Role: Chief of Staff

Location: New York, New York (in-person, 5 days onsite)

About our client:

Our client is building the most compelling non-cars on earth. Think Tesla meets Apple meets Nike—but for personal electric vehicles that redefine urban transportation. After years developing breakthrough products (P1 high-performance scooter, Olto bike-lane vehicle), they are entering mass production with $11M raised from Andreessen Horowitz and preparing for explosive GTM scaling.

Their visionary Co-Founder & President has exactly the right intuition for where to take the brand but needs an operational force multiplier. He’s currently “running between six pots on the stove”—managing marketing, sales, creative, partnerships, and brand building simultaneously. They need someone who can handle tactical execution and organizational excellence so he can focus on opportunity creation and strategic vision.

This isn’t a typical Chief of Staff role. You’ll be the operational right-hand to a brilliant founder building the “Nike of vehicles”—transforming micromobility from commodity products into objects of desire. The ideal candidate is a “beacon of excellence” with an exceptional academic/professional background, startup operations experience, hyper-organizational skills, and ready for an intense, equity-motivated environment.

Position Overview:

Our client exists to make the best personal electric vehicles and fundamentally rethink transportation in cities. Their mission is to create a post-car urban future through inspiring alternatives to traditional vehicles, and their vision is to build vehicles that become objects of desire and self-expression.

The Chief of Staff role is designed to be an operational force multiplier for the Co-Founder & President. You will translate high-level strategy into actionable execution, coordinate cross-functional teams, and implement systems that enable scale during a critical inflection point.

Key Responsibilities:

• Strategic Execution & Prioritization - Translate high-level goals into actionable team plans; drive alignment across marketing, sales, partnerships, and customer success; track progress against OKRs/KPIs.
• Operational Excellence - Own GTM organization’s master calendar and milestone coordination; prepare meeting materials, manage follow-ups, and ensure systematic execution; build dashboards and reporting for visibility.
• Cross-Functional Leadership - Facilitate communication between GTM, Product, and Operations; identify workflow gaps and implement scalable solutions; lead special projects spanning multiple functions (launches, partnerships, pricing).
• Field Operations & Activations - Build IRL activation capabilities and experiential marketing showcasing vehicles.
• Content Creation & Creative Production - Scale press and influencer outreach; build a creative content engine to support brand positioning.
• Sales & Growth Infrastructure - Transform sales into systematic revenue generation; develop processes, tools, and tracking; establish performance marketing capabilities.

Qualifications:

This role suits a startup generalist who’s both strategically sharp and operationally grounded — someone who can bring order to creative chaos and enable a visionary founder to scale impact.

✅ You likely fit if you:

• Have 5–6 years of professional experience in startup operations, GTM coordination, or founder support roles.
• Have managed multiple workstreams or cross-functional projects with accountability and follow-through.
• Possess strong organizational and project management skills; known for never dropping the ball.
• Bring marketing exposure — you understand growth, campaigns, and storytelling, even if you’re not a marketing specialist.
• Communicate clearly and confidently across creative, technical, and operational teams.
• Thrive in fast-paced, high-intensity environments that demand focus, adaptability, and ownership.
• Are motivated by equity, mission, and impact over short-term cash.
• Feel genuinely inspired by building the “Nike of vehicles” and shaping the post-car urban future.

❌ This role is not for you if you:

• Prefer highly structured or remote work environments.
• Need constant direction or detailed briefs.
• Rely on large teams, budgets, or existing systems to execute.
• Prioritize work-life balance over mission intensity.
• Are uncomfortable working closely with a demanding, visionary founder.

What they offer:

• Financial & Equity Upside: $150K base + 0.25–0.5% equity; philosophy favors long-term equity upside over short-term cash.
• Learning & Exposure: Direct partnership with a visionary founder during a critical scaling phase; front-row seat to building a premium brand in a commodity market.
• Career Growth: 2-year Chief of Staff role with potential to advance into functional leadership or CEO partnership.
• Mission Impact: Opportunity to build a generational vehicle company transforming urban mobility.
• Culture: Intense, hands-on environment with “beacon of excellence” standard across all team members.

Interested?

If you’re reading this thinking “this is exactly me”, please DM me on LinkedIn!🔗