Startup Generalist (Ex-Founders)

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San Francisco, CA
In-Office
Artificial Intelligence • Information Technology • Software
The Role

At Zams, our vision is to turn every company into an AI company. Zams is the Sales Automation platform for B2B companies. Top reps use Zams to automate tasks across HubSpot, Slack, Clay, Apollo, Gong and 100+ tools, saving 20+ hours per week and closing 3.2x more revenue.

We’re a small, scrappy team backed by some of the top venture capital firms in the US, moving fast with a strong bias for action and attention to detail. Joining Zams now means stepping onto the ground floor of a company with a massive mission and momentum. You’ll have the chance to make an outsized impact, see your ideas go from concept to reality in weeks, and play a direct role in shaping how companies everywhere adopt AI. It’s the perfect environment for someone who thrives in fast-paced startups, wants to learn quickly, and is ready to grow alongside a team that’s defining the future of sales.

About You

Startups are hard. But what makes them work is simple: extreme ownership, bias for action, and people who know how to turn chaos into clarity. That’s who we’re looking for.

We believe the best people often don’t fit neatly into a job title — they’ve started companies, worn every hat, and thrive when given too much responsibility and not enough instruction. That’s the kind of energy we’re hiring for.

As a Generalist Operator (we’ll come up with a better title together), you’ll plug into the highest-leverage opportunities across the company — from building internal systems to launching new products or tackling existential strategy questions. You’ll work directly with the founding team, operate independently, and help shape the company as it grows.

Here are some of the qualities we look for in a perfect hire:

  • You've built something from scratch — ideally as a founder or an early hire at a startup
  • You have a “see it, solve it” mentality and don’t wait for permission to act
  • You’re highly structured in how you think, but comfortable executing in messy environments
  • You know how to communicate clearly, navigate ambiguity, and pull signal from noise
  • You care about outcomes more than optics, and default to ownership over delegation

Responsibilities:

  • Thinks like an owner, not an employee. Sees problems and acts without waiting for direction.
  • Identify high-leverage problems and take full ownership to solve them
  • Work closely with the founders to make decisions, test hypotheses, and move quickly
  • Strong Communicator → Can talk to customers, sales, and engineering and get all of them aligned
  • Build lightweight processes, frameworks, and playbooks that help the team scale
  • Be a thought partner on product, hiring, and company strategy
  • Bring structure and momentum to ambiguous projects or undefined roles

Requirements
  • Demonstrated track record of ownership: you’ve driven projects from idea to impact
  • Deep curiosity and learning velocity — you pick things up fast
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Comfort navigating across teams (product, eng, ops, sales)
  • You thrive in fast-paced environments with limited structure
  • Ability to work out of our San Francisco office 5 days per week

Why This Role?

  • You’ll be on the ground floor of something big
  • You’ll get massive ownership from day one
  • You’ll work with a high-caliber team who cares deeply
  • There’s no ceiling here — just runways

Benefits
  • Health Care Plan
  • Paid Time Off (Vacation, Sick & Public Holidays)
  • Work Equipment
  • Stock Option Plan
  • Training & Development

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The Company
HQ: San Francisco, California
26 Employees
Year Founded: 2025

What We Do

Zams is the modern, natural-language alternative to Zapier, built for B2B sales teams.

It connects to tools like Salesforce, Slack, Clay, Apollo, and 100+ others, so reps can automate tasks in plain English, like: “Enrich these leads in Clay and push them to HubSpot” or “Pull usage data from Snowflake and prep ice-breakers for my next call.” No workflows. No Zaps. Just heads-down selling.

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