Harper
Chief of Staff
San Francisco · Exec · full-time
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Sponsors, but it's cap-subject — you still face the weighted lottery (~61% per draw at Level IV). Good if you win; have a cap-exempt backup on your list.
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the lottery is wage-weighted — each level is one more entry
$1,758 more — $176,758 — moves this role to Level III and 3 lottery entries. That figure is inside the range the employer already advertised.
Based on the DOL prevailing wage for this occupation and worksite, a base salary of $176,758 would place this position at wage Level III. That figure is within the posted range, and I'd like to target it. This role classifies under "General and Operations Managers" for prevailing-wage purposes.
DOL prevailing wage, 2026-27 wage year · General and Operations Managers (11-1021) · San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA. Wage level is derived by USCIS from the offered wage, occupation and worksite; the occupation shown is inferred from the job title.
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About the role
- You will sit at the center of Harper's most important constraint at any given moment (people, throughput, quality, speed, execution).
- Your job is to turn chaos into an operating system-without slowing the company down.
Responsibilities
- Be an extension of the CEO across the org - Walk into any function (sales, ops, engineering, growth) and drive alignment, remove roadblocks, and push things forward with the same context and urgency
- Build our operating system from scratch - Leadership meetings, OKR tracking, quarterly planning.
- You create the rhythms that let a 25-person company operate like a 100-person one
- Own board materials, investor updates, and cap table management end-to-end
- Drive the highest-priority cross-functional initiative at any given time - M&A (target ID, diligence, integration), new vertical expansion, or standing up operational playbooks as we scale
- You map it, document it, and build the processes that let us scale without losing what makes us great
- Plug functional gaps - We're building the exec team in real time.
- Build repeatable runbooks for messy operational workflows, then push them into automation (human <> AI handoffs)
- This is a launching pad-into leadership within Harper, or to build your own thing someday.
- If you want an operational partner role with a founder who will push you harder than you've been pushed before-send your resume and a few sentences on why Harper.
Requirements
- 4-7 years of experience in high-intensity environments (banking, consulting, PE, startup ops, or founding)
Nice to have
- Insurance, E&S, or financial services background
- M&A experience (sourcing, diligence, or integration)
- Previous Chief of Staff or BizOps role at a Series A-C company
- You need rigid structure or defined swim lanes to feel grounded
- You're "strategic" but don't want to do the work yourself
- You need external validation or constant direction to stay motivated
Compensation
- $175,000-$250,000 (depending on experience) + performance bonuses & equity
Benefits
- Health, dental, and vision insurance
- Housing stipend
- Commuter benefits (Uber covered)
Company info
- We're adding ~1,000 customers per month.
- We're looking to do even more this year-and that's why we're hiring.
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