Chief of Staff

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About Company

The client is an early-stage, venture-backed startup building an AI-driven operating system that delivers work for mid-sized accounting firms targeting Western markets. Its core platform centralises data, automates workflows with intelligent agents, and becomes smarter over time. Founded by repeat entrepreneurs who have scaled companies before, the organisation values speed, ownership, and craftsmanship. Backed by top-tier investors, the company seeks founding members to shape both the business and culture.

Position Overview

You operate as the Founder’s strategic right hand, converting ideas into clear plans and shipping results that accelerate company growth. You gain a 360-degree view of building a technology business from scratch and carve a path to owning a function or P&L. You tackle 0-to-1 problems and scaling initiatives across strategy, product, and operations, ensuring decisions happen fast and execution meets a high bar.

Role & Responsibilities

• Translate founder vision into actionable projects and drive them to completion.
• Partner with the founder on high-impact 0-to-1 problems and scaling initiatives across strategy, business, product, and operations.
• Coordinate cross-functional stakeholders to enable faster decisions and flawless execution.
• Manage multiple strategic and tactical workstreams at once in a highly ambiguous environment.
• Build processes and structure that support rapid growth while maintaining quality.

Must have Criteria

• 4+ years of experience in high-pace environments such as high-growth startups, management consulting, or investment banking.
• Demonstrated record of excellence in a tangible academic or professional field.
• Strong problem-solving ability and comfort making sense of ambiguity.
• Bias for action, ownership, and hustle; you get things done fast.
• Excellent written and verbal communication with an ability to handle nuance.
• Continuous learner driven by curiosity and humility.

Nice to Have

• Experience shadowing or directly supporting startup founders.
• Process-oriented mindset that adds structure to fast-evolving settings.
• Exposure to B2B SaaS or accounting firm environments.

What We Offer

• A culture that prizes winning the right way, operational velocity, and excellence.
• Empathy, trust, customer obsession, and objective, persistent teamwork.
• Opportunity to shape the business in its earliest days with no growth ceiling.
• Competitive salary plus meaningful equity with a standard 4-year vesting schedule and 1-year cliff.