Co - Founder/Chief of Staff

What Arvo is, and why it matters now

We would rather tell you what we believe than what we do. If you don't share it, this role isn't right for you. If you do, you'll see why this issue is worth solving. AI changed what individual contributors do almost overnight. The people managing that work have not changed at the same pace. The one advantage AI cannot touch is a manager who knows each person well enough to develop them as the individual they are.

The research has said this for years. 70% of the variation in team engagement traces to the direct manager. Transformations succeed when middle managers lead them and stall when they don't. Everyone knows the manager is the lever. No one has built the system that makes them good at pulling it.

That is what Arvo is. The conviction underneath it: work can be designed around who people intrinsically are, not just what they produce. The organizations that build this in the next few years will understand their people in a way late movers cannot replicate, and become places where people genuinely flourish. We spent the last year talking to 45 managers and employees across 12 industries to be sure we were building the real thing. Now we need someone to help us bring it to the organizations ready for it.

The role

Arvo is being built by a lean founding team. This role holds the market, revenue, and buyer credibility. The title depends on what you bring and where you want to go, and that is a real conversation.

If you have independently owned revenue or go-to-market in a B2B SaaS, enterprise, or people-tech context, and can bring or build a path to the buyer: this is the commercial co-founder role. You will own go-to-market, positioning, and the first revenue. You do not need a prior exit or a prior company. You need to have carried a real number and closed.

If you have done serious, accountable work close to this, in B2B, enterprise, or people-facing environments, and are ready for a level of ownership you have not had before: this is a Chief of Staff role, built around what you are becoming. The exposure is the same. So is the expectation.

What we are looking for

Someone who has felt this problem and finds it worth solving. Beyond that:

• You have taken something to market in B2B or enterprise. You know what early sales actually involves, not the theory of it.
• You have worked close to HR, L&D, or organizational development, professionally or out of genuine curiosity.
• You use AI tools fluently, as leverage not novelty. You arrive with something already drafted and improved.
• You ask for feedback before it is comfortable. You change your mind when the evidence is better.
• You care about the future of work in a way that predates this role.

Compensation

Equity-based at this stage. We are asking you to make a real bet alongside us, and we take the conversation about your stake seriously from the start.

Growth

This role is shaped around you. Tell us where your edge is and where you want to go, and we will build accordingly.

If this is you

Skip the cover letter. Send your CV and a short note on what drew you here and why you're the perfect person for this role to ***email_hidden***. We only entertain applications that are dropped in our mailbox. If you have a reaction to our positioning, including where you think it could be sharpened, we especially want to hear it.