Chief of Staff

Job Description:

Location: Dublin (Docklands) — 5 days in-office  

Salary: €60–90K base + meaningful equity  

Experience: 4–8 years  

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About Our Client:

Our client is a high-growth, mission-driven company operating at the intersection of technology and physical operations. They are live, with customers, revenue, and backing from world-class investors. They are scaling fast and need someone to help build the operating backbone that lets them keep growing.

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About the Role:

This is not a traditional Chief of Staff role. It is closer to a Founder's Associate — one level up. The successful candidate will sit close enough to the founders to absorb the long-term direction of the company, and then, without being asked twice, break it down into what has to happen this week and today.

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They will be the connective tissue between the founders, engineering, and commercial teams. They will absorb complexity, build systems (not one-off fixes), hire the people to run those systems, and hold them to a high standard. This is a builder's role, not a support role.

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Who We Are Looking For:

• Speed is their default. Give them a vague goal, they hand back a plan with deadlines before the conversation ends.  
• They own problems completely. They never ask "should I?" — they say "I did." Easygoing on the outside, relentless underneath.  
• They read people as well as they read data. They build trust through care and connection, not authority.  
• Nothing is beneath them. Finance, hiring, admin, scheduling — they do it all and take pride in clearing the list.  
• They know what matters and ignore the rest. Two or three numbers tell the story. Everything else is noise.  
• Chaos doesn't scare them. They thrive in the mess, find the signal, and build the path as they go.

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What the Role Involves:

• Own the sales pipeline from end to end. Run forecasting, manage CRM hygiene, and support enterprise deals with preparation and buyer research.  
• Partner with the operations team to build systems that model and forecast with precision. Drive continuous improvement toward accuracy targets.  
• Track burn, runway, and revenue vs. forecast. Own the weekly financial update to the founders. No accounting degree required — just discipline and attention to detail.  
• Write job descriptions, source candidates, screen resumes, and coordinate interviews. Build the recruiting pipeline, then hire the recruiter who will eventually take it over.  
• Be the person the team trusts. Run pulse checks, spot burnout before it happens, and build an inclusive culture where everyone can thrive.  
• Own calendar management, scheduling, meeting notes, and backoffice tasks. No task is beneath them — they do it because it creates leverage for the founders.  
• Build lightweight, scalable systems for everything — hiring, forecasting, sales operations, reporting. Document them, hand them off, and move to the next problem.  
• Absorb operational complexity so the founders can focus on fundraising, product vision, and key customer relationships. Be their filter, their organizer, and their trusted critic.

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Requirements

• 4–8 years in high-intensity operational roles  
• Startup experience (0→1 or Series A/B) strongly preferred  
• Operations experience  
• Dublin-based or willing to relocate immediately  
• Irish/EU work authorization (no visa sponsorship)  
• 5 days in-office (Docklands) — remote is not an option

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What Our Client Offers

• €60–90K base (commensurate with experience)  
• Meaningful equity — you bet on them, they bet on you  
• Autonomy to build — foundational role with a path to senior leadership  
• The chance to build something meaningful — solving a real problem