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title: 'Head of Operations at Vessel Technologies'
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# Head of Operations at Vessel Technologies

- **Company:** Vessel Technologies
- **Location:** New York, NY
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** onsite
- **Posted:** 2026-09-04
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-07
- **Apply:** https://jobs.lever.co/myvessel/5a66e4ab-40ba-46b9-bef9-27abe34b9ed0

## Job description

## About Vessel

Vessel isn't about building better. It's about better buildings. We've learned how to make almost everything around us better: cars, phones, computers, appliances. Each generation performs better and becomes more efficient to produce. But building missed the boat. Vessel exists to change that. We are a New York City based technology company reinventing how buildings are designed, manufactured, operated, and experienced. We reimagine the building as the ultimate consumer product, bringing together advanced design, engineering, and manufacturing to create buildings that are dramatically more efficient to produce, remarkably simple to operate, and exceptional to experience. Our first product is Calypso, an entirely new kind of apartment building designed from the ground up as an integrated product rather than a one-off construction project. Our mission with Calypso is simple: to overcome the housing crisis and offer each person the opportunity for an extraordinary life. Getting there means doing something that has never been done before. We continually make the building, and everything required to produce it, better. Every building teaches us how to make the next one better.

## What You'll Do

As Vessel's Head of Operations, you will own the end to end physical delivery of every Vessel building: manufacturing, supply chain, procurement, logistics, and field execution. You won't be inheriting an established operating model. You'll help invent it. You'll: Own the delivery of Vessel buildings across schedule, cost, quality, and execution Lead manufacturing, production planning, productivity, quality, materials flow, and continuous improvement Own supply chain, sourcing, procurement, and supplier performance Reinvent how Vessel buildings are packaged, transported, and delivered as we scale Lead field execution and our construction managers, contractors, and partners Build systems that tell us what is actually happening across our factories and job sites, and where we can do better Attack operational challenges at their root and develop innovative solutions across process, tooling, suppliers, sequencing, logistics, and product design Help define Vessel's future factory footprint and operating model Create the feedback loop between Operations, Product, and Engineering so every building makes the next one better Vessel's way of creating buildings has never existed before. Neither has the operating system required to deliver them at scale. You'll have the opportunity to build it. In doing so, you'll help transform one of the last great industries still waiting to be disrupted.

## Who You Are

You're a disruptor. A change agent. You have the curiosity, imagination, intellect, and tenacity to take on extraordinarily difficult problems without obvious answers. You're fascinated by how things work, and even more interested in how they could work better. You can examine a complex operating challenge, understand what is really happening, challenge the assumptions behind it, imagine a different solution, and then make it real. You: Are an exceptional analytical and systems thinker Love difficult, ambiguous problems Turn ideas into action and solutions into repeatable systems Move comfortably between big picture strategy and the smallest details of execution Are intensely quantitative and want to measure what is actually happening Think technology first. AI and automation are already part of how you work Can lead people, challenge assumptions, and drive change Take extraordinary ownership of the things you undertake We are not looking for a particular number of years of experience or someone steeped in the established practices of century old industrial companies. We are looking for exceptional ability. Your background may be unconventional. We hope it is. What matters is what you have figured out, changed, built, and made better, and whether you want to take on something that has never been done before. Greater New York City area preferred, with significant travel to Vessel factories, project sites, and new markets.

## Compensation & Benefits

Base compensation: $250,000, plus performance based incentive and meaningful equity participation 401k & Health Plans (Medical, Dental, and Vision), including HSA/FSA options Life, AD&D, and Disability Insurance, plus Critical Illness and Accident Insurance Weekly lunches and team building events Commuter Benefits

## About Vessel Technologies

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Vessel Technologies designs, manufactures, and distributes revolutionary multifamily apartment buildings engineered to lower construction costs, reduce risk, and deliver sustainable, technology-enhanced homes.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Startup/VC-backed)
- **Headquarters**: New York, New York, USA
- **Founded**: 2017
- **Founders**: Neil Rubler

