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Higgsfield AI is a rapidly scaling generative AI company focused on AI-powered video creation and creative tools. The company has achieved $500M in annual revenue run rate, 25M+ users worldwide, and powers 390 Fortune 500 brands.
As an Operating Principal in the CEO Office, you will serve as a general problem solver working directly with the CEO and senior executives on the company's highest-priority initiatives. This is a high-ownership, high-impact role with no fixed functional lane. You will own multiple projects simultaneously, taking undefined problems from conception through execution and handoff.
Key Responsibilities:
- Identify and evaluate new growth and revenue opportunities across products, markets, and partnerships
- Build and optimize processes designed to scale with rapid company growth
- Lead and execute priority company initiatives end-to-end, including analysis, decision-making, execution, and follow-through
- Coordinate across engineering, product, growth, and partnerships teams to unblock stalled initiatives
- Prepare financial models, business cases, and executive materials supporting leadership, board, and investor decisions
- Work with minimal process overhead and no direct reports, operating with high autonomy
The role is based in San Francisco with regular travel to Almaty and to partner/market locations as projects require. You will have direct access to the CEO and operate in a fast-moving, high-ownership environment.
Requirements:
- Degree from a top-tier university, ideally in STEM or a highly quantitative field
- Track record of outstanding achievement across multiple domains (olympiads, case competitions, elite scholarships, or building something successful)
- 3–5 years of professional experience, including at least 2 years at a top-tier strategy consultancy, investment bank/PE, Big Tech, or fast-growing global technology company
- Experience working abroad, as an expat, or within a global organization as a non-native speaker
- Demonstrated ability to take ownership and lead complex projects end-to-end
- Strong analytical skills; ability to break complex problems into actionable components and work comfortably with data
- Executive-level writing and presentation skills; ability to produce materials suitable for board or Fortune 500 partner review without editing
- Natural curiosity, speed of execution, and drive to make impact
- Right to work in the US; based in San Francisco or willing to relocate
Nice to Have:
- Prior experience in a chief-of-staff, founder's office, or business operations role following consulting or banking
- Hands-on experience with SQL, Python, or generative AI tools
- Background in AI, consumer tech, or media
