AI-Native Founding Chief of Staff

The role

You will partner with the CEO to shape strategy, operations, and growth. You will establish AI-first ways of working and lead high-impact projects across multiple functions.

What you will do

• Partner with the CEO on strategic initiatives, including fundraising and investor relations
• Build go-to-market, sales, content marketing, and hiring processes from the ground up
• Transition process ownership to dedicated leaders as the company scales
• Drive the adoption of AI-native operations in collaboration with leadership
• Lead high-impact, hands-on projects across multiple functions

Required qualifications

• 2 to 10+ years of experience
• Experience as a Chief of Staff or in a comparable cross-functional founder-support role
• Experience at an early-stage startup or as a company founder
• Track record of building processes from zero to one in go-to-market, sales, marketing, or hiring
• Experience working directly with a CEO or founders on strategic initiatives
• Daily, practical use of AI tools in core workflows
• Strong analytical thinking and first-principles problem-solving skills
• Fluency in German and English
• Entrepreneurial mindset
• Comfort working in a fast-paced, unstructured environment

Nice to have

• Fundraising or investor relations experience
• Management consulting experience
• An interest in founding a company

Before you apply

• Visa sponsorship is not available

About the company

clera is an early-stage legal technology company.