Founding Chief of Staff

Platform Recruitment; United States; On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Founding equity

Relocation assistance

Competitive compensation

Job summary

Platform Recruitment is seeking a Founding Chief of Staff to partner directly with the founder of an early-stage AI startup. This high-ownership role offers the chance to shape the company's direction and grow into senior leadership, with broad exposure to market strategy, GTM, and operations.

You will identify target customer segments, validate demand with prospective buyers, develop pricing and ROI strategies, and support enterprise engagements from first contact to pilots, while helping with

Responsibilities

• Identify and prioritize promising customer segments and market opportunities.
• Engage prospective customers to validate demand and refine GTM strategy.
• Develop pricing, positioning, and ROI strategies for buyer segments.
• Support enterprise customer engagements from initial conversations to pilots.
• Translate market research into actionable go-to-market plans.
• Assist with recruiting, operations, and cross-functional projects.
• Take ownership of emerging priorities as the company scales.

Job description

The client, an early-stage AI startup focused on building infrastructure to evaluate and optimize enterprise AI agents, is seeking a Founding Chief of Staff to work directly with the founder. This high-ownership position offers the opportunity to shape the company's direction and potentially grow into a senior leadership role. The role combines elements of market strategy, go-to-market execution, customer development, and operations, providing broad exposure to key business functions.

Core responsibilities include identifying and prioritizing promising customer segments and market opportunities, engaging prospective customers to validate demand, and developing pricing, positioning, and ROI strategies for various buyer segments. The Founding Chief of Staff will support enterprise customer engagements from initial conversations through to signed pilots, translate market research and customer feedback into actionable go-to-market strategies, and assist with recruiting, business operations, and cross-functional projects. The role is expected to take ownership of emerging business priorities as the company scales.

Ideal candidates typically have experience in consulting, investment banking, investing, startup operations, sales, or similarly demanding environments, with strong analytical and communication skills. The ability to quickly learn technical concepts and engage with technical buyers is important, as is a hands-on approach to execution. Experience with B2B go-to-market strategy, pricing, market research, or previous work in early-stage startups is desirable. The position offers a competitive salary, founding equity, direct involvement in key company decisions, and various benefits, with relocation support available for candidates moving to San Francisco.