Office Manager at Garage (YC W24)
About Garage
Garage is a marketplace for specialized vehicles and equipment, starting with emergency vehicles. By automating every part of the transaction—including payments, freight, paperwork, warranty, and financing—we reduce what used to take months down to minutes. We're building the modern platform that powers commerce across America’s essential industries.
We recently closed a $13.5M Series A ($18M in total funding) from Infinity Ventures, Y Combinator, Initialized Capital, FJ Labs, and other top investors. In less than a year, our team has already served customers in all 50 states – and we’re just getting started.
The Role
As the Office Manager, you’ll be the operational backbone of our New York City headquarters, ensuring our team has an exceptional in-person experience every single day. You’ll own the systems, logistics, and details that keep a high-performance office running smoothly - from managing vendors and stocking the kitchen to coordinating team celebrations and preparing the office for company events.
This is a highly hands-on role for someone who loves creating organized, welcoming, and efficient environments. You’ll work cross-functionally with every team at the company and play a key role in shaping the day-to-day employee experience as we scale.
In this role, you will:
Manage day-to-day office operations including lunch logistics, kitchen stocking, workspace upkeep, office supplies, and ensuring a seamless in-office experience for the team
Keep the office fully operational by proactively handling maintenance needs, coordinating with building management, cleaners, and vendors, and troubleshooting day-to-day office issues
Own office procurement and logistics including Amazon ordering, inventory management, shipping equipment to remote employees, post office runs, and handling returns
Support recruiting and onboarding logistics by coordinating interview experiences, arranging candidate meals, and preparing workstations, laptops, monitors, and other equipment for new hires
Plan and coordinate in-person team experiences including birthdays, work anniversaries, team lunches, happy hours, and larger company events
Assist with office events and offsites by coordinating logistics such as catering, bartenders, vendors, setup, and ensuring the office is fully prepared
Manage company merchandise, marketing collateral, and employee materials including business cards and ensuring inventory is consistently stocked
Support office growth initiatives including workspace organization, office moves, and continuously improving the employee experience as the company scales
We’re looking for someone who:
Thrives in a fast-paced, high-growth startup environment where priorities shift quickly and no two days look exactly the same
Is extremely organized with exceptional attention to detail, ensuring nothing falls through the cracks while juggling multiple priorities simultaneously
Has a proactive, ownership-driven mindset with a no-task-too-small attitude and naturally steps in to solve problems before they arise
Brings a warm, positive, and thoughtful personality that helps create an outstanding in-office experience and strong team culture
Is highly reliable, resourceful, and professional in communicating with employees, candidates, vendors, and external partners
Qualifications
1+ years of experience as an Office Manager, Workplace Operations, Executive Assistant, or similar roles
Experience supporting fast-paced, high-growth startup environments or other dynamic, in-person workplaces preferred
Exceptional organization skills with the ability to juggle multiple priorities and deadlines
Strong communication skills
Self-starter who thrives in ambiguous environments, and proactively takes on tasks
Meticulous attention to detail, ensuring nothing falls through the cracks
You could work anywhere, so why Garage?
We’ve grown revenue 10x in the last year
We’ve raised $18M in funding (including a recent $13.5M Series A) and are well capitalized
We have a product loved by users– used daily to procure mission-critical equipment across the country
We’re punching well above our weight– everyone joining at this stage will have outsized impact
We have a talent dense team operating in a high performance culture, in-person in NYC
We’re backed by world class investors including Y Combinator, Infinity Ventures, Initialized Capital, FJ Labs, and more
As part of our close-knit team, you’ll be one of the first 30 employees to join alongside the founders. You’ll take on meaningful responsibilities and play a key role in our next stages of growth.
More about Garage
Our values
Growth oriented. We invest in people who grow as the company grows. We all should be constantly learning.
Humility. Everyone has a lot to give and a lot to learn. We believe in creating an environment where the best ideas win and acknowledging when we are wrong.
Customer focused. We love our customers. Customer success is our success.
Hack to success. We move fast and take big swings. We always aim for a solution that addresses 80% of the problem in 20% of the time. We make informed bets, launch quickly, and iterate.
What we offer:
Competitive salary and stock options
Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance for you and all your dependents
Enjoy daily catered lunches at our New York City office
Unlimited paid time off every year
$100 / month wellness stipend
Bi-annual team offsite
We realize applying for jobs can feel daunting at times. We don’t expect you to check all the qualification boxes and encourage you to apply if you have experience in some of the areas.
The per annum total compensation range for this role is $60,000 to $90,000 USD, and includes base salary + equity + benefits. This is the lowest to highest salary we in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. An employee’s pay position within the wage range will be based on several factors including, but limited to, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, geographic location, performance, and business or organizational needs. This compensation range may also be modified in the future.
As an equal-opportunity employer, we are committed to building an inclusive environment where you can be you. We work hard to evaluate all employees and job applicants consistently, without regard to race, color, religion, gender, natural origin, age, disability, pregnancy, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation, or any other legally protected class.