Chief of Staff

Were building the missing data layer in financial markets: physical risk.

Kepler turns events in the physical world drought heatwaves flooding wildfire into a number investors trust: asset-level dollar-denominated point-in-time Earnings-at-Risk built to sit next to a Bloomberg feed on an investors desk. Were already working with 3 of the worlds top 10 asset managers (over $30 trillion AUM).

Behind that product is a company that runs on a tight operating system: quarterly OKRs weekly cadences a disciplined hiring process and investors who expect a crisp update every month. Today all of it runs through the CEO in between customer calls fundraising travel ops product and everything else.

Thats what this role will tackle.

Youll work as an extension of the CEO.

Everyone else at Kepler builds or sells the product; you help make the company run.

This role is focused on your growth. The aim is to transition you into a longer-term more senior role over the next 1-2 years as the company grows.

This role doesnt have a lane. Youre an extension of the CEO with full access to everything he sees inbox calendar meetings context and anything that crosses his desk is in scope.

In practice the starting set:

• The operating cadence. Quarterly OKRs weekly leadership and standup agendas decision logs and the follow-through on every action item that leaves a meeting in any part of the company.

• Commercial and fundraising follow-through. The notes actions intros promised and materials owed after every customer partner and investor conversation the CEO has. Investor updates data rooms board prep.

• Hiring operations. We run a disciplined reference-heavy hiring process. Youll run it end to end scheduling references offers onboarding as the team grows.

• Everything without an owner. Vendor selection compliance calendars office and events the thing nobody saw coming. You drive it to done.

Your first 30 days are shadowing. Then tasks transfer to you one at a time whatever the CEO does today that doesnt strictly require him becomes yours until his operational load runs through you. Where the role settles is still being written; youll have a real hand in writing it.

• Exceptionally organized.

• Strong writing skills. A lot of the job is turning conversations into documents decisions and follow-ups.

• Experience creating customer-facing materials (decks one-pagers etc).

• 26 years in management consulting banking or early-stage startup operations.

• High agency low ego. Equally willing to book a flight and to challenge a plan.

• Discreet by default. Youll see everything compensation fundraising customer terms before almost anyone else.

• This role is based in San Francisco in person in our Jackson Square office MondayThursday. The shadowing model this role is built on doesnt work remotely.

• Travel will be needed.

• Importantly: youre someone well want to build alongside for thousands of hours.

• Top-tier consulting background (Bain BCG McKinsey or similar).

• Youve worked inside a company that runs OKRs or another formal operating cadence.

• Early-stage startup experience.

Wed rather hire someone very smart and very curious who can grow into the role than someone who ticks every box.

• $110K$150K base 0.30.6% founding-level equity.

• Health-insurance reimbursement (QSEHRA) and a real commitment to grow benefits at every raise and milestone.

• An awesome office space to work from in San Francisco.

• The most intense founder training there is: you see every decision every customer and every investor with a path to running a department or the exec-ops function itself as we scale.

Curiosity. Pragmatism. Transparency.

• Intro call with CEO 15 min mutual fit

• Deep dive with the CEO 60 min your background role by role

• Working Session Success Plan 120 min (2 parts) present how youd run our operating cadence in your first 90 days

• References

• 1-Day Working Interview assessing long-term fit together

• Offer

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