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.