About the company
Our client is an early-stage industrial AI company modernizing how experts inspect and maintain critical physical infrastructure. Its platform replaces handwritten field notes and manual reporting with AI-assisted data collection, decision support, and report generation. Founded in 2024, the company has raised $20 million in Series A funding from a leading global venture firm and works with enterprise customers including aerospace, energy, and life-sciences leaders.
The role and why it matters
This Chief of Staff will work directly with the CEO on the highest-priority problems constraining the business as it scales from approximately 25 to 250 people. The current Chief of Staff is moving into a senior North America go-to-market role, demonstrating the growth path available in this seat. You will move across strategy, operations, hiring, metrics, enterprise deals, and cross-functional execution, with daily access to the CEO and founders.
What you'll do
• Identify and solve the most important company bottleneck at any given time, from unblocking enterprise deals to improving engineering allocation.
• Build financial, operational, and go-to-market metrics and reporting across every team.
• Improve hiring systems, reduce time to hire, help attract exceptional talent, and support headcount planning.
• Create repeatable operating processes that support the company's next stage of growth.
• Represent the CEO in investor updates, senior client meetings, and cross-functional leadership forums.
• Travel to industrial customer sites, including manufacturing facilities and energy infrastructure, for approximately 25% to 50% of your time.
Requirements
What we're looking for
• 4 to 8 years of experience in management consulting, investment banking, or strategy and operations at a Series A to Series D startup.
• Experience at a top strategy firm, leading investment bank, or high-growth technology company, with a clear record of rapid promotion or accelerated career growth.
• A degree from a top university in your country and evidence of exceptional achievement.
• Strong analytical ability and comfort working directly with financial and operational data.
• Executive judgment, clear communication, and the ability to challenge senior leaders constructively.
• The stamina and ownership mindset to operate in a demanding, fast-moving environment with extended working hours when required.
• Willingness to work from the Farringdon office in London five days per week and travel substantially.
Bonus points
• Experience as a founder who built meaningful revenue or raised venture funding.
• A technical or quantitative academic background.
• Experience building operating systems for a rapidly scaling company.
Benefits
Compensation and benefits
• £110K-£165K base salary, approximately $145K-$220K equivalent, with flexibility for exceptional candidates.
• Significant equity.
• Full visa sponsorship and relocation support.
• Private healthcare and dental coverage, plus meals in the office.
Location and work model
• Full-time and on-site in Farringdon, London.
• Five days per week in the office when not traveling.
• Travel to industrial client sites across Europe and the United States for approximately 25% to 50% of the role.
• Typical office hours are 9 a.m. to 7 p.m., with occasional weekend work when required.
Skills Required
- 4 to 8 years of experience in management consulting, investment banking, or strategy and operations at a Series A to Series D startup
- Experience at a top strategy firm, leading investment bank, or high-growth technology company
- Clear record of rapid promotion or accelerated career growth
- Degree from a top university in the candidate's country
- Evidence of exceptional achievement
- Strong analytical ability and comfort working directly with financial and operational data
- Executive judgment and clear communication
- Ability to challenge senior leaders constructively
- Stamina and ownership mindset for a demanding, fast-moving environment with extended working hours when required
- Willingness to work onsite in the Farringdon office in London five days per week
- Willingness to travel substantially
- Experience as a founder who built meaningful revenue or raised venture funding
- Technical or quantitative academic background
- Experience building operating systems for a rapidly scaling company
What We Do
Raydar is a talent acquisition and business consulting firm that connects world-class and emerging talent with growing organizations. It supports companies through team development, strategic hiring, and customized growth solutions, helping clients recruit roles such as engineers, product managers, executives, legal counsel, and quantitative traders. Raydar focuses on understanding each organization’s needs, culture, and long-term goals to build high-impact teams.
