About this opportunity
Stealth Startup lists this Founding Chief of Staff opportunity in san francisco, California. Review the employer’s description below for duties, qualifications and application requirements.
Job description
Employment Type: Full-Time
Compensation: 1–3% equity; up to $150k base (once funded)
Our Mission
We’re building the operating system and social layer for modern sports communities to modernize how clubs, leagues, tournaments, players, and fans operate and connect. Our multi-tenant business SaaS and consumer social platform brings together sports management, community engagement, player experiences, and business operations across web, mobile, and agentic experiences.
The company is early-stage, actively pursuing pre‑seed funding, and turning an existing product foundation into a production‑ready platform for go‑to‑market.
This is a high‑impact, high‑equity founding role—not a traditional administrative Chief of Staff position but a rolling up your sleeves and grinding daily pathway to COO. You’ll be one of the first employees, working directly with the CEO to turn company priorities into execution across product, operations, recruiting, fundraising, partnerships, and go‑to‑market.
You’ll operate as an extension of the founder: identifying what matters most, creating structure where needed, driving initiatives across the finish line, and ensuring the company moves with urgency and focus.
If you’re a high‑velocity operator who wants significant ownership, is willing to work with exceptional intensity, and wants to help build a serious company into a category leader, we’d love to connect.
What You’ll Work On
You’ll work closely with the CEO and founding team across the full company‑building lifecycle to:
Translate company goals into clear priorities, owners, and execution plans
Drive critical cross‑functional initiatives from idea through completion
Establish operating rhythms, dashboards, documentation, and accountability
Drive fundraising strategy, investor outreach, diligence, and updates
Manage recruiting pipelines, candidate coordination, and onboarding
Develop partnerships with clubs, leagues, federations, and other stakeholders
Support customer discovery, go‑to‑market planning, and early sales
Research markets, competitors, vendors, and strategic opportunities
Prepare decision briefs, presentations, financial analyses, and operating plans
Identify bottlenecks and step directly into whatever work is needed
Help build a high‑performance, AI‑native operating culture
…and more
Who This is For
This role is for a hardcore operator, expert generalist, and entrepreneurial 10x AI‑native builder —someone who can move across strategy, operations, recruiting, finance, partnerships, marketing, executive assistance, and execution with little direction.
You must be willing to take extreme ownership of your role and work intensely to bring something ambitious to life. This is an early‑stage startup role, not a conventional 9-to‑5 Chief of Staff position. The right person is comfortable with long hours, high ambiguity, fast iteration, imperfect information, and the grind of building a real product and company.
You should be comfortable with:
Turning ambiguous objectives into concrete plans and deliverables
Moving fluidly between strategic thinking and hands‑on execution
Owning important projects independently from start to finish
Making sound decisions with incomplete information
Building lightweight systems that improve speed and accountability
Communicating clearly with engineers, customers, candidates, and investors
Using AI tools aggressively to multiply research, analysis, and execution
Giving and receiving direct feedback with low ego
Working with urgency without sacrificing judgment or attention to detail
Traveling when needed on short notice
Compensation
This role is targeted at 1–3% equity with base salary up to $150k.*
Negotiable for the right candidate. Equity will reflect the early‑stage nature and importance of the role, matched with your experience, capabilities, and expected scope of ownership. Benefits will be considered after subsequent funding rounds.
*IMPORTANT: Base salary only begins upon your successful ability to raise pre‑seed funding in collaboration with the CEO.*
Required Qualifications
10+ years of high‑performance experience in startups, consulting, investing, operations, product, strategy, marketing or another demanding environment
Proven ability to independently lead complex, cross‑functional initiatives
Exceptional written and verbal communication
Strong analytical, organizational, and problem‑solving skills
Ability to rapidly learn unfamiliar domains and produce high‑quality work
Excellent judgment, discretion, and attention to detail
Demonstrated ownership mentality and bias toward action
High EQ and the ability to work effectively with technical and non‑technical stakeholders
Strong proficiency with AI tools for research, analysis, writing, and operational execution
Ability to thrive in a hybrid, collaborative, and entrepreneurial environment
Passion for sports, technology, startups, or building communities
Able to travel when needed on short notice
Preferred Qualifications
Experience as a Chief of Staff, founder, early‑stage operator, product manager, or management consultant
Experience helping build or scale a venture‑backed startup
Familiarity with fundraising, investor relations, or financial modeling
Experience with recruiting, partnerships, business development, or go‑to‑market
Working knowledge of SaaS, consumer products, marketplaces, or social platforms
Experience in sports technology, community platforms, or recreation businesses
Master's degree or equivalent practical experience
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Worksite address
san francisco, CA, 94199, US
Who can apply
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