Join a high-growth startup building the world’s first AI Autopilot for accounting. As Founding Operator, you will work directly with the CEO to scale every dimension of the business. You will initially own end-to-end hiring before expanding into operations, marketing, and international expansion to remove growth bottlenecks and speedrun your career.
Founding Operator at Briefcase - Seed-stage AI startup backed by Earlybird VC
Briefcase is building the world’s first AI Autopilot for accounting, and they need a Founding Operator to help them scale. Backed by $3M from Earlybird VC and already serving 4,000+ SMEs, this seed-stage startup is looking for a high-aptitude 'top 1%' individual to work directly with the CEO. You'll start by building the team and quickly expand into ops, finance, and international expansion. If you want to speedrun your career and help build a generational company in London, this high-trust, high-equity role is the perfect launchpad.
Overview
Role overview
Company
Briefcase
Briefcase - Seed-stage AI startup backed by Earlybird VC
Responsibilities
What you will do
- Lead the end-to-end hiring journey by sourcing, screening, and defining the gold standard for talent as the team scales.
- Solve critical operational bottlenecks across marketing, RevOps, finance, and legal to ensure seamless business execution.
- Manage high-impact special projects including international expansion, investor relations, and organizing exclusive industry events and offsites.
Candidate profile
Who this is a fit for
- Demonstrably exceptional individual with a track record of being in the top 1% of their field (academic, athletic, or entrepreneurial).
- Highly autonomous problem-solver with a bias for action who prefers building systems and automating repetitive tasks over manual work.
- Ambitious professional with a STEM background or high technical aptitude who is eager to learn to code and ship fast.
What makes it remarkable
Why this role is remarkable
- Work directly with the CEO as a high-trust partner with outsized responsibility and access to sensitive company strategy from day one.
- Join a fast-growing team backed by $3M from Earlybird VC, already serving 130+ accounting firms and 4,000+ UK SMEs.
- Exceptional career acceleration opportunity to "speedrun" your professional growth by building a generational company in a massive, legacy industry.
Jack & Jill
How Jack & Jill work together
Meet Jack
Jack gets to know what you're great at and what you want next, then searches 14 million jobs daily and introduces you directly to hiring managers.
How does this work?
Jack's an AI agent for job searching and career coaching. He works for you.
Jill is the AI recruiter working for the company. She recruits from Jack's network.
If it's a match and the company wants to meet you, they'll make the intro. In the meantime, if you'd like, Jack will send you excellent alternatives.