Tandem
Founding Business Operations
San Francisco, CA · Full-time · Posted Oct 29, 2026
- Experience
- 2+ years; areas include Chief of Staff, founding, early-stage operations, GTM/BizOps, consulting, or strategy roles.
About the job
A founding BizOps team member who works with the founders to drive go-to-market, growth, operations, and strategic initiatives from planning through execution.
What you'll do
- Lead zero-to-one go-to-market, including positioning, early customers and design partners, pilots, and commercial motion.
- Own growth marketing and trade shows, and build operating rhythms for planning, goals, KPIs, communication, and execution.
- Support founders’ highest-priority initiatives and translate technical progress into narratives, partnerships, launches, and market opportunities.
What they ask for
- 2+ years in high-growth tech in a listed role area, with a real operating track record.
- Fluency in the AI landscape, including models, frontier labs, and how technical AI products are built and sold.
- Proven zero-to-one GTM experience, personally taking something new to market and closing early customers or partners.
- Exceptional written and verbal communication; able to turn ambiguity into clear decisions and narratives.
Nice to have
- Built commercial momentum around a deeply technical or frontier product.
AI focus
Translate frontier research and technical progress into commercial narratives, partnerships, launches, and market opportunities; requires fluency in AI models, frontier labs, and technical AI products.
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