## Core Business
- **Primary industry/industries**: Real Estate, Construction Technology (PropTech/ConTech), Multifamily Housing
- **Target customers**: B2B – Landowners, developers, and operators who want to build multifamily housing (market rate, workforce, student, senior, and affordable/income-restricted). Also serves municipalities and community partners.
- **Mission or purpose statement**: “To offer each person an equal opportunity for an extraordinary life by providing access to homes that are exciting, sustainable, and attainably priced.” (vesseltechnologies.com)

## Products & Services
- **[Calypso]**: A midrise multifamily building system using a panelized, factory-manufactured system that ships flat and is assembled on site. Includes structural system (steel), interior/exterior walls, cabinetry, full interior fit-out, elevators, stairwells, sprinklers, lighting, and building-control systems (Vessel Intelligence). Delivered as a complete, ready-to-occupy building. Features nine-foot ceilings, floor-to-ceiling windows, in-unit washer/dryers, and is 100% electric and solar-compatible. (vesseltechnologies.com/faq)

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly disclosed
- **Key Metric**: Total units – has completed 2 buildings (36 units) in the Northeast, has 4 buildings (278 units) under construction, and a pipeline of ~1,600 units predominantly in the Northeast and Florida. Oldest building has been operating for over three years with strong resident retention and renewal rates. (vesseltechnologies.com/faq)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Not publicly listed; Built In notes the company offers equity and performance bonuses, suggesting VC or institutional backing.
- **Growth Signals**: Expanding from initial Northeast projects into Florida; factory-manufactured panel system enables rapid build (6 months per building); targeting sites as small as 0.5 acres that are uneconomical for conventional development.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Factory-built panel system** reduces construction time to ~6 months, eliminates change orders, and provides fixed per-unit pricing ($140,000–$155,000 per unit) – a significant moat against traditional construction with its delays and cost overruns.
- **Universal Design (“Yoga”)** philosophy ensures spaces work for people of all ages, sizes, and abilities (from children to seniors to wheelchair users).
- **Sustainability edge**: 100% electric, solar-compatible, triple-glazed windows, R-21 insulation, designed for net-zero operations; Energy Star compliant. Older building has performed well for 3+ years.
- **Vessel Intelligence**: Integrated smart building controls (HVAC, lighting, sound) with APIs for operator security systems, providing differentiation in resident experience.

## Strategic Focus
- Current priorities are scaling production through factory manufacturing and expanding geographic footprint (Northeast and Florida markets). Targeting smaller, infill sites (as small as 0.5 acres) that traditional developers avoid.
- Focus on entitlement partnerships with landowners and communities, offering feasibility studies and fixed-price contracts to de-risk development.
- Emphasizing sustainability and energy efficiency as core product features, aligning with regulatory trends toward electrification and net-zero buildings.

## Why Work Here
- **Mission-driven culture** with a clear social impact goal: addressing the housing crisis for over 50 million American families.
- **Hybrid workspace** – headquarters in New York, NY, with on-site work in Connecticut as well (Trade Partner Operations Manager role is on-site in CT). (builtin.com)
- **Compensation & equity**: Offers company equity, performance bonuses, 401(K), and disability insurance. (builtin.com)
- **Diversity & inclusion**: Has a dedicated diversity and inclusion staff and a documented equal pay policy. (builtin.com)
- **Perks**: Health insurance, Flexible Spending Account (FSA), technology-forward work environment.
- **Culture described as**: “We hustle hard, innovate boldly, and settle for nothing less than extraordinary… We're looking for visionaries who are relentless in their craft, hungry to build what’s next.” (vesseltechnologies.com/careers)
- **Engineering culture**: Working on a physical product that combines construction, manufacturing, systems engineering, and smart building technology – ideal for those who want to build tangible, impactful infrastructure.

## Sources
1. [Vessel Technologies – About](https://www.vesseltechnologies.com/)
2. [Vessel Technologies – FAQ](https://www.vesseltechnologies.com/faq)
3. [Vessel Technologies – Careers](https://www.vesseltechnologies.com/careers)
4. [Vessel Technologies – Lever Jobs](https://jobs.lever.co/myvessel)
5. [Built In – Vessel Technologies Profile](https://builtin.com/company/vessel-technologies-inc)

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