Hybrid Chief of Staff

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About the role

  • Chief of Staff managing UK operations of an AI relationship therapy startup. Collaborating with US CEO and leading business functions in London.

Responsibilities

  • Owning core business operations across people, legal, compliance, and governance as the company scales across the UK & US
  • Running our finance function with external accounting support, including budgeting, forecasting, cashflow management, and investor reporting
  • Preparing the company for Series A fundraising, including financial models, data rooms, and internal readiness
  • Coordinating and negotiating with external advisors and translating advice into clear internal plans
  • Working closely with the senior leadership team to improve ways of working, decision-making clarity, and cross-functional collaboration
  • Identifying and leading high-leverage strategic projects that don’t have a natural functional owner
  • Acting as a calm, trusted problem-solver, bringing structure to ambiguity and momentum to complex problems

Requirements

  • A highly capable operator with +4 years experience in fast-growing startups or consulting or Venture Capital
  • Comfortable acting as a founder’s right hand, holding context, making judgement calls, and driving execution
  • Equally strong at strategy and detail, happy building a model one moment and running a company All Hands meeting the next
  • Organised, reliable, and trusted to handle sensitive information with discretion
  • Commercially and financially literate, with experience owning or partnering closely on finance
  • Confident working across functions and seniorities, and able to bring clarity without ego
  • Motivated by ownership, responsibility, and building something meaningful from the inside
  • Willing to roll your sleeves up and do whatever is needed to move the business forward
  • Compassion, empathy, understanding, or interest in mental health
  • Ability to keep up-to-date with the latest tools and trends

Benefits

  • £110-120k, with chunky seed round equity package
  • Private health, optical, audiological, and dental insurance with Vitality Health
  • Hybrid working, 3 days in and 2 days out, with great offices in Old Street
  • Three remote working fortnights a year (read more in our handbook)
  • 36 days off (inc local bank holidays)
  • Parental leave for primary and secondary caregivers
  • Workplace nursery benefit and emergency child-sitting allowance
  • Monthly team outings
  • £500 personal wellbeing budget
  • Unlimited professional development allowance
  • A £100 budget for noise-cancelling headphones to help with deep work
  • Cycle to work scheme and Santander Cycles membership
  • If you want to learn more about how we work check out our Employee Handbook

Job title

Chief of Staff

Job type

Experience level

Lead

Salary

£110,000 - £120,000 per year

Degree requirement

No Education Requirement

Location requirements

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