This is an Atlantic Labs portfolio venture. Find out more about us and other opportunities in our portfolio <a href="https://jobs.atlanticlabsfoodlabsplatform.com/jobs">here</a>. About the VentureWe are a frontier AI venture building a proprietary foundational model to dominate a critical niche in the creative AI space. Founded by top-tier AI researchers and backed by Atlantic Labs and other leading VCs, we are shifting gears from breakthrough innovation to aggressive market adoption.About the RoleWe need somebody who can operate beyond the typical Chief of Staff remit. You should blend strategic leverage for the founder with direct commercial execution. You will operate at two levels:<ol><li>Driving high-priority strategic initiatives (fundraising, investor relations, commercial strategy, company building).</li><li>Personally leading our first go-to-market motion – building pipeline, running outreach, negotiating, and closing deals. </li></ol>The role demands someone with consulting-level rigour and founder-level ownership. You will be expected to create clarity where there is none, move projects forward without instruction, and deliver commercial results fast.What you’ll do<ul><li>Act as a force multiplier to the founder – prioritising and executing key company-building initiatives.</li><li>Own the first commercial pipeline end-to-end: from market mapping and lead generation to pitching and closing lighthouse customers.</li><li>Build GTM processes that scale – CRM, playbooks, reporting.</li><li>Pressure-test positioning, pricing, and business model with real customers.</li><li>Ensure commercial insights directly shape product development.</li><li>Step into strategic projects as required: fundraising, financial modelling, partnerships, operational scaling.</li></ul>About YouYour mindset, drive, and ability to push projects forward and amplify the founder at scale matter more than any specific credential. What counts is your ability to combine strategic thinking with deep execution, to hustle, and to deliver impact fast. It’s likely you’ve gained experience in one or more of the following environments:<ul><li>Top-tier consulting or investment banking</li><li>Venture capital or early-stage investing</li><li>High-growth B2B SaaS or other tech scale-ups</li><li>Fast-moving start-up environments where commercial traction was built from scratch </li></ul>Beyond pedigree, we’re looking for someone who:<ul><li>Has proven ability to both structure strategy and deliver results under pressure</li><li>Is not afraid to sell - you can engage senior stakeholders, challenge objections, and close business</li><li>Operates with presence, clarity, and precision - comfortable in front of investors, founders, and C-level customers</li><li>Is autonomous and relentless - you don’t wait for direction, you create it</li><li>Is ambitious to grow quickly into a senior commercial leadership role</li></ul>

FoodLabs is a pan-European Early Stage VC investor and venture studio for food, sustainability, and health. We strongly believe that entrepreneurship holds the key to pushing the boundaries in the food industry. Based in Berlin and founded by Christophe F. Maire, FoodLabs has built and invested in more than 30 early-stage FoodTech companies since 2016. We&rsquo;re backing the most ambitious, purpose-driven entrepreneurs, who are committed to changing the world&rsquo;s largest industry. With a thesis-driven and purpose-for-growth approach, FoodLabs invests in companies along the entire value chain of the food industry - 'from earth to earth'. FoodLabs has been an early investor in some of the most seminal, fastest-growing European FoodTech startups including Infarm, Meatable, Mushlabs, Sanity Group, Formo and Gorillas. In our FoodLabs studio we identify new opportunities to change the food industry, along with the most daring entrepreneurs and scientists that have what it takes to empower the transformation.

Chief of Staff (gn) @ Pre-Seed Stealth GenAI Venture, Berlin

This is an Atlantic Labs portfolio venture. Find out more about us and other opportunities in our portfolio <a href="https://jobs.atlanticlabsfoodlabsplatform.com/jobs">here</a>. About the VentureWe are a frontier AI venture building a proprietary foundational model to dominate a critical niche in the creative AI space. Founded by top-tier AI researchers and backed by Atlantic Labs and other leading VCs, we are shifting gears from breakthrough innovation to aggressive market adoption.About the RoleWe need somebody who can operate beyond the typical Chief of Staff remit. You should blend strategic leverage for the founder with direct commercial execution. You will operate at two levels:<ol><li>Driving high-priority strategic initiatives (fundraising, investor relations, commercial strategy, company building).</li><li>Personally leading our first go-to-market motion – building pipeline, running outreach, negotiating, and closing deals. </li></ol>The role demands someone with consulting-level rigour and founder-level ownership. You will be expected to create clarity where there is none, move projects forward without instruction, and deliver commercial results fast.What you’ll do<ul><li>Act as a force multiplier to the founder – prioritising and executing key company-building initiatives.</li><li>Own the first commercial pipeline end-to-end: from market mapping and lead generation to pitching and closing lighthouse customers.</li><li>Build GTM processes that scale – CRM, playbooks, reporting.</li><li>Pressure-test positioning, pricing, and business model with real customers.</li><li>Ensure commercial insights directly shape product development.</li><li>Step into strategic projects as required: fundraising, financial modelling, partnerships, operational scaling.</li></ul>About YouYour mindset, drive, and ability to push projects forward and amplify the founder at scale matter more than any specific credential. What counts is your ability to combine strategic thinking with deep execution, to hustle, and to deliver impact fast. It’s likely you’ve gained experience in one or more of the following environments:<ul><li>Top-tier consulting or investment banking</li><li>Venture capital or early-stage investing</li><li>High-growth B2B SaaS or other tech scale-ups</li><li>Fast-moving start-up environments where commercial traction was built from scratch </li></ul>Beyond pedigree, we’re looking for someone who:<ul><li>Has proven ability to both structure strategy and deliver results under pressure</li><li>Is not afraid to sell - you can engage senior stakeholders, challenge objections, and close business</li><li>Operates with presence, clarity, and precision - comfortable in front of investors, founders, and C-level customers</li><li>Is autonomous and relentless - you don’t wait for direction, you create it</li><li>Is ambitious to grow quickly into a senior commercial leadership role</li></ul>

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