Chief of Staff - Growth at Coastal Wave Recruiting

Our client is a fast-growing Series B AI logistics startup with 700% revenue growth, seeking a Chief of Staff – Growth to serve as the CEO's right hand on revenue generation, market expansion, and strategic partnerships.

This is a high-ownership, externally-facing role for someone who can walk into rooms with board members, GPs, and Fortune 1000 C-suite executives — and leave with something tangible. You'll own investor network activation, advisory board buildout, sales process optimization, and European market expansion.

What You'll Do

• Own relationships with VC and investor networks (General Catalyst, Bessemer, Bain Capital Ventures) and convert them into warm intros and Fortune 1000 pipeline
• Build the advisory board from scratch — recruiting operators and industry leaders who unlock new doors
• Drive European market expansion alongside the CEO and Head of Finance
• Solidify and scale a repeatable sales motion, including cold outreach to senior executives
• Convert happy customers into a steady source of peer-set referrals and introductions

Requirements

• 3–8 years in MBB/Big 4 consulting, VC, or as Chief of Staff at a high-growth Series A–C startup
• Comfortable with outbound hustle — cold calls, 25–35% travel, and generating tangible outcomes
• Ability to leverage VC and investor networks to generate intros and pipeline
• Experience structuring GTM motions — market expansion, sequencing, and targeting
• Executive presence to represent the CEO in any room
• Familiarity with logistics, supply chain, or enterprise SaaS a plus
• Bachelor's degree from a top US, Canada, or UK University

Benefits

• Salary & equity
• NO visa sponsorship
• benefits: daily catered lunches, flexible PTO, L&D stipend, 401k, full health/vision/dental, and annual company offsites.
• Comfortable with 25 - 35% travel