Remote Operations Manager - Work from LATAM & Europe — Columbus
Traveler-Friendly Insight
Schedule Constraints: This role requires a fixed Monday–Friday U.S. Central Time (CT) schedule, which means your working hours are locked to roughly 9am–5pm CT (UTC-6). This significantly limits timezone flexibility — nomads in Southeast Asia or Oceania would face nighttime working hours, making this role impractical from those regions.
Best-fit nomad bases: The allowed countries (Mexico, Argentina, Peru, Romania, Poland, Slovakia) align well with CT-adjacent or manageable timezone offsets:
- México City, Mexico — same timezone as CT, ideal overlap. Cost of living ~$1,200–$1,800/month for a comfortable nomad lifestyle, leaving solid savings.
- Medellín, Colombia (not listed but similar timezone) — $1,000–$1,500/month. Though Colombia is not in the allowed list, Mexico and Peru offer comparable appeal.
- Buenos Aires, Argentina — UTC-3, only 2 hours ahead of CT. ~$800–$1,200/month currently due to favorable exchange rates — excellent purchasing power on this salary.
- Warsaw, Poland / Bucharest, Romania — UTC+2, requiring early-morning starts (3–4pm local = 9am CT). Manageable but not ideal for night owls. Cost ~$1,500–$2,200/month.
Visa consideration: Mexico offers a Temporary Resident visa; Argentina has a Digital Nomad visa. Peru allows 183-day tourist stays. No travel-specific perks (coworking, equipment stipend) are mentioned in the posting.
We're looking for an experienced, hands-on operations professional to help coordinate workflows and initiatives across different areas of our business.
This is a multifaceted role that may support customer operations, process improvement, and other cross-functional initiatives. You'll work with both business and technical teams to keep priorities moving, resolve issues, improve processes, and ensure strong follow-through.
What You'll Do
- Coordinate workflows and initiatives across different areas of the business.
- Support customer-related operations, including onboarding, ongoing customer needs, and retention initiatives.
- Work across teams such as Sales, Accounting, Operations, and technical teams to resolve issues and move priorities forward.
- Track priorities, blockers, follow-ups, and next steps.
- Identify operational gaps and help determine the right people or resources needed.
- Build and improve processes as business needs evolve.
- Follow issues and commitments through to completion.
- Provide clear, concise updates on progress and outstanding items.
What We're Looking For
- 5+ years of professional experience, including substantial hands-on business operations experience.
- Previous experience as an Operations Manager, Operations Lead, Business Operations Manager, General Manager, or comparable hands-on operations role.
- Experience working in an established business environment involving multiple teams, functions, and priorities.
- Strong cross-functional coordination and problem-solving experience.
- Demonstrated experience owning workflows or initiatives from start to finish.
- Experience improving processes and ensuring consistent follow-through.
- Comfortable working with both business and technical teams.
- Clear, concise professional communication.
Compensation & Schedule
- Compensation: USD $2,500–$3,500 gross/month
- Schedule: Fixed Monday–Friday U.S. Central Time schedule
- Fully remote
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