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Chief of Staff at Lance (YC W26) Chief of Staff at Lance (YC W26) in BRISBANE, California Posted in 1 day ago.
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Company Description You will work day to day with the CEO and see how every decision is made from hiring to strategic plays to investments. Great opportunity for someone who wants to be a future founder or learn how to be an amazing operator. $200,000 Total Compensation $140,000 Cash, $30,000 in bonuses, $30,000 Equity Qualifications Relentlessly resourceful. You figure things out, move fast, and find a way through ambiguity when there is no playbook. High agency and extreme ownership. You don't wait for instructions. If something is broken, you fix it. If something is missing, you build it. AI-native. Chat, Claude, Cursor, and AI workflows are your default way of operating. You constantly automate repetitive work and look for ways to scale your output through AI. Exceptional executor. You can manage dozens of moving pieces across product, operations, hiring, fundraising, customer success, security, and finance without letting things slip. Willing to do whatever it takes to help the company win. No task is beneath you, whether it's preparing a board deck, negotiating a vendor contract, implementing an HR process, or jumping on a customer call. Strong written communication skills. You can write investor updates, board materials, strategic memos, operating plans, and customer-facing communications with clarity and precision. Highly organized and detail-oriented. You can build systems that keep the entire company aligned and accountable. Comfortable owning operational functions end-to-end, including HR, recruiting, onboarding, compliance, vendor management, finance operations, and internal processes. Able to lead company-wide initiatives such as SOC 2, security reviews, compliance programs, procurement, and operational scaling efforts. Strong analytical thinker who uses data to drive decisions and identify bottlenecks before they become problems. Thrives in intense startup environments where speed matters, priorities change frequently, and expectations are high. Previous startup, operations, investing, consulting, founder, or leadership experience is helpful, but exceptional builders from any background are encouraged to apply. The founders can move faster because you remove operational bottlenecks before they appear. Company priorities are executed consistently and aggressively. Internal systems scale ahead of company growth. AI is embedded into every workflow, allowing the company to operate with significantly fewer people than a traditional organization.
