Full-Time

Chief Operating Officer

Origin

Origin

51-200 employees

Subscription-based personal finance management platform

No salary listed

No H1B Sponsorship

Boston, MA, USA

In Person

Category
Operations & Logistics (1)
Required Skills
Forecasting
Requirements
  • A seasoned operator who has run multi-function organizations (go-to-market, customer success, finance, product and engineering execution)
  • Former Chief Operating Officer, General Manager, Senior Vice President of Operations, or equivalent senior leader with real business or profit-and-loss ownership experience
  • Have helped scale a company through meaningful growth and increasing organizational complexity
  • Comfortable owning execution, driving accountability, and making hard tradeoffs
  • Strong business and financial judgment
  • Have worked with boards, investors, and/or mergers and acquisitions processes before
  • A confident, low-ego leader who can be a true counterweight and partner to the Chief Executive Officer
  • Thrive in environments with ambition, complexity, and high standards
  • Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Origin does not sponsor visas.
Responsibilities
  • Run the day-to-day operating performance of the company
  • Translate company strategy into clear priorities, plans, and execution
  • Build and run the operating cadence: weekly executive rhythm, monthly metrics, quarterly planning/OKRs
  • Ensure the company executes effectively across growth, delivery, and operational excellence
  • Customer Success: retention, expansion, operating rigor, tooling, and team scaling
  • Customer Support: quality, efficiency, cost discipline, and customer experience
  • Finance: FP&A, budgeting, forecasting, cash management, metrics, and board readiness
  • Commercial execution: Go-To-Market operations, forecasting, pipeline rigor, and performance management
  • Partner closely with Product, Engineering, and Design to ensure strong delivery execution (while the CEO owns product strategy and vision)
  • Drive org design, headcount planning, and performance management
  • Install systems, processes, and accountability that scale without killing velocity
  • Increase focus, throughput, and cross-functional alignment
  • Reduce founder dependency and execution bottlenecks across the organization
  • Prepare the business for strategic partnerships, M&A diligence, and external scrutiny
  • Elevate the company’s operating maturity, predictability, and credibility
  • Be a strong internal leader and a trusted partner to the CEO and leadership team
  • The company operates on a clear, predictable cadence with strong accountability
  • Execution is no longer dependent on the CEO’s direct involvement
  • Forecasts and metrics are tight, visible, and trusted
  • Customer Success, Support, Finance, and Commercial functions operate with high rigor and efficiency
  • The company feels “professionally run” to employees, partners, and external stakeholders
  • Origin scales faster and with less organizational friction
Desired Qualifications
  • Fintech, consumer subscription, or marketplace experience
  • Experience in both product-led and GTM-driven organizations
  • Prior experience preparing a company for acquisition or major strategic scale

Origin provides a subscription-based platform that centralizes personal finance tasks like net worth tracking, budgeting, and automated investing. The system uses an AI planner called Sidekick to analyze transactions and offer saving recommendations, while also giving users direct access to Certified Financial Planners for personalized advice. Unlike competitors that require multiple apps for different tasks, Origin combines human expertise, AI, and tax assistance into a single service with no additional advisory fees for its investment tools. The company's goal is to simplify money management by replacing fragmented, expensive financial services with one affordable, all-in-one tool.

Company Size

51-200

Company Stage

Series B

Total Funding

$75.5M

Headquarters

San Francisco, California

Founded

2018

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • Hartford partnership expands employee financial wellness adoption across major U.S. workforce.
  • High-yield savings and automated investing with zero advisory fees drive user retention.
  • Net worth forecasting with life event scenarios differentiates from competitors like Mint.

What critics are saying

  • Brand confusion with unrelated Origin companies in HR benefits and pelvic floor therapy.
  • YNAB's superior budgeting tools drive churn among expense-control-focused households.
  • SEC AI financial advice regulations force costly human oversight, eliminating subscription profitability.

What makes Origin unique

  • Combines AI financial advisor Sidekick with certified human planners for personalized guidance.
  • Integrates estate planning, tax filing, and investment tools beyond traditional budgeting platforms.
  • Acquired MyAdvocate to offer wills and trusts, addressing gap where two-thirds lack documents.

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Benefits

Health Insurance

Life Insurance

Unlimited Paid Time Off

Flexible Work Hours

Remote Work Options

401(k) Retirement Plan

401(k) Company Match

Wellness Program

Mental Health Support

Paid Parental Leave

Fertility Treatment Support

Home Office Stipend

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Growth & Insights and Company News

Headcount

6 month growth

1%

1 year growth

2%

2 year growth

1%
Fortune
Mar 25th, 2026
AI benefits platform Origin raises $30M to give CHROs visibility into global spend

Origin, a London-based AI-powered benefits platform for multinational companies, has raised $30 million in an extended Series A+ round led by Notion Capital. The funding brings Origin's total capital raised over the past 12 months to more than $50 million. Founded by Chris Bruce and Pete Craghill, Origin's platform uses an AI engine called Cuido to consolidate fragmented benefits data across policies, contracts and vendor platforms into a single system. The platform helps chief human resources officers track benefits spending and usage whilst enabling employees to query their available benefits. Origin's clients include Pfizer, Comcast and BP. One client expects to save $75 million annually using the platform. The company has approximately 75 employees across the US, UK and Europe. The new funding will support integrations with human capital management platforms like Workday and Oracle's Peoplesoft.

Los Angeles Times
Feb 25th, 2026
Origin raises Series B to expand AI-powered pelvic floor therapy across $61B market

Origin, a national provider of pelvic floor physical therapy and musculoskeletal care for women, has closed a Series B funding round led by SJF Ventures, with participation from Blue Venture Fund and Gratitude Railroad. The funding amount was not disclosed. Founded in 2020, Origin offers virtual and in-person physical therapy sessions across all 50 US states. The company has built an AI-driven clinical decision product called Athena, using data from 39 million patient interactions over 10 years, alongside a patient-facing AI agent, GinaGPT. The funding will accelerate development of personalised care journeys and support Origin University, the company's clinical training programme that has trained over 100 physical therapists in 2025. Origin is targeting a $61 billion market opportunity in pelvic floor care.

HR News (UK)
May 29th, 2025
Origin Raises $21M to Transform Benefits

Origin has launched with a $21M Series A funding round led by Felix Capital, valuing the company at $106M. The funding will accelerate Origin's mission to revolutionize the $45 billion global benefits industry with its AI-powered platform, Cuido™, which provides HR teams with strategic insights and cost control. The platform has been co-created with companies like Pfizer and Comcast, demonstrating significant cost reductions and efficiency improvements.

UKTN
May 15th, 2025
Origin launches with £15.8m funding

Origin, an employee benefits management platform, has launched with a Series A funding round of $21 million (£15.8 million). The platform consolidates data from employee benefits programs across multinational companies, addressing challenges related to different languages and regulatory regimes. Co-founder and CEO Chris Bruce stated that Origin was created to provide global benefits teams with clarity, efficiency, and control.

Diplomat Media Events
Jul 30th, 2024
Fintech company Qoobiss invests 500,000 euros in Origin, a global platform for digitizing company processes

Qoobiss, a fintech company focused on process digitalization, specializing in remote identity verification solutions using video means, is investing half a million euros in 2024 in Origin, a global platform for the complete digitalization of customer interactions.