Chief of Staff; Founder’s Office

Base pay range

$60,000.00/yr - $/yr

Chief of Staff (Founder’s Office) at Just Words – we’re looking for a Chief of Staff to join the Founder’s Office and work side-by-side with the CEO. This role is a force multiplier for the founder, helping drive strategic priorities, building leverage across the organization, and ensuring the company executes with focus and speed. You’ll be at the center of decision-making, gaining a front-row seat to the challenges and opportunities of scaling a high-growth startup.

This is an ideal role for someone who wants to learn what it takes to build a category-defining company and is excited to wear many hats – operator, strategist, communicator, and problem-solver.

• Strategic Execution
  • Drive the CEO’s top priorities, from company-wide OKRs to critical cross-functional initiatives.
• Founder Leverage
  • Support Go-To-Market efforts, including booking calls, preparing decks, and conducting company research.
  • Wear different hats across functions such as HR, accounting, and finance management.
  • Act as a thought partner and sounding board on strategic decisions.
• Operational Excellence
  • Build lightweight processes that scale with the company while preserving velocity.
  • Anticipate and resolve operational issues to elevate customer success and internal efficiency.
• Special Projects
  • Lead high-impact, ambiguous projects with no clear owner, spanning Marketing, Sales, and Fundraising.
  • Run point on partnerships, research, and external opportunities as delegated by the CEO.

• Experience:
  
  2–5 years as a founder, or in management consulting, operations, or in an early-stage startup environment.
• Skills:
  • Exceptional written and verbal communication; ability to synthesize complex ideas clearly.
  • Highly analytical; comfortable working with data and financial models.
  • Strong project management; able to drive initiatives from 0→1 with minimal oversight.
• Mindset:
  • Founder-like – bias to action, resourceful, comfortable with ambiguity.
  • Low-ego team player who thrives in fast-moving environments.
  • Hungry to learn and grow; motivated by building something from the ground up.

• Direct exposure to the CEO, board, and leadership team.
• A crash course in company building – strategy, fundraising, GTM, operations.
• A path to grow into a leadership role in the company as we scale.

• Executive

• Full-time

• Administrative
• Software Development

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