Sela AI
Chief of Staff & Business Operations
$150K–$200K
San Francisco, CA · On-site · Staff · Full-time · Posted Aug 12, 2026
- Experience
- 2–4 years in consulting, investment banking, private equity, or venture capital; business operations experience at a startup is also required.
About the job
Partner with the CEO as the first Business Operations hire, owning commercial operations and building the company’s reporting, pricing, and operating infrastructure.
What you'll do
- Manage enterprise contracts and MSAs through negotiation, legal review, and signature.
- Build operating metrics, revenue operations, and GTM reporting; develop pricing analysis and structure.
- Increase CEO leverage through board and investor materials, operating cadence, decision follow-through, partner relationships, and special projects.
What they ask for
- 2–4 years in consulting, investment banking, private equity, or venture capital.
- Business operations experience at a startup.
- Strong commercial instincts and ability to negotiate with enterprise legal teams.
- Clear, direct communication; high agency; comfort working closely with a founder; and interest in understanding AI products.
Nice to have
- Exposure to enterprise contracting, MSAs, or procurement cycles; experience at a high-growth startup or in financial services, mortgage, or fintech.
- Familiarity with revenue ops tooling, BI, or SQL.
Pay
USD $150K – $200K base salary
Tools
AI, SQL, Cursor
AI focus
The company builds AI voice agents for mortgage lenders; the role calls for interest in understanding how an AI product works.
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