Finance & Operations Director

Alvara is a platform company reinventing how global trade, trust, and consumer intelligence come together. We’re building data infrastructure that connects source to shelf, enabling radically transparent supply chains, participatory commerce, and real-time behavioral insights across physical and digital environments.

Our first vertica, consumer wellnes, proves what this platform can do: track ethically sourced commodities from farm to shelf, verify integrity through smart packaging, and learn directly from customer interaction. But that’s just the beginning. Alvara is architected to scale into any industry where trust, data, and human behavior intersect.

With a blockchain-backed sourcing engine, an AI-native operating system (AlvaraAI), and a flagship retail lab launching in Miami, we’re not just launching a product, we’re building the next generation of intelligent, ethical infrastructure. We’re backed by leading partners and assembling a founding team that blends systems thinking, cultural fluency, and operational rigor.

If you're ready to build the future of commerce and redefine what companies owe their communities: this is your moment.

The Role

Alvara is hiring a Director of Finance & Operations to lead the company’s financial strategy and executional infrastructure across product development, regulatory alignment, and physical and digital

commerce. This role is foundational to how Alvara scales operationally, financially, and ethically.

This leader will be responsible for building and maintaining all internal financial systems, managing operational budgets across departments, and overseeing the implementation of regulatory frameworks

from FDA to GDPR. You will play a direct leadership role in launching Alvara Lab Miami, while also preparing Alvara’s operating model to support data governance, retail systems, and international supply

chains.

You will directly manage the DTC Project Manager and the Regulation & Compliance Analyst, ensuring that forward-facing consumer experiences are operationally sound and regulatory-ready. This role is ideal for a systems-minded operator who can translate complexity into control and strategic ambition into scalable execution.

Key Deliverables in the First 12–18 Months

• Build and maintain a comprehensive financial model aligned with real-time operational data and commercial planning

• Design and implement operational launch plan for Alvara Lab Miami, including construction budget oversight, timeline control, and vendor coordination

• Lead budgeting and execution for DTC initiatives, in close partnership with Product and Project Management

• Stand up internal systems to track COGS, margin, and inventory performance

• Oversee and integrate regulatory workflows across all business functions, including supply chain, digital privacy, and packaging compliance

• Build company-wide dashboard visibility into financial KPIs, cash flow, and performance benchmarks

• Manage and develop the DTC Project Manager and Regulation & Compliance Analyst, building internal standards and execution frameworks

• Prepare Alvara’s operations for Series A diligence, including financial reporting, documentation, and system controls

Who You Are

You are a world-class operator and financial strategist who brings structure to momentum, precision to planning, and clarity to complexity. You’ve built high-trust internal systems that empower teams and drive sustainable growth. You move between numbers and people with fluency, and know how to build infrastructure that is resilient, ethical, and ready to scale. You understand that operational excellence is not just about cost control—but about long-term strategic enablement.

Minimum Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in finance, operations, or business management roles

• Demonstrated leadership of cross-functional operations in startup or scaling environments

• Strong financial modeling skills and direct P&L ownership

• Experience overseeing compliance strategy and regulatory processes in CPG, health, or tech industries

• Track record launching or scaling physical spaces (retail, labs, consumer-facing) with clear budget and vendor control

• Team management experience with operational, project-based, or compliance-focused direct reports

• Deep understanding of risk mitigation and operational governance in consumer or data-driven companies

Preferred Experience

• Experience in DTC, eCommerce, or omni-channel consumer businesses

• Familiarity with FDA, CCPA, GDPR, or global product regulations

• Experience supporting or leading diligence processes for Seed/Series A funding

• Exposure to blockchain or AI-backed operational systems

• Ability to build finance and ops stacks from the ground up using lean, efficient tools

Compensation

Salary Range: $100,000 – $130,000 base

Equity: Founding team grant level

Benefits: 32 Hour Work Week (Mon–Thu), Full medical, dental, vision, PTO, and full leadership access to

company planning and cross-functional execution

Location: Remote (Miami Preferred)

Reports to: CEO

Status: Role commences August 2025

Why This Role Matters

Alvara is built to be a platform company, but no platform scales without precision. As Director of Finance & Operations, you’ll design the systems that make growth possible, the controls that make it accountable, and the infrastructure that ensures our strategy shows up in the real world. You’ll launch our flagship location, lead regulatory integrity, and build financial transparency into the foundation of everything we do.

This is the operations role you take when you’re ready to define what excellence means - by building it.