CEO Strategy & Operations Lead (Crypto & Payments)

Mesh Connect; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Mesh Connect seeks a Chief of Staff to partner with the CEO as a strategic thinker and executor across the organization. You will own the operating rhythm, drive top-priority initiatives, oversee the Business Operations function, and build M&A/corporate development from the ground up.

This executive seat requires sourcing, negotiating, and closing impactful strategic deals that extend Mesh’s reach in crypto and payments.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in strategy and operations leadership at a high-growth company.
• Built and led a function from scratch, hiring and managing a team.

Responsibilities

• Act as the CEO’s strategic thinking partner on priorities, decisions, and tradeoffs; represent the CEO with execs, board, partners, and investors.
• Own operating rhythm: planning, OKRs, leadership reviews, exec meetings, town halls; ensure priorities are clear and progress visible.
• Lead board/investor readiness with quarterly updates, exec summaries, and KPI reporting from a single source of truth.
• Oversee Business Operations; set priorities, remove blockers, and lift cross-functional execution.
• Drive CEO special projects end-to-end: new markets, partnerships, pricing, and unit economics.
• Hold execs accountable to goals, surface risks early, resolve cross-functional blockers.
• Partner with People for org design, executive hiring, internal comms, and culture.
• Build systems, dashboards, and AI-powered workflows to scale Mesh efficiently.

Skills

Strategy & Operations leadership

Executive collaboration

Corporate development

Board prep & reporting

Data-driven decision making

Crypto/payments ecosystem

Cross-functional leadership

Communication

Job description

Mesh Connect seeks a Chief of Staff to partner with the CEO as a strategic thinker and executor across the organization. You will own the operating rhythm, drive top-priority initiatives, oversee the Business Operations function, and build M&A/corporate development from the ground up.

This executive seat requires sourcing, negotiating, and closing impactful strategic deals that extend Mesh’s reach in crypto and payments.