Founding COO

Munchi; Helsinki; On-site; EUR 60 000 - 80 000; Full time

Job summary

A dynamic tech company in Helsinki is seeking a Founding Chief Operating Officer (COO) to optimize operations and scale its innovative restaurant management platform. This unique role offers meaningful stock options, impact from day one, and the chance to drive international expansion. The ideal candidate thrives in ambiguity, possesses strong leadership skills, and is passionate about creating clarity from chaos.

Benefits

Meaningful stock option package

Impact from day one

Growth opportunities

High-performing international team

Qualifications

• Experience in operations, scaling, or business execution (startup/SaaS a plus).
• Builder’s mindset: analytical, structured, and hands-on.
• Thrives in ambiguity and can create clarity from chaos.

Responsibilities

• Build and optimize operations for onboarding and customer success.
• Align sales, marketing, and customer success to maximize growth.
• Oversee finance and admin tasks including cashflow and reporting.

Skills

Operations experience

Scaling and business execution

Strong communication skills

Leadership skills

Analytical mindset

Job description

Overview

We’re looking for a Founding Chief Operating Officer (COO) to join Munchi and help build the operating system for restaurants. This is not a traditional job, it’s a founder-level opportunity with meaningful stock options.

If you’re at the point where you want the next chapter of your life to be about ownership, long-term upside, and building something truly global, this could be it.

About Munchi

Munchi is the all-in-one operating system for restaurants. We unify POS, self-order kiosks, online stores, loyalty, payments, and analytics into one seamless platform.

Today, we’ve partnered with 150+ restaurants across Finland, Estonia, Malta, and the UAE. With €650K already raised in pre-seed funding and international expansion underway, we’re just getting started.

Our team comes from five different countries with backgrounds in restaurants, tech, delivery, finance, and product. We’re a collective of problem-solvers who believe in ownership, speed, and building meaningful solutions.

What you’ll do

As COO, You’ll Own Execution And Scaling

• Build and optimize operations (onboarding, customer success).
• Align sales, marketing, and customer success to maximize growth.
• Oversee finance and admin (cashflow, reporting, investor updates).
• Enable smooth international expansion with scalable playbooks.

Your mission: make the engine run smoothly

What we’re looking for

• Experience in operations, scaling, or business execution (startup/SaaS a plus).
• Builder’s mindset: analytical, structured, and hands-on.
• Thrives in ambiguity and can create clarity from chaos.
• Strong communication and leadership skills.
• Driven by ownership and impact.

Why join us?

• Meaningful stock option package: This is a founder-level role with real upside. As Munchi scales across Europe and beyond, your equity grows in value.
• Impact from day one: you’ll shape the company’s processes, people, and culture.
• Growth: step into a role where your work directly drives international expansion.
• Culture: a high-performing, international team that loves solving hard problems.

Being based in the Helsinki metropolitan area is a strong plus, since that’s where our core team and many of our restaurant partners are located. We value face-to-face collaboration, and you’ll benefit from being close to the action. That said, for the right candidate we’re open to flexibility and travel-based arrangements.

If you’re ready to build something global, and own a piece of it, we’d love to talk.