Leadership & Company Operations Intern

About OMIRA

OMIRA is a portfolio operating company that builds, owns, and scales businesses across services, technology, marketing, staffing, consumer brands, software, and real estate.

Unlike a traditional company with one product or service, OMIRA operates multiple active businesses inside one ecosystem. Each company has its own team, priorities, projects, customers, systems, and growth goals.

We are currently looking for ambitious individuals who want to develop into real business leaders.

This is not a traditional internship where you will spend your time observing meetings, completing repetitive assignments, or waiting for someone to tell you what to do. This role is built for people who want to step into responsibility, work directly with leadership, coordinate teams, solve operational problems, and help move businesses forward.

We need people who can lead.

That does not mean you need years of management experience or an impressive corporate resume. It means you must be willing to take ownership, communicate clearly, make decisions, hold people accountable, solve problems, and follow through.

The strongest candidates will be individuals who can enter a fast-moving environment, understand what needs to get done, organize the right people, and make sure progress happens.

Interns may assist with leading projects, coordinating employees and interns, improving internal processes, managing deadlines, supporting business operations, and helping oversee one or more companies within the OMIRA portfolio.

This is an unpaid internship position to start, but it is not designed to remain that way. There is real potential to grow into part-time payroll, full-time payroll, business leadership, or a larger long-term opportunity for individuals who prove they can take ownership and produce results.

For the right person, this role can develop into an Operations Manager, Project Manager, Team Lead, Managing Director, or Business Operator position within one of OMIRA’s companies.

We are not looking for someone who only wants a title on their resume. We are looking for people who want responsibility, pressure, growth, and the opportunity to build something meaningful.

Responsibilities

• Help lead and coordinate teams, interns, contractors, and internal projects
• Take ownership of assigned business initiatives from planning through completion
• Communicate priorities, responsibilities, deadlines, and expectations to team members
• Follow up with team members and ensure projects continue moving forward
• Help organize meetings, workflows, schedules, documents, and internal systems
• Identify operational problems and recommend practical solutions
• Hold team members accountable for completing assigned responsibilities
• Track project progress, deadlines, deliverables, and performance
• Assist with onboarding, training, and supporting new team members
• Help delegate tasks based on team members’ skills and availability
• Work directly with OMIRA leadership on business priorities and company initiatives
• Help improve standard operating procedures, communication systems, and internal processes
• Support hiring, interviewing, team development, and performance management
• Coordinate work across marketing, sales, operations, content, technology, and administrative teams
• Help turn leadership ideas into organized execution plans
• Step into unclear situations, create structure, and determine the next action
• Provide direct updates to leadership on progress, problems, and results
• Take responsibility when something is delayed, disorganized, or not working
• Help manage one or more OMIRA businesses as responsibility increases

What Leadership Means in This Role

Leadership at OMIRA is not based on age, seniority, or job title.

Leadership means:

• Taking responsibility without waiting to be asked
• Communicating directly and clearly
• Making sure people understand what is expected
• Following up until work is completed
• Solving problems instead of only reporting them
• Staying calm when projects become difficult or unclear
• Making decisions with the information available
• Accepting accountability when something goes wrong
• Giving honest feedback and receiving feedback professionally
• Helping team members improve and perform at a higher level
• Protecting deadlines, standards, and company priorities
• Producing results through both individual work and team coordination

Candidates should be prepared to lead through action. You cannot expect people to meet standards that you are unwilling to meet yourself.

Potential Projects

• Leading a team of interns working on an OMIRA business
• Coordinating the launch of a new company, product, or service
• Managing internal projects and weekly team priorities
• Building and improving operating procedures
• Organizing hiring, onboarding, and training processes
• Tracking employee and intern responsibilities
• Improving communication between departments
• Managing website, marketing, sales, or content projects
• Supporting business owners and company leadership
• Helping oversee day-to-day operations for an OMIRA company
• Building dashboards, trackers, schedules, and accountability systems
• Identifying bottlenecks that are slowing down growth
• Turning unorganized ideas into clear execution plans

