Chief of Staff

About the role

The Chief of Staff will act as a key partner to the founders, translating their vision into actionable playbooks and managing critical operational tasks. This role involves clearing paths for the company's growth by handling cross-functional projects, investor relations, hiring processes, and internal operations. You will work directly with the founders to ensure the company moves faster and more efficiently.

Responsibilities

• Work directly with founders on urgent weekly priorities including pricing models, hiring funnels, and customer contracts.
• Manage cross-functional projects from initial idea to final execution.
• Provide clear recommendations for decision support rather than just presenting options.
• Own investor and board communications, including monthly updates and data room management.
• Oversee hiring and onboarding processes to ensure efficiency during rapid growth.
• Coordinate team offsites, office operations, and internal rhythms.
• Identify repetitive tasks and automate them using AI tools.

Required skills

• Operations
• Strategy
• Project management
• AI tools
• Communication
• German
• English

Qualifications

• Experience in top-tier strategy consulting, investment banking, a high-growth startup, a founder's office, or business operations
• Founder experience

Benefits

• Relocation support within Europe
• Regular team offsites
• Daily lunch allowance
• Dinner covered in the office
• Wellpass
• Referral bonus

About the Company

Zeit AI is a YC S24 startup backed by Oxford Seed Fund and Sequoia Scout that provides an autonomous data engineer solution for the European mid-market. The company helps businesses connect to existing systems to clean data, run analyses, and build data applications without requiring technical degrees.