Chief of Staff (Durham, North Carolina)

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Durham, NC
Hybrid
Artificial Intelligence • Financial Services
The Role
About Freight Hero:
Freight Hero is an AI startup backed by Andrew Ng's AI Fund and Dynamo Ventures that is bringing an innovative business model to the freight brokerage industry. As one of the key segments of the US supply chain that is mired with manual, automatable processes, freight brokerage is a prime industry for AI deployment.

Our founder is seeking a dynamic and entrepreneurial Founder's Associate to join Freight Hero as one of its first hires. In this high-impact role, you will work directly with the founder to own critical projects such as financial projections, sales enablement, marketing strategy, as well as support business operations and lead strategic initiatives across finance, marketing, sales, and internal systems.

You’ll gain hands-on experience in all facets of building a tech-driven company from the ground up. This is a unique opportunity for someone who wants to break into the venture capital or startup ecosystem, and who thrives in fast-paced, high-growth environments.

What You Will Be Doing:

  • Own and build detailed financial models and projections.
  • Monitor and report on budget performance, including actual vs. forecast.
  • Prepare investor-ready financial updates and internal dashboards.
  • Develop and implement lead generation strategies.
  • Manage and optimize marketing automation campaigns.
  • Use CRM and outreach tools such as Apollo, HubSpot, and Salesforce.
  • Support messaging, positioning, and sales pipeline development.
  • Coordinate and execute strategic cross-functional initiatives.
  • Support operational planning, tooling, and process improvements.
  • Identify and implement AI tools to streamline internal workflows.

What You Must Bring:

  • 3+ years of experience in consulting, investment banking, or a high-growth startup.
  • Business major, MBA candidate or equivalent.
  • Strong financial modeling and analytical skills; comfortable owning projections and fin ops.
  • Experienced with CRM and sales outreach platforms (e.g., Apollo, HubSpot, Salesforce).
  • Technically curious and eager to explore AI-enabled business tools.
  • Highly organized, detail-oriented, and capable of managing multiple workstreams.
  • Fast learner with a proactive, problem-solving mindset.
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
  • Comfortable operating in an environment with ambiguity and rapid change.

Why Join Us?

  • Work side-by-side with an experienced, exited founder.
  • Get in on the ground level of a VC backed startup with enormous upside potential.
  • Own critical financial and operational workstreams from day one.
  • Gain diverse exposure across all business functions in a pre-revenue startup.
  • Be at the forefront of AI, logistics, and early-stage innovation.
  • Accelerate your career trajectory in startups or venture capital.

We are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy (including childbirth, lactation and related medical conditions), national origin, age, physical and mental disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information (including characteristics and testing), military and veteran status, and any other characteristic protected by applicable law. We believes that diversity and inclusion among our employees is critical to our success as a company, and we seek to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool. Selection for employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need.

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HQ: Palo Alto, CA
34 Employees
Year Founded: 2017

What We Do

Who is AI Fund?

We are a team of AI pioneers, proven entrepreneurs, seasoned operators, and venture capitalists that collaborates with leading entrepreneurs to solve big challenges using artificial intelligence.

Founded in 2017 by Dr. Andrew Ng, AI Fund is backed with $176 million in capital by some of the leading VC firms and investors, including NEA, Sequoia, and Greylock.

How Are We Different?

We work with entrepreneurs during their startup’s most critical and risky phase, from 0 to 1. At the earliest stages, your company strategy is still being formed, and you’re still on the path to demonstrating your idea’s full potential – this is a reality we understand. This is the period when decisions on product strategy, market fit, and team are most critical, moving fast and fixing parts of your business when you have limited resources is a challenge.

We believe the best way to help entrepreneurs is by providing our time, expertise, and resources to help flesh out these key strategic decisions. Making the right decisions at the right time can often make the difference. We are here to improve these dynamics, at a time when the help matters the most.

Why Work With AI Fund?

Getting a startup from idea to Series A funding is not easy. We’ve been there and understand the challenges you must overcome. Whether you desire limited help and just want access to our unique ecosystems of AI experts and entrepreneurs or you would like our full support, we are interested in the opportunity to help in your success.

We are flexible in how we work with companies, but ultimately, we are here to maximize your chance of success and accelerate getting your company to market. We provide the capital, expertise, and resources to accelerate the work required to minimize risks in your startup, help you rise above the noise, and make your company more attractive to new investors.

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