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Salary: USD 250,000 - 275,000 / annual
Mesh is building the financial operating system that connects exchanges, wallets, and payment flows across the digital asset ecosystem. The company's mission is to enable consumers to pay and be paid with any asset, bridging the gap between trillions of dollars in tokenized assets and everyday commerce. Backed by leading investors including SBI, Money Forward, Paradigm, Dragonfly, Galaxy, and PayPal Ventures, Mesh combines a powerful orchestration engine with a seamless consumer app to unlock liquidity globally.
As Chief of Staff, you will be the CEO's closest strategic partner and the executive responsible for how Mesh operates at scale. Reporting directly to the Founder and CEO, you will own the company's operating rhythm, drive the highest-priority initiatives, oversee the Business Operations function, and build Mesh's M&A and Corporate Development function from the ground up. You will extend the CEO's reach across the company, turning strategy into plans, plans into accountable owners, and owners into results.
Key responsibilities include:
- Act as the CEO's strategic thinking partner on company priorities, key decisions, and tradeoffs; represent the CEO with the exec team, board, partners, and investors
- Own Mesh's operating rhythm: annual and quarterly planning, OKRs, weekly leadership reviews, exec meetings, and town halls
- Lead board and investor readiness, including quarterly board updates, exec summaries, and company performance reporting
- Oversee the Business Operations function, partnering with the Biz Ops lead to set priorities and raise the bar for cross-functional work
- Drive CEO special projects end to end, from new markets and strategic partnerships (exchanges, wallets, on/off-ramp partners) to pricing and unit economics
- Hold the executive team accountable to company goals, surface risks early, and resolve cross-functional issues
- Partner with People on org design, executive hiring, internal communications, and culture
- Build systems, dashboards, and AI-powered workflows that make company performance visible and enable efficient scaling
This is an executive seat on the leadership team where you'll own outcomes, not just coordinate them. You'll be the person who sources, negotiates, and closes deals that expand Mesh's reach across crypto and payments.
Requirements:
- 10+ years of experience, including senior leadership in strategy and operations, business operations, corporate development, or as a Chief of Staff to a CEO at a high-growth company
- Proven leader who has built a function from scratch, including hiring and managing the team
- Owned (not just supported) a company operating cadence: planning, OKRs, exec reviews, and board preparation at a scaling startup
- Executive presence and sound judgment; trusted by the CEO, board, and exec team, and comfortable giving direct feedback upward
- Exceptional written and verbal communicator who can turn complexity into clear narratives for the board, leadership, and the whole company
- Data-driven and commercially minded; comfortable building models and owning company metrics
- Deep experience in crypto and/or payments processing (stablecoins, exchanges, wallets, on/off-ramps, card and payment networks, regulatory licensing), with a network across the ecosystem
- Experience in high-growth startup environments (Series B and beyond preferred)
- Able to travel, including internationally
- Able to be in the office 3 days a week (approximately 40% of the time)
Compensation is competitive with equity and benefits. Employees based in San Francisco, New York, and Bangalore hubs are expected to work from the office at least 40% of the time. The company offers unlimited PTO, comprehensive health coverage, a dedicated budget for professional development, and top-tier tools and equipment.
