AI-Native Founder's Associate

About the Role

This is a core operator role working directly with the CEO of a fast‑growing AI‑powered consumer health and e‑commerce company. You will own high‑impact projects end‑to‑end across operations, growth, and finance, with immediate visibility and real responsibility from day one. The position is designed as a launchpad into senior leadership for someone who thrives in a no‑bureaucracy, high‑intensity environment.

Responsibilities

• Partner with the CEO to turn ambiguous, high‑stakes problems into structured analyses, decisions, and execution plans.
• Support day‑to‑day operations across fulfillment, customer experience, supply‑chain coordination, and internal workflows.
• Identify bottlenecks and inefficiencies, then design and build AI‑driven solutions to remove them.
• Use AI to scan the market for new products and ingredients, turning signals into a prioritized sourcing pipeline.
• Build automated supplier discovery, qualification, and outreach workflows that operate at scale.
• Design AI‑assisted negotiation workflows for pricing, minimum order quantities, and terms, taking deals from first contact to signature.
• Support growth initiatives across marketing, experimentation, and performance tracking.
• Develop financial models, dashboards, and reporting tools grounded in real unit economics.
• Leverage AI, automation, and low‑code tools to replace manual effort with scalable systems across all functions.
• Own ad‑hoc, high‑priority projects and move fluidly between strategy and execution as needed.

Qualifications

• Degree from a top‑tier university in engineering, science, math, business, or a related field.
• Hands‑on experience building AI‑powered systems, automation workflows, or low‑code solutions that delivered measurable business outcomes (e.g., Make, Zapier, n8n, Claude API, or equivalent).
• Technical fluency: engineering or science backgrounds must show applied AI and automation experience; business backgrounds must demonstrate self‑taught coding or equivalent technical capability.
• Experience as a startup operator or in a comparable autonomous, early‑stage environment.
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving ability spanning operations, growth, and finance.
• Experience building financial models, dashboards, or business‑intelligence tools for forecasting or performance analysis.
• Familiarity with operational analysis, process optimization, or supply‑chain workflows across fulfillment, sourcing, or logistics.
• Experience conducting market research, supplier discovery, vendor evaluation, and negotiation.
• High agency: you spot problems, take ownership, and execute without waiting for instructions.
• Genuine interest in physical operations, consumer products, or functional nutrition is a strong plus.
• Experience with growth analysis, A/B testing, or marketing analytics is a bonus, as is a passion for content creation and storytelling.

Pay

Base salary: $120,000 – $140,000 USD annually. Visa sponsorship is not available for this role.

Schedule

On‑site, five days per week in San Francisco, California. This is a full‑time, in‑office position; remote or hybrid arrangements are not available.