Chief of Staff

Location: San Fracisco Bay Area Full-Time 50% Travel Builder Role

You want a front-row seat to building and scaling a fast-growing edtech company in the U.S.
Youre excited by hands-on work building executing iterating.
You thrive when youre close to decision-making and in the weeds making things happen.
You want to help shape how thousands of students experience math learning.
Youre looking for a role where youll learn in 23 years what might take 510 elsewhere.

If so read on

Innovamat is transforming K8 math education across the U.S. and beyond and were just getting started.

Were a fast-growing global EdTech startup with 300 teammates across 10 countries building a new generation of math education grounded in research teacher empowerment and real classroom impact. Our curriculum intervention programs and adaptive technology are already trusted by 27000 teachers in 2600 schools worldwide and were now in a pivotal phase of scaling our presence in the U.S.

Backed by leading thinkers like Peter Liljedahl (Building Thinking Classrooms) Innovamat sits at the intersection of learning science product innovation and execution.

We operate with a true startup mindset we move fast take ownership experiment constantly and are deeply driven by the impact we create for teachers and students.

Math should be joyful meaningful and transformational not worksheets and rote memorization. We partner with districts and educators to reimagine what math classrooms can look like.

This is a chance to join early in our U.S. journey take on real ownership and help build something from the ground up.

This role is the right hand to the General Manager Pacific and a core member of the U.S. expansion team.

Youll start as a hands-on builder opening doors closing deals and shaping our go-to-market motion and evolve into a leader hiring and developing the team that will scale the region.

Roles like this are rare: youll have the autonomy of a founder the backing of a global company and the opportunity to shape how an entire region and eventually the U.S. grows.

Youll work across growth operations and strategy building systems running projects supporting execution in the field and stepping in wherever the business needs leverage.

• Grow the California territory: Build Innovamats presence across the region by identifying priority districts shaping a focused territory strategy and creating strong momentum in the market.

• Lead consultative conversations: Engage district leaders in meaningful discussions about their math challenges and introduce Innovamats research-backed approach.

• Refine the go-to-market motion: Identify patterns improve messaging and help build the playbook for scaling district partnerships across new regions.

• Generate pipeline through strategic outreach networking conferences and strong presence in the education ecosystem.

• Act as a force multiplier to the General Manager helping translate priorities into action

• Own end-to-end execution of key initiatives: plan launch analyze iterate scale

• Support growth efforts across districts pilots and expansion initiatives

• Get hands-on across teams to deeply understand how the business operates

• Turn what works into repeatable playbooks processes and tools

• Help move the team from founder-led hustle to sustainable scalable execution

• Identify gaps bottlenecks and inefficiencies and fix them

• Lead cross-functional projects that dont have a clear owner but are critical to growth

• Support new market entry efforts process builds and operational improvements

• Step into ambiguous problems and bring clarity structure and momentum

• Work closely with the General Manager and leadership team on priorities and execution

• Sense whats happening in the field and surface insights that inform strategy

• Ensure the most important work gets done proactively!

• Coordinate across teams to maintain momentum and clarity

• Build clear reporting and tracking systems for internal stakeholders

• Help ensure alignment between strategy execution and impact

• 35 years experience in consulting ops/strategy or another fast paced environment where ownership and results matter (e.g. investment banking consulting private equity tech or early-stage startups).

• Strong individual contributor who enjoys being hands-on

• Exceptional execution skills you get things done

• Strong analytical and problem-solving ability

• Clear confident communicator (written and verbal)

• Comfortable with ambiguity and fast-paced environments

• Entrepreneurial mindset and high ownership mentality

• Genuine interest in education impact and building something meaningful

• Experience in edtech education or mission-driven organizations

• Exposure to senior leadership or founder-led environments

• Comfort working with public sector or school districts

• A rare opportunity to help scale a proven edtech company during its most exciting growth phase

• Direct mentorship and exposure to senior leadership

• Ownership of meaningful initiatives with real impact

• Fast career acceleration grow into broader leadership or strategy roles based on performance

• Competitive compensation (OTE $170K)

• 5% 401(k) match

• Comprehensive medical dental and vision coverage

• Paid holidays 22 days of PTO plus an extra week off over Christmas!

• Company laptop mobile phone

• Regular travel for fieldwork and team connection

• Team-building events ( and more)

If youre excited by the opportunity to make a real difference in math education wed love to meet you!

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