Founding Generalist

Location: LA
 Reports to: Founder
 Stage: Early, high-ownership

Hydra is hiring its first full-time employee. This is a true founding generalist role for someone who wants to help build a consumer brand from the ground up and touch every part of the business.

You’ll work directly with the founder and be involved in operations, finance, marketing, growth, and execution. The scope is wide on purpose. If you’re excited by variety, responsibility, and learning fast, this role will be energizing.

What you’ll do

Across the business

• Help run day-to-day operations and keep the business moving
  
   
• Take ideas from concept to execution across teams and partners
  
   
• Identify gaps and solve problems before they become issues
  
   
• Build early systems, processes, and documentation
  
   
• Be a reliable right hand to the founder
  
   

Operations

• Coordinate with manufacturers, suppliers, and logistics partners
  
   
• Manage inventory, POs, shipping, and fulfillment
  
   
• Support retail, wholesale, and DTC operations
  
   
• Own the details that keep things running smoothly
  
   

Finance

• Track spend, cash flow, and budgets
  
   
• Manage invoices, payments, and basic accounting workflows
  
   
• Support forecasting and planning
  
   
• Assist with investor updates, decks, and fundraising prep
  
   

Marketing & Growth

• Support execution across email, social, partnerships, and launches
  
   
• Coordinate with designers, creators, and agencies
  
   
• Help manage campaigns and timelines
  
   
• Track performance and help iterate based on results
  
   

Who you are

• You thrive in early-stage environments
  
   
• You’re organized, proactive, and execution-focused
  
   
• You don’t need perfect instructions to move forward
  
   
• You’re excited about consumer brands and startups
  
   
• You want real responsibility and ownership early in your career
  
   

Compensation

 

• Meaningful equity
  
   
• Significant learning and growth opportunity