Chief of Staff

San Francisco Office
Full-time
Visa Sponsorship

About the role

About Usul

Usul is building the “Amazon for Government”, a world where any company can sell to any government in a few clicks on their computer. Anything from national security tech, space stations, energy infrastructure, healthcare and more.

Our AI platform helps companies identify, pursue, and win the government opportunities they’re most likely to convert and makes it dramatically easier for governments to buy from the private sector.

In 1 year we’ve grown to $5M+ ARR securing Fortune 500 government contractors, the U.S. government and NATO as customers. We’re now entering the next phase of growth to capture the entire U.S. market and expand to over 60+ allied nations.

We’re building a small, elite team with high standards and low ego. We care about doing whatever it takes, getting better at the craft every week, and being genuinely fun to work with. We’re the youngest team in our world by far. We’re in our 20s running around defense conferences in Usul t-shirts, surrounded by 40 to 60 year olds in suits and military uniforms. People see us as the ambitious AI builders bringing real Silicon Valley energy and modern technology to one of the most traditional industries on earth.

About the role

This role is responsible for designing, building, and executing on the strategic projects that will enable us to hit escape velocity and hyper scale globally connecting every company and government. This is a crazy opportunity for an early career operator/entrepreneur to sit at the center of how to scale a company from early growth stage to IPO.

You’ll help shape strategy, build operational systems from scratch and act as force multiplier with the founders to improve all aspects of the company.

What you’ll do:

  • Own the operating rhythm of the company including stand-ups, offsites, planning cycles, and the connective tissue that keeps a fast-moving team executing in sync

  • Be the CEO's right hand on go-to-market strategy, turning high-level bets into structured plans with owners, timelines, and outcomes

  • Design and execute our global conference and GTM calendar, putting Usul in the right rooms with the right people across the U.S. and 60+ allied nations

  • Vibe-code internal tools and AI-powered workflows to eliminate operational drag and keep us running lean

  • Drive cross-functional execution across sales, product, engineering, and deployment so nothing falls through the cracks as the team 3x's in size

  • Build and run RevOps across our commercial and federal businesses

What we’re looking for

  • 1-5 years of past Chief of Staff/Operating experience

  • Scrappy entrepreneur mindset, bias to action

  • Willingness to move to sf and open to travel

  • Thrives in ambiguity, we don’t have everything figured out - needs to be able to operate in the grey

  • See something do something mindset, team player

About the interview

  • 15-minute screening with Joon (CTO) or Oliver (CPO)

  • 30-minute Culture Fit with Jarren (CEO)

  • On-site work trial in San Francisco

  • Offer!

About Usul

Usul is a Silicon Valley AI lab helping America and its allies buy technology at the speed of Amazon Prime. We're Stanford dropouts, MIT AI scientists, and Tier-1 Special Forces Operators dedicating our lives to rebuilding the infrastructure that equips the Western world.

We’re the youngest founders to ever win a US Defense contract. Over the past year, we’ve helped Global 500 companies including RTX, BAE Systems, Palantir and Ukrainian drone manufacturers win $12B in contracts across 30 NATO nations.

We’re hiring full-stack engineers and defense acquisition experts across San Francisco and Washington DC to help us solve the most critical infrastructure bottleneck in national security.

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Job details

Salary

$140,000 - $200,000

Equity

0.1% - 0.5%

Location

San Francisco Office

Experience

1+ years

Company

NameUsul
Industrysoftware_development, defense, ai, government, security
Team Size11

Funding

Total raised

$3.8M

Last stage

Seed

Investors

Y Combinator

Founders

Joonghyun Lee

Joonghyun Lee

LinkedIn
Oliver Gomez

Oliver Gomez

LinkedIn
Jarren Reid

Jarren Reid

LinkedIn

What happens next.

No applications, no recruiter spam. Just the intro.

01

Confirm the fit

A few questions to make sure this role is the right shape for you. Two minutes.

02

I pitch you to the company

I write the intro, send it to the founder, and handle the back-and-forth.

03

A meeting lands on your calendar

If they’re a yes, I book the chat. You show up — that’s the whole job-hunt.