Founder's Office (US)
About The Position
The Founder's Office at Dust is designed to enhance the company's operating leverage during a period of rapid growth. This role is for individuals with high initiative who want to contribute to the company's most critical priorities. Responsibilities span operations, go-to-market (GTM) strategy, recruiting, customer engagement, partnerships, and strategic projects. The role involves tackling ambiguous challenges and driving them forward with speed and sound judgment. Projects can range from short-term tasks lasting a day to establishing entirely new functions. The position offers close collaboration with senior leadership, providing significant insight into the operations of a fast-growing AI company, and contributing to the scaling of essential systems, processes, and decision-making frameworks. This is not a conventional strategy role or an assistant position; it is suited for individuals who excel in ambiguity, act swiftly, take natural ownership, and enjoy building in areas lacking existing structure.
Requirements
- Highly analytical and structured thinking
- Ability to quickly synthesize incomplete information and identify key priorities
- Clear and concise communication, both verbal and written
- Rapid learning of new domains
- Strong judgment with minimal oversight
- Ability to balance speed and quality appropriately
- Motivation by company-building rather than narrowly defined ownership
- Energized by solving complex problems, especially with unclear paths forward
- Comfortable with both strategic thinking and tactical execution
- Low ego and high curiosity
- Ability to build trust across technical and non-technical teams
- Comfort operating in fast-moving and ambiguous environments
- Proactively identify and address problems
- Take ownership without waiting for permission
- Ensure tasks are completed and follow through on work
- Resourceful under constraints
- Comfortable making decisions with imperfect information
- Naturally create momentum
Nice To Haves
- Early-stage startup experience
- Founder's Office or Chief of Staff roles
- Consulting experience combined with significant operator experience
- Venture capital or investing roles transitioning into operations
- Business operations or strategic operations background
- Former founders or entrepreneurial builders
Responsibilities
- Own high-priority initiatives that do not yet have a clear long-term owner
- Drive cross-functional projects across operations, GTM, recruiting, partnerships, and customer work
- Identify operational bottlenecks and help resolve them quickly and effectively
- Improve how the company executes by building lightweight systems, processes, and operating cadences
- Help leadership translate priorities and decisions into execution
- Step into ambiguous situations, create structure quickly, and drive momentum
- Operate with high context across the company and connect dots across teams
- Take on increasing scope and ownership as the company scales
Benefits
- Competitive compensation: $175,000 - $200,000 base salary
- Substantial support for relocation (up to 10k€), including assistance with finding an apartment in San Francisco and visa procedures
- Significant equity package
- Health insurance for you and your dependents
- New MacBook Pro or Linux machine, monitor, keyboard, etc.
- Beautiful office in San Francisco
- Opportunity to travel to Paris multiple times a year
- Regular team events and offsites
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
