Chief of Staff

Bowatt; München; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity package

Vacation days

Company retreats

WellPass membership

Competitive salary

Job summary

United States Digital Space LLC in Munich seeks a highly capable Generalist to partner with the CEO, drive growth, and own people operations. You will navigate between fundraising, product, engineering, sales, and culture, delivering clear plans and rapid execution in a fast-paced startup.

The role rewards ambition and teamwork, with broad latitude to shape operations and develop the organization as it scales. Competitive salary and a virtual equity package are offered.

Qualifications

• Exceptional generalist who can rapidly understand unfamiliar problems and turn ambiguity into a clear plan.
• Clear communicator who writes clearly, speaks confidently, and gets to the point.
• High judgment to prioritize when everything feels important.
• Thrives in a fast-moving startup with broad responsibilities and freedom to shape how the company operates.
• Team-oriented, builds trust across teams without relying on formal authority.
• Ambitious and deeply cares about outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Partner with the CEO to set priorities, make trade-offs, and keep the company focused on what matters.
• Tackle blockers and bottlenecks hindering growth and progress.
• Drive projects from definition through execution across fundraising, product, engineering, sales, customer success, people, and operations.
• Own and improve people operations including hiring plans, onboarding, and company culture.
• Set culture and energy across the company and connect teams through informal leadership.
• Take ownership where the company needs it as the role evolves with growth.

Skills

Generalist

Clear communication

Judgment

Startup speed

Team oriented

Ambition

Job description

About the company

the company is building agentic requirements and system engineering software for manufacturing. We believe AI will reach PhD-level engineering capability within the next 10 years. This will unlock massive value across several complex manufacturing industries. Cars. Planes. Rockets. Factories. Chips. Medical devices. All will be engineered with agents.

We bootstrapped the company to €500k+ ARR before raising our first round. the company is backed by tier-1 investors, including Atlantic Foodlabs, Buildery (CDTM affiliates), and Prequel Ventures, along with angels from Cohere and Luminovo.

You’ll join a small, exceptional team of startup builders, driven by innovation and execution. Over half the team are former founders across DeepTech AI, psychedelics, and gaming. We’ve studied and worked at top institutions and companies like Stanford, TUM, Google, EA, and YC-backed AI startups.

The role

• Partner with our CEO, Steven, to set priorities, make trade-offs, and ensure the company stays focused on the work that matters most
• Take on whatever's breaking, slowing us down, or the bottleneck to our growth
• Drive important projects from definition through execution, working across fundraising, product, engineering, sales, customer success, people, and operations
• Own and improve key people operations, including hiring plans, recruiting processes, onboarding, team development, and company culture
• Impactful culture and energy setter across the company. Build deep relationships with everyone, be an "always on" context connector across the company.
• Take ownership wherever the company most needs it. The scope of the role will evolve alongside the company

You

• Exceptional Generalist: you are an exceptional generalist who can quickly understand unfamiliar problems and turn ambiguity into a clear plan
• Clear communicator: you write clearly, speak confidently, and know how to get to the point
• High judgment: you have strong judgment and know how to prioritize when everything feels important
• Speed: you thrive in a fast-moving startup environment where responsibilities are broad, priorities can change, and there is significant freedom to shape how the company operates
• Team-oriented: you build trust across different teams and can align people without relying on formal authority
• Ambitious: You set a high bar for yourself and care deeply about outcomes

What we offer

• Competitive salary based on experience
• 5-10% virtual equity package
• 25 vacation days/per yr, plus public holidays
• Company retreats
• WellPass membership

Interview process

• 20 min Screening interview
• 90 min Case interview
• 60 min Culture fit interview
• Reference calls
• Offer

We aim to complete the interview process within 14 days.