Chief Operating Officer (COO) — Founding Team

Corelink AI; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Meaningful co-founder equity

Competitive cash

Co-founder equity

Job summary

An emerging AI-focused company in New York is seeking a Chief Operating Officer (COO) to join their founding team. This role is pivotal in scaling operations from launch to Series A and beyond. The ideal candidate will possess 5–10+ years of senior leadership experience, preferably in enterprise SaaS or AI, with a strong grasp of regulated industries. Competitive compensation includes significant co-founder equity and cash. The position embraces a hybrid work environment, emphasizing the importance of execution over ideation.

Qualifications

• 5–10+ years of experience in a senior leadership role.
• Experience in regulated industries is a plus.
• Comfortable in ambiguity and decisive.

Responsibilities

• Lead enterprise go-to-market execution.
• Convert advanced pilots into enterprise contracts.
• Build operating cadence and KPIs.
• Develop partnerships and ecosystem strategies with major platforms.

Skills

Senior leadership experience scaling enterprise SaaS or AI platforms

Proven success selling to or operating within regulated industries

Experience with enterprise procurement, pilots, and long sales cycles

Strong background in strategic partnerships or platform ecosystems

Builder mindset

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Job description

Chief Operating Officer (COO) — Founding Team

Stage: Seed (Product built, pilots in advanced stages)

Equity: Meaningful co-founder–level equity + competitive cash (post‑raise)

Location: New York (Hybrid)

Company: Corelink AI

About Corelink AI

Corelink AI is building the trusted AI brain for enterprises, a compliance‑grade intelligence and workflow layer that connects fragmented systems, understands organizational context, and executes actions securely.

We are purpose‑built for regulated industries (e.g. finance, healthcare, insurance), where trust, auditability, and deep integrations are non‑negotiable. The platform is fully built, launch‑ready, and entering commercial rollout with multiple pilots in advanced stages.

This is a rare opportunity to help define a new enterprise software category at the moment of market inflection.

The Role

We are seeking a COO / Co‑Founder to partner closely with the CEO and CTO to scale Corelink from launch through Series A and beyond.

This is not a back‑office operations role. You will own execution at scale, turning vision into revenue, pilots into flagship enterprise contracts, and partnerships into durable distribution channels.

You will be a core member of the founding leadership team, with real influence over strategy, capital, and company direction.

What You'll Own

Go‑to‑Market & Revenue Execution

• Lead enterprise GTM execution alongside the CEO
• Convert advanced pilots into multi‑year enterprise contracts
• Build and scale a repeatable land‑and‑expand motion in regulated industries
• Oversee customer success to ensure measurable ROI and high retention

Strategic Partnerships & Ecosystem

• Develop and manage partnerships with platforms like Salesforce, Microsoft, ServiceNow, and SI partners
• Turn alliances into co‑sell motions and real pipeline
• Reduce CAC through ecosystem‑led distribution

Operations & Scaling

• Build the operating cadence, KPIs, and execution discipline of the company
• Scale cross‑functional teams across GTM, customer success, and delivery
• Ensure enterprise‑grade operational maturity without slowing velocity

Capital & Investor Execution

• Partner with the CEO on fundraising, investor relations, and capital strategy
• Help align milestones, hiring, and spend with funding stages
• Support the company through Seed → Series A → Series B readiness

Who We Are Looking For

You likely have 5–10+ years of experience and several of the following:

• Senior leadership experience scaling enterprise SaaS or AI platforms
• Proven success selling to or operating within regulated industries
• Experience with enterprise procurement, pilots, and long sales cycles
• Strong background in strategic partnerships or platform ecosystems
• Exposure to venture fundraising and board‑level execution
• Builder mindset - comfortable in ambiguity, decisive, and execution‑driven

Most importantly, you want to build, not just operate.

Why This Role Is Special

• Product is built - this is about execution, not ideation
• Market timing is right - enterprise AI is moving from experimentation to trusted deployment
• Founder‑level impact - real ownership, real influence
• Category‑defining ambition - not another AI feature, but foundational enterprise infrastructure

Compensation

• Competitive cash (post‑seed)
• Meaningful co‑founder equity
• Long‑term upside aligned with building a category leader