AI-Native Founder's Associate

ABOUT THE ROLE Work directly with the CEO as a core operator on high-impact challenges across operations, growth, and finance at an AI-enabled health ecommerce startup. You will take projects from problem definition through execution, building practical systems that improve how the business operates. WHAT YOU'LL DO - Turn ambiguous business problems into structured analysis, decisions, and execution in close partnership with the CEO. - Support daily work across fulfillment, customer experience, supply chain coordination, and internal workflows. - Identify operational bottlenecks and build AI-driven solutions to reduce manual work and improve efficiency. - Use AI to research products and ingredients, develop supplier discovery and qualification workflows, and support outreach and negotiation. - Contribute to growth initiatives, including marketing experiments and performance tracking. - Build AI-assisted reporting, analysis, financial models, and dashboards to support decisions grounded in business economics. - Own urgent cross-functional projects and move between strategy and hands-on execution as needed. WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR - Zero to three years of experience, including work as a startup operator or in another autonomous, fast-changing environment. - An engineering degree and strong analytical and problem-solving skills. - Hands-on experience building AI systems or automation workflows with coding, AI tools, automation platforms, or low-code solutions. - Ability to work across operations, strategy, finance, and growth rather than in a single specialist function. - Interest or transferable experience in physical operations, supply chains, sourcing, supplier evaluation, or negotiation. - High ownership, sound judgment, strong work ethic, and comfort working across teams in a demanding environment. COMPENSATION & BENEFITS Salary is $120,000 to $140,000 USD annually. Visa sponsorship is not available. LOCATION This is an on-site role in San Francisco, California, United States, with a five-day-per-week office presence.