Chief of Staff & Head of Platform

Job Description

Capital alone doesn’t scale a company. At the heart of Rypples is our Growth Engine: the operators, programs and know-how we bring to every company we back, so its path to scale is de-risked by design and moves faster. It covers growth trajectory, CEO development, talent, execution, financing and AI, in one system that gets smarter with every company.

The Growth Engine is our product, and this role owns it. As Chief of Staff & Head of Platform, you work directly with our CEO to build and run it, and to make Rypples AI-native along the way.

What you’ll own

• An AI-native Rypples. Sourcing, diligence, investor relations, finance: you design and run the agents that let a small team do the work of a large one.
• Operating partners. We work with board-level partners who each look after one portfolio company, and with experts in People, Go-To-Market and Finance who work across the portfolio. You find them, onboard them, and give them the context and tools to make a difference.
• Founder programs. Growth Readiness helps founders turn technology that works into a company that sells. Ocean Scalers brings ocean CEOs together to learn from each other. You run both: the design, the rhythm, the right people in the room, and the follow-through.
• Rypples OS. Our playbook to scale ocean innovation. Every board meeting, partner engagement and founder session feeds it, and it gets smarter with each one. You build it and keep it learning.

Qualifications

• You’ve been Chief of Staff to a founder-CEO at a fast-growing startup, or you’re a founder yourself.
• You're AI proficient and you’ve built agents and workflows that changed how a team works.
• You build fast: a working version in days, not a plan in weeks.
• You’re credible with CEOs and senior operators, and you write and speak clearly.
• You care deeply about the ocean and the planet.

Additional Information

Diverse teams perform better. Please bring your difference along.