LeonieW
Bio
Participation1
Operations Generalist with 3.5 years of experience running operations in a $1–2M revenue organization. Took on shared leadership during an unplanned absence of company leadership, maintaining continuity and supporting operational and financial priorities. Experienced in process improvement, cross-functional coordination, and building structure in low-structure environments.
Currently enrolled in CEA's Career Pivot Bootcamp, I am determined to take my operations skills and experience to a high-impact organization. Reading about the operations bottleneck (“Operations management in high-impact organisations” on 80,000 Hours) confirmed this is where I can most likely add the most value right away- I can multiply the impact of an effective org by making it run even better.
How others can help me
• I'm actively seeking a remote operations (or ops-adjacent) role at a high-impact org.
• I am looking for introductions and connections that might help me land a role.
• I'd love to hear what helped you get a role at a high-impact org.
How I can help others
• Happy to share what I'm learning along the way as I navigate a career transition into the EA space.
• I can share resources of job/opportunity boards and insights from the EA Career Pivot Bootcamp.
• Always happy to chat, or connect on Linkedin.
Comments2
Hi Sofia!
Great and very relatable post- and something I've been personally wrangling with since being part of a layoff last year. Truly so much has changed since I last applied for work in 2021. I'm currently learning the importance of networking and wish I had -like you suggest- connections and preparations in place before needing them.
Truth be told though, this time of unemployment has been the greatest gift. It gave me the chance to pause and reassess what I really want to do, which became really clear after coming across EA through my job search. Now I'm halfway through CEA's High-Impact Career Pivot Bootcamp and have a lot more strategy to my job search- and will hopefully soon land a remote operations role.
I hope you enjoy your sabbatical in June- taking time to fill your own cup is a crucial part of showing up your best for others!
Hi everyone 🦋
My name is Leonie, and I'm an Operations generalist looking for a remote ops(-adjacent) role at a high-impact organization! I spent 3.5 years running operations in a $1–2M revenue organization and took on shared leadership during an unplanned absence of company leadership- maintaining continuity and supporting operational and financial priorities.
I came across EA in Fall of last year, through my job search. I was struck by the concept that good intentions aren't enough, and that we can and should use evidence to figure out where our efforts actually do the most good. Since then, I've read career guides and core EA ideas, applied to high-impact jobs, and started engaging with my local EA group. I'm currently halfway through CEA's High-Impact Carer Pivot Bootcamp (highly recommend!) and new to this Forum.
I have many thoughts and questions about how to pick a cause area, and would love to chat with people working in AI safety/governance about risk to cause harm, and wonder how pro-AI someone should be to enter (and more importantly, stay (fulfilled) in) the field. If that's you, please don't be shy to say hi, I'd love to pick your brain!