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Founding Strategy & Operations Generalist

Location: San Francisco, CA

Compensation: $130,000–$180,000

Experience: 2–4 years out of school | Level: Associate | Reports to: CEO | Openings: 1

Our Ref: GEN-0017 | Client Ref: 4R4975XV

Company Confidential

About the Company

An AI fintech startup that recently raised its Series A.

The Role

The company is hiring a Founding Strategy & Operations Generalist. You will work directly with the CEO as a high-agency, analytical generalist tackling the company's hardest problems, starting with recruiting and expanding into sales, pricing, finance, and whatever the company needs most.

Key Responsibilities

Own strategic recruiting: build out the hiring process, manage the pipeline, and help the company triple headcount without lowering the bar
Take on generalist business operations, including contract review, billing, managing the accounting firm, light financial modeling, and insurance and admin tasks
Work on strategic projects such as pricing model development and new revenue motions as they come up
Build AI tools, agents, and automations to take as much work off humans as possible
Serve as a junior chief of staff: take ambiguous problems with clear outcomes and figure out how to solve them independently

Requirements

2-4 years out of school at a top consulting firm (MBB, Deloitte, Accenture, Oliver Wyman, EY-Parthenon), in finance (investment banking or PE), or in an operating role at a venture-backed startup
Strong analytical skills; you must pass a rigorous live analytical screen with the CEO involving data reasoning and structured problem-solving
Genuinely fluent with AI tools: a daily user who has built automations or agents yourself, not just an enthusiast
A high-agency generalist who thrives on ambiguity and does not need structured guidance to be productive (dealbreaker)

Background

Archetype 1: consulting at MBB, or investment banking or PE at a top firm (Goldman, Morgan Stanley, TPG, Centerview, and similar)
Archetype 2: strategy or operations at a fast-growing, venture-backed startup
A degree from a top-25 university (MIT, Berkeley, UChicago, Ivy League, and similar) is the baseline
Strong financial modeling skills (nice to have)
A quantitative degree in math, econ, or CS (nice to have)

Interested? Apply for this role (Ref GEN-0017)