Job Openings Chief of Staff

About the job Chief of Staff

The Opportunity

My client is a consumer social startup building the antidote to the loneliness epidemic. Their thesis is simple: humans are not meant to spend their days in virtual worlds, and the future of social isn't more screens, it's more real-world connection. The product is live in 17 cities and growing fast. They just closed a $15M+ Series A and are 25 people strong, headquartered in SoHo with three co-founders still running their own slices of the business. This Chief of Staff hire will operate as a direct extension of all three founders, taking founder-level work off their plates so they can focus on what only they can do.

What You Will Do

  • Owning the internal recruiting funnel for the next six to eight critical hires, from selecting and standing up an ATS to writing JDs, sourcing, designing interview loops, and closing offers
  • Leading deep data analysis using SQL to translate marketplace and product signals into decisions the founders can act on
  • Running high-priority strategic projects end to end, including board decks, financial forecasting, OKR planning, and company retreats
  • Building the internal operating cadence: meeting structure, goal tracking, and the systems that keep a 25-person team aligned as it scales
  • Partnering with all three co-founders on whatever the highest-leverage problem is in any given week, whether that's a fundraising deliverable, a key hiring close, or a revenue model
  • Standing up lightweight FP&A: budget tracking, headcount modeling, and runway analysis the founders can trust
  • Identifying where AI-powered automation can compress manual work and shipping it yourself when the scope allows

What You Bring

  • 3+ years of strategy, operations, or chief of staff experience with a clear track record of operating at a high bar
  • Hands-on SQL fluency, comfortable independently digging into the data warehouse to answer a question without waiting on a data analyst
  • Direct experience owning a recruiting funnel, or strong adjacent hiring experience with the appetite to own it for the company
  • Operating experience at an early-stage startup (Series A or B), with comfort moving fast in ambiguity
  • Located in NYC and ready to work on-site five days a week in SoHo

Bonus Points

  • Prior Chief of Staff title at a venture-backed startup

  • Strategy and operations experience at a marketplace company (DoorDash S&O is the reference point here)

  • FP&A capability or finance background

  • Track record of shipping internal tooling or automation, including with modern AI-powered tools

Why Join

  • Direct partnership with three founders, no layers in between. 
  • A product solving a real problem that you can feel in your own life. 
  • A small team where ownership is unambiguous and the work compounds quickly. 
  • Strong benefits package including a fully covered platinum PPO with a $0 deductible, 401k match, and a comped Equinox membership.

Logistics

  • On-site in SoHo, NYC, five days per week.


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