Chief of Staff
Helium
on-sitemidoperationsproduct-management San Francisco, CA 68 days ago via LinkedIn
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About the role
Role Overview
The Chief of Staff will serve as the CEO’s right hand and force multiplier, taking ownership of high-impact, end-to-end strategic and operational initiatives in a fast-moving AI startup.
Responsibilities
- Run strategic end-to-end projects for the CEO, including growth, fundraising, hiring, and expansion
- Work directly with customers to drive success across onboarding, activation, and support
- Build operational infrastructure including processes, automations, and tools for scaling to the next 1000 customers
- Deeply understand the product and propose/specify improvements continuously
- Lead special projects such as growth initiatives, events, and recruiting
- Support aggressive revenue goals, including helping 10x revenue over the next 3 months
Requirements
- 1–4 years of experience in a fast-paced operations environment (e.g., startups, consulting, banking)
- Proven ability to build, launch, and drive results on tight timelines
- Ability to bring order to ambiguity: structure messy problems into plans
- Exceptional communication and strong ability to navigate high-conflict situations with tact
- Creative, proactive mindset to accelerate output while maintaining quality
- Low-ego, hands-on approach, including taking on support and urgent issues as needed
Bonus
- Background in high-intensity environments (consulting, banking, startup, sport, military)
- Experience at an early-stage startup
- Ability to use AI to increase output without lowering standards
Application Notes
Applicants must answer in 3–6 sentences max and include:
- SAT/ACT score
- A time you “hacked” a non-computer system to your advantage
- The hardest you ever worked on something, and how/why it went that way
About Helium
Helium builds self-improving software: AI that automatically generates and tests new software experiences to increase revenue. The company is fast-growing and serves tens of millions of users, supported by recent funding from Google and leaders from OpenAI.
Scraped 7/20/2026