The founders of Kaizen spend their weeks moving between investors, federal agency leadership, customers and the team, and the strategic layer underneath them has to hold. That layer is this role. You will work directly with the founders, run their inbox and calendar with judgment, do the research before every meeting that matters, coordinate across the team, and track every follow-up until it is closed. This is not a personal assistant role. It is a crash course in how a fast-growing govtech company is actually run, and the work you produce is often what the CEO reads before a high-stakes conversation.

Run the CEO's inbox and calendar with judgment: decide what gets their time, draft the replies, and surface what they need to see

Produce pre-meeting research and advance briefs for investor, partner and government meetings: what matters, what is decided, what needs a call

Travel with the founders to DC, sit in on meetings with federal agency leadership, and turn notes into next steps that actually happen

Coordinate across the team on the founders' behalf so decisions reach the right people and nothing stalls waiting on a founder

Track investor, partner and customer follow-ups so nothing the founders promised slips

Take on strategic projects that land on the founders' desks with no obvious owner, from first draft to done

Use AI tools to draft, research and synthesize so the founders get finished work, not raw material

What You'll Bring

2 to 4 years of experience in a startup, consulting, banking or a role where you supported a founder or senior executive, or equivalent experience (including having started something yourself)

A bias to act first and check in after: you figure out what needs doing and move, then loop the founders in at the right moment

Comfort operating with incomplete information and shifting priorities

Founders Associate

Responsibilities

Qualification

Required

Benefits

Company

Kaizen Labs

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