of view on what makes an office, an offsite, or an onboarding experience actually good, not just checked off a list
Comfortable owning work across very different domains without dropping details
Energized by a fast-moving, high-intensity environment rather than drained by it
Reaches for AI tools as a default way of working (e.g., building a script or an automation to solve a problem instead of doing it by hand every time)
Strong written communication: clear, simple, and calibrated to the audience
Experience handling sensitive employee information with accuracy and discretion

Bonus Points

Strong undergraduate degree with consulting experience
Experience having founded your own venture or built a function from 0-1