Ideal Candidate

• Interested in leadership, entrepreneurship, management, operations, or business development
• Wants real responsibility instead of basic internship assignments
• Comfortable communicating with different personalities and team members
• Able to give instructions, follow up, and hold people accountable
• Organized and capable of managing multiple priorities
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Able to think independently and make reasonable decisions
• Comfortable working in a fast-moving and sometimes unstructured environment
• Willing to ask questions, learn quickly, and adapt
• Able to receive direct feedback without becoming defensive
• Willing to speak up when something is not working
• Reliable and able to consistently follow through
• Self-motivated and able to work without constant supervision
• Interested in helping build and operate real businesses
• Ambitious and interested in earning greater responsibility over time
• Comfortable leading people who may have different skills, backgrounds, or levels of experience

Previous leadership experience is helpful, but it is not required.

Candidates may have developed leadership skills through school organizations, sports teams, clubs, volunteer work, personal projects, previous employment, entrepreneurship, or other experiences.

We care more about your judgment, communication, work ethic, ownership, and ability to execute than the number of years listed on your resume.

This Role Is Not a Fit For Someone Who

• Needs constant reminders to complete responsibilities
• Avoids difficult conversations
• Waits for detailed instructions before taking action
• Makes excuses when deadlines are missed
• Is uncomfortable being held accountable
• Only wants easy or predictable assignments
• Wants a leadership title without leadership responsibility
• Is unwilling to work with or manage other people
• Struggles to communicate problems clearly
• Loses interest when work becomes difficult
• Is only applying to add another internship to their resume

Tools & Platforms Exposure

Depending on assigned projects, interns may gain experience with:

• Google Workspace
• Slack and internal communication platforms
• Project-management systems
• Task trackers and operating dashboards
• Canva
• ChatGPT and AI productivity tools
• Website and software platforms
• Customer relationship management systems
• Hiring and applicant-management platforms
• Social media and digital marketing tools
• Business analytics and reporting systems

Applicants are not expected to already understand every platform.

What You’ll Gain

• Real leadership experience inside active businesses
• Experience coordinating teams and managing projects
• Direct exposure to company operations, decision-making, and business growth
• Opportunities to work directly with OMIRA founders, operators, and leadership
• Experience turning business ideas into organized execution
• Stronger communication, delegation, organization, and problem-solving skills
• Experience managing deadlines, responsibilities, and team performance
• Exposure to multiple industries and business models
• A stronger understanding of what it takes to operate and scale a company
• Meaningful responsibilities that can be discussed in future interviews
• The opportunity to build a leadership-focused professional portfolio
• Networking and long-term career opportunities
• Potential advancement into paid leadership and operating positions

Growth Opportunity

This role is designed as an entry point into larger leadership opportunities within OMIRA.

Individuals who demonstrate strong judgment, reliability, communication, and execution may earn responsibility for larger projects, teams, departments, or individual businesses.

Potential future roles may include:

• Team Lead
• Project Manager
• Operations Coordinator
• Operations Manager
• Business Development Manager
• Chief of Staff
• Managing Director
• Business Operator

Advancement is based on performance, ownership, consistency, and the ability to create measurable value.

A leadership title is not guaranteed. Responsibility must be earned through results.

Internship Structure

• Part-time
• Flexible scheduling
• Fully remote
• Unpaid internship to start
• Opportunity for academic credit where approved by the student’s college or university
• Direct communication with OMIRA leadership
• Potential to lead projects and team members
• Potential advancement into paid and long-term opportunities

Application Requirements

Applicants should submit:

• A resume
• A brief explanation of why they are interested in leadership and business operations
• An example of a time they took ownership of a difficult project or situation
• An example of a time they led, organized, or influenced other people
• Their general weekly availability
• The areas of business they are most interested in learning about

Applicants do not need extensive professional experience. However, applications should clearly demonstrate ambition, responsibility, communication skills, and a willingness to lead.

Industry

Business Operations / Leadership / Management / Entrepreneurship / Project Management / Business Development / Startups

Employment Type

Part-Time / Flexible Hours / Remote / Unpaid Internship to Start