Emergence Capital Partners
Business Operations / Chief of Staff
San Francisco. Posted 10 months ago
The role
You will be a force multiplier for the founding team by owning special projects and building operational infrastructure. You will work directly with founders on strategic projects across sales, finance, product, and go-to-market functions.
What you will do
- Drive strategic projects across sales operations, finance, product, and go-to-market
- Build financial models, forecasts, and analyses
- Create investor materials, board decks, and strategic presentations
- Design and implement internal processes, tools, and dashboards
- Analyze data to surface insights, track KPIs, and inform company strategy
- Support fundraising processes including data room preparation, investor outreach, and diligence
- Manage cross-functional initiatives
- Step in wherever needed
Required qualifications
- 4+ years of experience in consulting, investment banking, private equity, venture capital, or startup operations
- Exceptional analytical skills with advanced proficiency in Excel/Google Sheets and financial modeling
- Strong communication skills
- Ability to structure and present complex information clearly
- Experience creating executive-level presentations and materials
- Highly organized with ability to manage multiple projects and priorities simultaneously
- Self-directed with ability to identify important problems and drive them to completion without oversight
- Intellectual curiosity and willingness to dive deep into unfamiliar domains
- BA/BS required
Nice to have
- MBA or other advanced degree
- Previous experience at a high-growth startup in an operations, strategy, or chief of staff role
- Background in the same vertical as the company (fintech, healthtech, etc.)
- Experience with BI tools (Looker, Tableau, Metabase) or basic SQL for data analysis
- Familiarity with startup metrics, SaaS business models, and venture financing
- Experience supporting a fundraising process or M&A transaction
- Product or technical background that enables collaboration with engineering teams
About the company
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