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.