Written by Mamal (CEO)
About GovernGPT:
We are YC-backed, profitable and both CEO and CTO are technical founders.
- We have real revenue from funds like Coatue. Coatue is now a client of ours for 3+ years.
- We have already realized real proven ROI for funds like Pantheon.
- We have shipped the only ai agent in asset management that funds trust.
- Our clients include Pantheon, DigitalBridge, Coatue, ICONIQ, Tishman Speyer, Stonepeak, Silver Lake, Lazard, Related Companies, PAG, Onex, etc.
About the role
Honestly, this role is way overdue. I just never wanted a second class citizen in the org. And, I still don’t.
And, let’s be honest ops by default is second class citizen in a tech company.
Company starts with sales and product.
But, company building is a different game.
So we are now a team of 6 engineers (one is ceo who’s now sales) and 1 sales.
We do well. Very well, in fact. We have built a killer product and a killer sales motion.
Happy and very rich clients.
So, it’s time we built a company. So we need a COO. A total badass of a boss to come become a 3 third pillar of the org.
Someone with high agency who tells us how to think strategically and just does it. Builds a system and runs it smoothly.
Someone obsessed with big picture and micro details.
You build it. You run it, you own it end to end.
If you build ai to do this yourself, great. If not, I’ll find you the best ai coo agent builder there is.
You need to be an execution beast. At times, you’ll be the drill sergeant.
But, you also have to ideate.
It’s simple, you’re ambitious, you’ve already done great stuff and you’ve got the energy. And, you enjoy owning.
In this role, you will
In reality, you’ll be simultaneously an ops analyst and a COO and a CFO. That means all the below to start with:
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Finance: invoicing, collections, expenses, payroll and the monthly close with our accountant.
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Strategic projects: we hand them to you, you own them end to end. Ideally, you come up with them once you get the context of the org.
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Internal ops: vendors, tools, office, plus customer contracts and billing logistics.
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Hiring: postings, pipeline, offers, onboarding, benefits, equity grants, etc.
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Legal & corporate: contracts, cap table, board resolutions. You're our point person with outside counsel.
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Systems: trackers, processes and LLM automations.
You are
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Hyper-organized & Deadline-proof. There is no leak. Ever. In fact, you are dictatorial about this.
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Process-obsessed. You love turning chaos into systems. You need to be that catalyst all the time.
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An owner and a team player. You’re type A, you want to own a discipline yet you align incentives with your team to win bigger together.
Who you'll work with and what we expect
You directly speak with the CEO every day. It’s a partnership. The CEO wants you to have strong opinions that are deserved based on data.
Your background
Here's who I’m looking for:
- You’re most likely an ex founder (CEO or COO).
- You’re most likely ex lawyer, investment banker or accountant.
- You mostly likely have raised venture before
You’re likely intense, a bit weird (in the best way possible), super passionate about what you do and love to work with great people. Being part of something great inspires you and you deeply love it. That’s our company DNA.
How you'll grow
We share this journey together.
You will own a discipline. You’ll have ownership and responsibility.
We share the upside and downside together.
Name of the game is leverage and you will have a ton. Simply because you’ll have massive impact in GovernGPT and GovernGPT is mean f machine.
How to stand out
Tell us something insane. Same thing you’d say to a YC partner if you ever applied for YC.
Wanna have some fun and build cool shit? Join us! Apply right now.
