Chief of Staff to Josh Kopelman

Chief Of Staff At First Round

First Round is a venture capital firm that works with founders exclusively at the earliest stages of company building, often when all they have is an "imagine if." We fill in where we can until the team is filled out, tackling crucial early hiring and equipping those who are great at building product with the skills to sell it, too. By getting the foundational firsts right, we increase the odds of finding extreme product-market fit.

Our founders' "imagine ifs" have turned into companies like Notion, Roblox, Uber, and Square.

We're looking to add a Chief Of Staff to our team who will work directly with founder and Partner Josh Kopelman as his trusted right hand in one of our two offices, New York or Philadelphia – but the first 90 days will need to be in person with Josh in Philadelphia.

Individuals in this role supercharge our investment team by creating and managing processes that deliver world-class services and experiences to entrepreneurs. This role will engage across all functions of the partnership at First Round, including portfolio engagement, special projects, internal operations, reviewing new investment opportunities, financial reporting and management of administrative staff. Critically, this person will also drive and support First Round's AI operations and product builds – shaping, testing, and shipping the internal products and automations the partnership relies on day-to-day.

This role is a balance between strategy and sharp execution.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Managing and tracking new investment opportunities
• Conducting research and investment diligence
• Managing Josh's projects and events
• Initiating and leading special projects (building internal products and programs, research deep dives, etc.)
• Driving First Round's internal AI and tooling work – helping shape, test, and operationalize the products and automations the partnership uses day-to-day
• Managing and tracking relationships and communication within the First Round community and partner networks
• Managing and processing email communication
• Ensuring Josh is ready for every meeting and moment — prioritizing his time and days around what matters most
• Overseeing scheduling and contact management performed by executive assistant

This position is not:

• An associate position nor a partner-track role. Instead, it is an ideal opportunity to get involved with building incredible companies and to learn from the best of the best.
• Expected to source companies or to be directly entrepreneur-facing. Rather, you will work with Josh to help review, analyze and prioritize existing deal flow.
• All glamorous. It involves a lot of behind-the-scenes work. Josh spends a large portion of the day in his inbox — and you will too.

This is a unique opportunity in which individuals from many backgrounds could excel. Here are just a few examples of profiles we think could be great:

• An aspiring entrepreneur who wants a rare window into the VC and fundraising side of the business.
• A generalist with a passion for technology and a penchant for learning new things fast.
• An AI-native operator who is fluent in the latest tools, and sees their job as building the systems that eventually do it for them
• A project manager who thrives keeping the trains running on time with little oversight.

You might be a good fit if the following describes you:

• You're fascinated by technology and how today's entrepreneurs are shaping the future. You don't necessarily need deep knowledge of the venture capital industry, but you should be excited about the field and eager to learn the business quickly. Most importantly, you are a fast learner and laser focused on execution with the drive to get things done. You're deeply organized, detail oriented and reliable above all else.
• You're a great teammate with no ego who is self-motivating and takes initiative.
• You're curious and intuitive — a creative and unconventional thinker, yet also highly analytical and logical. You're a fantastic (and prolific) writer and pride yourself on thoughtful, eloquent communication. You are observant (and caught the typo in the prior sentence). You know the right questions to ask, as…