AI-First Category CEO — Equity-Heavy

Aonic Inc.; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Aonic Inc. in San Francisco is seeking an AI-Native Category CEO who will work directly with the CEO on high-impact problems spanning operations, growth, and finance. You will turn ambiguity into structured analyses and build AI-powered systems to drive execution, owning an entire product category from scratch.

This role demands at least 3 years of experience, a top-tier degree, and a hands-on AI/automation mindset to accelerate the company toward its ambitious goals of scale and profitability.

Qualifications

• At least 3 years of work experience with career progression.
• Degree from a top-tier university in engineering, science, math, business, or related field.
• Self-taught coding skills with demonstrated technical fluency.
• AI-native mindset with hands-on use of AI tools and automation.
• Strong analytical and problem solving abilities across ops, growth, and finance.
• Genuine interest in solving real-world business problems including operations.

Responsibilities

• Own a full product category end-to-end, from strategy to execution.
• Build AI-driven workflows and systems to improve operations and growth.
• Identify bottlenecks and design scalable automation to remove them.
• Lead sourcing of new products and negotiate terms with suppliers using AI-assisted workflows.
• Support marketing experiments, performance tracking, and BI reporting.
• Tackle high-priority projects directly with the CEO and move fluidly between strategy and execution.
• Work in a high-collaboration, high-responsibility environment with maximum ownership.

Skills

Strategic leadership

AI-native mindset

Cross-functional collaboration

Analytical thinking

Problem solving

Coding basics

High-agency

Education

Top-tier university degree

Tools

Low-code platforms

Automation tools

AI tooling

Job description

Aonic Inc. in San Francisco is seeking an AI-Native Category CEO who will work directly with the CEO on high-impact problems spanning operations, growth, and finance. You will turn ambiguity into structured analyses and build AI-powered systems to drive execution, owning an entire product category from scratch.

This role demands at least 3 years of experience, a top-tier degree, and a hands-on AI/automation mindset to accelerate the company toward its ambitious goals of scale and profitability.