AI-Native Founder's Associate

ABOUT THE ROLE

This is a high-impact, broad operator role working directly with the CEO of a consumer health and wellness company at the intersection of AI and e-commerce. You will own critical projects end-to-end across operations, growth, and finance, with real responsibility from day one in a lean, fast-moving environment built for people who want to grow into senior leadership.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

- Partner with the CEO to turn ambiguous, high-stakes problems into structured analyses, decisions, and execution plans.

- Support day-to-day operations spanning fulfillment, customer experience, supply chain coordination, and internal workflows.

- Identify bottlenecks and inefficiencies, then design and build AI-driven solutions to remove them.

- Use AI to scan the market for new products and ingredients, turning signals into a prioritized sourcing pipeline.

- Build automated supplier discovery, qualification, and outreach workflows that operate at scale.

- Design AI-assisted negotiation workflows for pricing, minimum order quantities, and terms from first contact to signature.

- Support growth initiatives across marketing, experimentation, and performance tracking.

- Develop financial models, dashboards, and reporting tools grounded in real unit economics.

- Leverage AI, automation, and low-code tools to replace manual effort with scalable systems across all functions.

- Own ad-hoc, high-priority projects and move fluidly between strategy and execution as needed.

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR

- Degree from a top-tier university in engineering, science, math, business, or a related field.

- Hands-on experience building AI-powered systems, automation workflows, or low-code solutions that delivered measurable business outcomes.

- Proficiency with automation platforms and low-code tools such as Make, Zapier, n8n, or equivalent API-based solutions.

- Experience as a startup operator or in a comparable autonomous, early-stage environment.

- Strong analytical ability across operations, growth, and finance, including financial modeling and business intelligence tools.

- Experience with operational analysis, process optimization, or supply chain workflows across fulfillment, sourcing, or logistics.

- Technical fluency demonstrated through self-taught coding or equivalent applied technical work.

- Experience conducting market research, supplier discovery, or vendor evaluation and negotiation.

- High agency: you spot problems, take ownership, and execute without waiting for instructions.

- Bonus: experience in e-commerce, direct-to-consumer, or membership models; familiarity with functional nutrition or consumer products; content creation or storytelling skills.

COMPENSATION & BENEFITS

Salary range: $120,000 to $140,000 USD annually. Visa sponsorship is not available for this role.

LOCATION

On-site, five days per week in San Francisco, California. This is a high-collaboration role requiring full-time in-office presence.