Chief of Staff

Location: San Francisco, CA (On-site)
Company Stage of Funding: Seed Stage
Office Type: In-person 5 days/week
Salary: $110,000 – $160,000 + Competitive Equity
Visa: Sponsorship available for exceptional candidates

Our client is building AI agents that automate financial crime compliance workflows for banks and fintechs, including AML, KYC, KYB, and transaction monitoring.

Their platform enables financial institutions across the U.S., Canada, Europe, and LatAm to eliminate manual compliance workflows, reduce operational costs, and automate complex regulatory operations using AI agents that operate directly across internal systems and browser-based workflows.

Backed by Y Combinator and leading European venture firms, the company is scaling rapidly with enterprise traction across major financial institutions.

This is an opportunity to join an early-stage AI infrastructure company at a critical growth stage and work directly alongside the CEO across operations, GTM, strategy, hiring, and execution.

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What You Will Do

Work directly with the CEO across strategic and operational initiatives

Own day-to-day execution across GTM, marketing, recruiting, and company operations

Manage founder priorities, scheduling, follow-ups, and execution workflows

Support sales and marketing initiatives including pricing, decks, conferences, outbound efforts, and customer operations

Build and improve internal operational systems and workflows

Create internal AI automations and workflows using tools like Claude, n8n, and low-code/no-code automation platforms

Help coordinate hiring and recruiting operations as the company scales

Operate across highly ambiguous environments with minimal structure

Drive projects independently from idea to execution

Support leadership in solving operational bottlenecks across the organization

Collaborate cross-functionally with engineering, GTM, and leadership teams

Operate with extreme ownership inside a fast-moving startup environment

Handle both strategic work and highly tactical execution

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Ideal Candidate Background

0–4 years of experience in Chief of Staff, Founder Associate, operations, VC, or startup roles

Prior early-stage startup experience

Experience working directly with founders or executives

Strong operational and organizational skills

Exposure to GTM, marketing, recruiting, or sales operations

Strong analytical thinking and execution ability

Technical curiosity and comfort using AI tooling

Ability to learn and build lightweight automations

High ownership mindset

Comfortable operating independently with little structure

Strong communication and prioritization skills

Willingness to work in highly demanding startup environments

Interest in startups, entrepreneurship, and future founder paths

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Strong Signals

Founder Associate or Chief of Staff experience

Experience at high-growth startups or VC-backed companies

VC, founder office, or startup operations background

Strong work ethic and willingness to operate at high intensity

Experience using AI tools like Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, or automation platforms

Ability to build internal workflows and automations using low-code tools

Technical aptitude or light coding background

Strong execution orientation

Experience wearing multiple hats in startup environments

Comfortable balancing strategy and execution simultaneously

Evidence of entrepreneurial ambition

Top-tier university background

Experience in fintech, AI, compliance, or operations-heavy environments

Comfortable with ambiguity and rapid prioritization changes

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Compensation and Benefits

Base salary: $110,000 – $160,000

Competitive equity package

Direct exposure to company leadership and founder decision-making

Broad ownership across operations, GTM, recruiting, and strategy

Opportunity to help scale a high-growth AI infrastructure company

Hands-on startup operating experience

Exposure to enterprise AI and fintech infrastructure problems

Fast career growth and founder-level learning opportunities

Backed by leading venture investors including Y Combinator and Cherry Ventures

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Why Join

This is an opportunity to operate directly alongside the founder of a rapidly growing AI company building the future of financial compliance automation.

You’ll gain exposure to every critical function inside an early-stage startup — GTM, recruiting, operations, product strategy, and internal tooling — while helping scale a company working with major financial institutions globally.

If you want an intense, high-ownership environment with direct founder exposure and a steep learning curve toward future leadership or founder opportunities, this role offers exceptional leverage.