Chief of Staff

• Own the operating cadence, including planning, company goals and metrics, board and investor materials, and written decisions
• Participate in customer, partner, and GPU cloud conversations with the CEO and run them independently when needed
• Carry customer and partner conversations through to outcomes
• Step into unstaffed functional areas such as sales or marketing and build repeatable processes for future hires
• Own contracts and the legal path, acting as the internal counterpart to outside counsel
• Carry deals through procurement and security review
• Drive ambiguous cross-functional projects such as pricing, partner programs, and initial go-to-market hiring to decisions
• Hand off projects or hire for them while complementing the business operations function
• Build functions that may eventually become independently led

• Serve as a strategic partner to the CEO and co-founder, supporting high-impact company initiatives
• Support business strategy, investor relations, and executive operations as DEUNA scales its payment orchestration platform and AI solutions with ATHIA
• Build and maintain relationships with current and prospective investors
• Develop investor materials, including board decks, performance updates, and strategic presentations
• Create and manage dashboards tracking company performance, KPIs, and key business metrics
• Translate data and business performance into narratives for executive and investor audiences
• Partner with the CEO, co-founder, and C-level team on strategy, planning cycles, and key initiatives
• Define and track strategic priorities across leadership
• Conduct market research, competitive analysis, and business deep-dives
• Provide structured problem-solving and strategic recommendations
• Manage and optimize the CEO’s agenda
• Prepare briefing materials, agendas, and follow-ups for executive and investor meetings
• Track action items and key decisions across leadership meetings
• Collaborate with Product, Engineering, Finance, and Operations leaders
• Identify organizational gaps, risks, and opportunities and propose solutions
• Drive cross-functional projects with high visibility and business impact

• Work directly with the Chief Product Officer to multiply impact on the organization’s highest-priority work
• Drive execution on action items and commitments from leadership and cross-functional meetings
• Track decisions and follow-ups, assign owners, and follow items through completion
• Investigate open questions and diagnose marketplace problems
• Pull and analyze data to identify root causes and surface findings
• Review and pressure-test team documents and deliverables
• Review planning documents during annual and quarterly planning cycles with Engineering, Product, and Design
• Prepare status reports and briefing materials for key meetings
• Synthesize cross-functional updates for organizational risk reviews and All Hands meetings

Chief of Staff, Product

• Work as an extension of the VP of Finance & Operations
• Own key cross-functional business meetings, including agendas, materials, decks, and follow-up
• Own the company-facing business narrative across recurring updates, companywide meetings, and leadership presentations
• Drive decisions to closure by tracking owners and deadlines and escalating delays
• Own independent strategic and ad-hoc projects end to end, from framing questions through actionable recommendations
• Act as program manager for major cross-functional initiatives, driving scope, sequencing, and delivery across teams
• Stand in for the VP where their presence is not required and work across every business function
• Act as a second owner across finance and operations by contributing, covering, and building depth
• Build decks, run project plans, and perform analysis directly
• Run key business meetings and maintain business momentum when the VP is away

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