Founder's Office, Founder Associate

Decagon; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 170,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading AI platform company in San Francisco seeks Founder Associates to tackle strategic challenges and drive initiatives for growth. Candidates should have a background in founding or operational roles, thrive in dynamic settings, and possess strong analytical and communication skills. This role offers a substantial salary ranging from $170k to $280k plus equity.

Qualifications

• Past founding experience or ambitions of becoming a founder.
• Thrives in fast-paced environments with high ownership.
• Comfortable owning projects from start to finish.

Responsibilities

• Drive strategic initiatives and identify key areas for improvement.
• Build processes and tackle strategic challenges.
• Collaborate with founders and execs directly.

Skills

Operational excellence

Problem analysis

Excellent communication

Fast-paced decision making

Strategic initiative ownership

Job description

About Decagon

Decagon is the leading conversational AI platform empowering every brand to deliver concierge customer experience. Our AI agents provide intelligent, human-like responses across chat, email, and voice, resolving millions of customer inquiries across every language and at any time.

Since coming out of stealth, Decagon has experienced rapid growth. We partner with industry leaders like Hertz, Eventbrite, Duolingo, Oura, Bilt, Curology, and Samsara to redefine customer experience at scale. We've raised over $200M from Bain Capital Ventures, Accel, a16z, BOND Capital, A*, Elad Gil, and notable angels such as the founders of Box, Airtable, Rippling, Okta, Lattice, and Klaviyo.

We’re an in-office company, driven by a shared commitment to excellence and velocity. Our values—customers are everything, relentless momentum, winner’s mindset, and stronger together—shape how we work and grow as a team.

About the Role:

Calling all founders and future founders - Decagon is building out the Founder's Office.

This is a high leverage, high motor, and high impact team of Founder Associates that works directly with our Founders and Execs to scale the business and shape the foundation of a world-class AI company. You will have a front-row seat and a very direct role in tackling our highest-priority strategic and operational challenges as we continue to grow. You will drive strategic initiatives across the company, identify key areas for improvement, build processes, and ultimately get things done.

You may be a good fit if you have:

• Are a past founder, or have ambitions of becoming one in the future
• Are a killer operator who thrives in fast-paced environments, has extremely high ownership, and enjoys wearing multiple hats to take on new and ambiguous challenges
• Are comfortable owning projects end-to-end, from identifying the problem to implementing scalable solutions
• Believe in first-principles thinking: you’re extremely good at analyzing problems and using data to inform decisions, optimize processes, and track performance
• Are an excellent communicator who can partner with cross-functional teams and influence stakeholders at all levels of the organization
• Are passionate about building from the ground up, with a strong bias toward action and intensity

Compensation:

$170k - $280k + equity