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Chief of Staff to the CEO
AI Summary
Chief of Staff to the CEO at an AI startup, driving impact across customer acquisition, retention, and strategic initiatives by supporting the founder and owning high-priority growth areas.
About this role
Our client is a YC-backed AI startup transforming the $1T+ equipment industry. They are seeking a Chief of Staff to scale the CEO's impact across customer acquisition, retention, and strategic initiatives — working directly with the founder on the highest-priority areas of the business with a clear path to a leadership role.
This is an intense, high-growth role for a high-agency generalist who can represent the company in any room — from small business owners to billion-dollar enterprise CEOs — and move fast without a playbook.
What You'll Do
- Support pre-sales and post-sales efforts — taking customer calls, representing the company at events, and building relationships with equipment dealers
- Own strategic projects including OEM partnerships and marketing agency partnerships
- Build and execute customer onboarding plans to ensure successful implementations
- Manage and experiment with go-to-market channels — BDRs, ads, events, and outbound
- Act as a trusted extension of the CEO in customer-facing meetings and investor conversations
Requirements
- 2–6 years in tier 1.5 consulting (Strategy&, Oliver Wyman, Kearney, Monitor Deloitte, LEK) or MBB, PE, or IB
- STEM undergraduate degree — engineering, math, physics, or CS
- Early-stage startup experience — must have worked at or built an early-stage company
- Generalist or operational role (Chief of Staff, BizOps, strategy) at a startup preferred
- Customer-facing experience — sales, CS, account management, or client-facing consulting
- Polished and personable enough to represent the CEO at customer dinners and investor meetings
- High agency and resourcefulness — figures things out without a playbook and moves fast
- Experience with GTM, partnerships, or customer onboarding preferred
Benefits
Salary & equity
US work authorization required (no H-1B/O-1 sponsorship; TN/OPT okay)
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