Chief of Staff to Josh Kopelman

ABOUT FIRST ROUND

First Round https://firstround.com/ is a venture capital firm that works with founders exclusively at the earliest stages of company building, often when all they have is an “imagine if.” We fill in where we can until the team is filled out, tackling crucial early hiring and equipping those who are great at building product with the skills to sell it, too. By getting the foundational firsts right, we increase the odds of finding extreme product-market fit. Our founders’ “imagine ifs” have turned into companies like Notion, Roblox, Uber, and Square.

We're looking to add a Chief of Staff to our team who will work directly with founder and Partner Josh Kopelman http://linkedin.com/in/jkopelman/ as his trusted right hand in one of our two offices, New York or Philadelphia – but the first 90 days will need to be in person with Josh in Philadelphia.

At First Round, individuals in this role supercharge our investment team by creating and managing processes that deliver world-class services and experiences to entrepreneurs. This role will engage across all functions of the partnership at First Round, including portfolio engagement, special projects, internal operations, reviewing new investment opportunities, financial reporting and management of administrative staff. Critically, this person will also drive and support First Round's AI operations and product builds – shaping, testing, and shipping the internal products and automations the partnership relies on day-to-day. This role is a balance between strategy and sharp execution.

YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES WILL INCLUDE:

- Managing and tracking new investment opportunities

- Conducting research and investment diligence

- Managing Josh’s projects and events

- Initiating and leading special projects (building internal products and programs, research deep dives, etc.)

- Driving First Round's internal AI and tooling work – helping shape, test, and operationalize the products and automations t...