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Salary: USD 250,000 - 275,000 / annual
Mesh is building a financial operating system that connects exchanges, wallets, and payment flows across the digital asset ecosystem, enabling consumers to pay and be paid with any asset. The company is backed by leading investors including SBI, Money Forward, Paradigm, Dragonfly, Galaxy, and PayPal Ventures.
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 highest-priority initiatives, oversee the Business Operations function, and build Mesh's M&A and Corporate Development function from the ground up.
Key responsibilities include:
- Serving as the CEO's strategic thinking partner on company priorities, key decisions, and tradeoffs, and representing the CEO with the executive team, board, partners, and investors
- Owning Mesh's operating rhythm: annual and quarterly planning, OKRs, weekly leadership reviews, executive meetings, and town halls to ensure priorities are clear and progress is visible
- Leading board and investor readiness, including quarterly board updates, executive summaries, and company performance reporting
- Overseeing the Business Operations function and raising the bar for cross-functional work
- Building Mesh's M&A and Corporate Development function from scratch: defining the M&A thesis, building the target pipeline, and hiring the team
- Leading deals end-to-end from sourcing and valuation through diligence, negotiation, close, and integration, including acquisitions, license acquisitions (VASP, MTL), and strategic investments
- Driving CEO special projects including new markets, strategic partnerships with exchanges and wallets, and pricing optimization
- Holding the executive team accountable to company goals and resolving cross-functional issues
- Partnering with People on org design, executive hiring, and culture
- Building systems, dashboards, and AI-powered workflows to enable efficient scaling
This is an executive seat on the leadership team where you will own outcomes, not just coordinate them, and will 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 track record of building a function from scratch, including hiring and managing the team
- Direct ownership of a company operating cadence: planning, OKRs, executive reviews, and board preparation at a scaling startup
- Direct, hands-on deal experience: personally led multiple acquisitions or strategic investments from sourcing through valuation, diligence, negotiation, close, and integration (corporate development, investment banking, or PE background strongly preferred)
- Experience executing deals in crypto, fintech, or payments, including acquisitions of licensed entities (VASP, MTL, EMI) and navigating regulatory approvals
- Executive presence and sound judgment; trusted by CEO, board, and executive team with ability to give direct feedback upward
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills; ability to turn complexity into clear narratives
- 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 ecosystem network
- Experience in high-growth startup environments (Series B and beyond preferred) and ability to travel internationally
- Able to be in the office 3 days per week
