Historic estate and gardens operator in Bay Area, now modernizing ops and talent pipeline
Filoli operates a 654-acre historic property with gardens, mansion, and natural lands in Woodside, CA. The hiring velocity shows early-stage modernization: five open roles split across ops, finance, HR, and executive leadership, with half senior-level, signal an operational scaling push. Active projects span recruitment-ops dashboards, finance automation, and board systems — revealing friction in seasonal procurement, finance workflows, and talent pipeline diversity. Tech stack leans marketing and creative (Adobe suite, WordPress, Google Analytics) with light operational tooling (Monday.com, ADP, Square), suggesting handoff opportunity for ops-consolidation vendors.
Filoli is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit and National Trust for Historic Preservation site opened to the public in 1975. The property includes a 54,000+ square-foot Georgian revival mansion, 16 acres of English Renaissance gardens, a Gentleman's Orchard, and hundreds of acres of natural lands with six distinct ecosystems. Programming spans historic collections, public gardens, horticulture, educational offerings, and tourism. The organization is 51–200 employees and operates year-round with pronounced seasonal demand cycles — particularly around holiday lighting and nightfall experiences — creating workload and budgeting complexity.
Monday.com for task management, ADP for payroll, Square for payments, WordPress for web, and Google Analytics for visitor tracking. Adobe Creative Cloud (Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, Premiere Pro) handles marketing and content production.
Active projects include seasonal lighting infrastructure, finance workflow automation, inclusive talent pipeline development, recruitment operations dashboards, and board/committee event management. Stated pain points include diversity hiring, seasonal budget management, and protecting historic gardens from vendor damage.
Filoli's technology stack, projects, and hiring signals are inferred from public hiring and company data — career pages, public listings, and company web presence — then clustered and de-duplicated. Figures are estimates that refresh over time. Read our full methodology →
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