Chief of Staff to Founder | Strategy, Ops & AI Automation

Waterstone Human Capital

San Francisco (CA)

On-site

USD 150,000 - 250,000

Full time

4 days ago

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Job summary

Waterstone Human Capital is recruiting for a seed-stage enterprise AI company in San Francisco, on-site. Join the CEO's right hand in building AI agents that automate core finance and operations within ERP systems for Fortune 500 clients.

You'll own strategic initiatives across hiring, delivery, go-to-market and internal ops, shaping risk management and metrics. Early-stage startup experience and a strong US university degree are required.

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree from a top-tier US university.
1–7 years in strategy & operations, BizOps or Chief of Staff at a high-growth tech company, or at MBB, a top investment bank or a top PE/VC firm.
Early-stage startup experience strongly preferred.
Equally comfortable on company strategy and on office logistics. No task is too small.
Uses AI tools to automate workflows.

Responsibilities

Cross-functional initiatives across hiring, customer delivery, go-to-market and internal operations. You'll surface risks early and keep the work moving.
Strategic projects end to end: framing the problem, weighing options, executing and measuring results.
The company's operating cadence: clear priorities, accountable owners and useful metrics.
Communications, recruiting, contracts and office operations, which the founders still handle themselves today.
Systems and AI-powered automation that take repetitive work off the team.
New problems without an owner yet. You'll build a repeatable approach and hand it off as the team grows.