Workplace Coordinator

ABOUT US:

Skip is on a mission to make life joyful through powered movement.

Movement is a powerful way to build physical, mental and social health. Yet it is elusive for 2 billion people due to age, injury, or disability. We are building products that will restore mobility for millions and enable a new frontier of joyful movement experiences. We want to build a future where a grandparent can easily outrun their grandkids and no one is left behind at the trailhead.

Skip is a 28-person early-stage start-up that spun out of Google X in 2023. With deep cross-disciplinary expertise and key partnerships (e.g. with Arc’teryx) we are uniquely positioned to launch the first commercially successful wearable robotic device, the MO/GO, develop a platform to launch future Movewear products and transform millions of lives in the coming years.

The Role

We are seeking a highly organized, people first operator to own our Dogpatch office and make it a place the team loves to show up to. You will run everything that keeps the space working: supplies, food, facilities, vendors, seating, and the small details nobody notices until they’re missing. One day you’re ordering lunch for a five person onsite panel. The next you’re receiving a pallet of actuators and figuring out where three new engineers will sit. If something in the office is broken, empty, or about to be, you’re the one who notices first, and then you build a system so it doesn’t happen again.

What you’ll do

• Own day to day office operations: facilities, maintenance, mail, deliveries, security and building access, and keeping a shared space for engineers, a machine shop, and a soft goods lab working for everyone

• Order and manage office supplies, kitchen stock, snacks, and coffee, with a budget and a reorder system so we never run out of oat milk

• Order lunch and catering for candidate onsites, team meetings, and celebrations, with dietary needs handled ahead of time

• Plan desk and seating layouts as we grow, and coordinate furniture, moves, and workspace setup

• Be the point person for building management and facilities vendors (cleaning, internet, waste, repairs, HVAC) and get issues resolved fast

• Greet visitors and candidates and make sure every first impression at Skip is a good one

• Keep the shop and lab stocked with consumables and safety supplies, and maintain office safety basics like first aid kits, fire safety, and emergency plans

• Track office spend and vendor contracts, and partner with finance on budgets and purchasing

• Plan team lunches, events, and celebrations that build our culture

What we’re looking for

• Someone who can increase joy in our space and reduce friction for the team

• 2 to 5 years in office management, workplace operations, facilities, or executive support, ideally at a startup

• Exceptional organization and follow through; you manage a dozen moving pieces and nothing gets dropped

• Experience managing vendors, comparing quotes, and holding them to a high standard

• Hands on and comfortable with physical work: receiving deliveries, assembling furniture

• Warm, clear, and professional communication with vendors, visitors, and teammates alike

• Comfortable with software tools (Google Workspace, Slack, spend tools like Ramp or Brex) and quick to learn new ones

• Low ego, high ownership; no task is too small, and you’d rather fix the process than complain about it

• Comfortable with ambiguity and shifting priorities in an early stage environment

Nice to have

• Experience supporting technical teams in a shared office and lab space

• Experience managing a facility buildout or office move

• Familiarity with workplace safety requirements

• Event planning experience; bonus points if you can run a team offsite with the precision of an Eras Tour setlist

• You build with AI tools day to day and can show us a workflow you automated

This is a part time, in office position at the Skip office in the Dogpatch neighborhood of San Francisco.

Skip is an equal opportunity employer. Our hiring decisions are based on need and competence to satisfy said need. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status, or any other legally protected status.

Any and all offers of employment extended by Skip are conditional on candidates’ ability to provide satisfactory proof of eligibility to maintain full-time employment in the United States.