Chief of Staff, Coast
Office of the CEO
$175-225k
+ Signing bonus + Equity Grant
3-4 days a week in office
Payments platform & fuel card for fleets
Be an early applicant
Payments platform & fuel card for fleets
101-200 employees
Be an early applicant
$175-225k
+ Signing bonus + Equity Grant
3-4 days a week in office
101-200 employees
Company mission
Coast's mission is to make fleet management easy.
Role
Who you are
- 7 to 12 years of experience, ideally combining a rigorous analytical foundation (management consulting, investment banking, strategy) with operating experience in a high-growth company; prior Chief of Staff, business operations leadership, or GM experience strongly preferred
- A track record of earning the trust of CEOs or C-level executives and credibly representing them to senior stakeholders
- Executive presence and influence: you can hold your own with, and when necessary push back on, experienced VPs and C-level leaders
- Exceptional judgment and discretion; you handle confidential, sensitive, and politically delicate matters with ease
- Strong analytical instincts: comfortable pulling metrics, spotting trends, and translating data into operational decisions
- Excellent written and verbal communication, with the ability to align stakeholders at every level, from the board to the front line
- AI-native mindset: you're already using AI tools to multiply your own output and you're excited to push further
- Bias toward action and process-building; you don't wait for someone to hand you a playbook, and you can build structure in ambiguity without losing momentum
- Experience in fintech, payments, B2B SaaS, or financial services preferred
- New York City based; able to be in-office 3-4 days per week
What the job involves
- The Chief of Staff is the CEO's most trusted operating partner. You will extend his reach across the company: representing him in rooms he cannot be in, carrying his priorities into the executive team, and making sure the decisions that matter get made, communicated, and executed
- This is not a coordination or scheduling role. When you speak, the company should understand that you speak with the CEO's full context and backing
- You will sit at the center of the business. In a given month you might drive the leadership team's operating cadence, pressure-test an executive's plan on the CEO's behalf, prepare and help run a board meeting, own a company-critical special project end to end, or step into a stalled cross-functional effort and get it moving again
- You will see everything the CEO sees, and you will be expected to form independent views and argue for them
- This role suits an experienced operator who has already provided leverage to senior executives and now wants a true seat at the table at a fast-growing fintech. For the right person, it is a launchpad into an executive leadership role at Coast
- Represent the CEO in internal meetings, decisions, and escalations when he cannot be present, exercising judgment about what to resolve directly and what to bring back to him
- Carry the CEO's agenda into the executive team: communicate his priorities and decisions clearly, and hold leaders accountable for commitments on his behalf
- Serve as a trusted sounding board and thought partner, giving the CEO candid, well-reasoned counsel, including when your view differs from his
- Own the leadership team's operating cadence: executive meetings, planning cycles, goal setting, and business reviews, ensuring each produces decisions and follow-through rather than discussion
- Drive meeting preparation so the CEO walks in with the right context, agendas, and materials, and attendees leave aligned on outcomes
- Track decisions and commitments across the executive team and project-manage them through to resolution so nothing falls through the cracks
- Take on complex, high-priority initiatives that don't yet have a clear owner, and drive them end to end: scope, plan, staff, execute, and land the result
- Partner with the CEO and leadership team to develop, formalize, and implement strategies for company growth and operational improvement
- Identify bottlenecks across the business, then troubleshoot and implement solutions with the relevant stakeholders, escalating to the CEO only when needed
- Conduct research and analysis on a wide range of topics, pulling the data and framing the trade-offs the CEO and leadership need to decide well
- Prepare crisp, data-driven materials for the executive team, investors, and the board, and help manage board and investor communications
- In your first year, you'll be successful if you:
- Operate as the CEO's genuine proxy: executives treat your direction as carrying his authority, and he trusts you to resolve issues in his absence without surprises
- Have measurably improved how the executive team runs, with a reliable operating cadence and follow-through system so decisions consistently get executed
- Have personally owned and delivered several company-critical projects that would not have happened, or would have moved far slower, without you
- Are trusted across the leadership team as a fair, discreet, and effective partner who makes every executive around you more effective
Our take
In recent years, companies like Ramp, Brex, Divvy, and others have emerged to provide easier ways for companies to allow their employees to pay for job-related expenses through corporate cards. However, none of these services really work for businesses operating automobile fleets, approximately 10% of B2B card spend in the US.
That’s where Coast comes in, offering a modern card issuing expense solution specifically built for fleets. The Coast card meets the demands of fleet-specific controls, security, and visibility, contributing to preventing fraud and unauthorised use. Its platform allows fleet managers to visualise spend, block or flag transactions for review, and set their own rules for cardholders.
With back-to-back funding rounds awarded in 2024, Coast has been focused on expanding its team and the platform’s capabilities, offering a wider range of financial products - including parking, maintenance, and other on-the-road expenses on top of just fuel. Its Visa Fleet card program, which enables Coast Visa Fleet cardholders to make payments wherever Visa is accepted, makes it an attractive option in the market as fleet management continues to modernise.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
52% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Jul 2024
$40m
SERIES B
Mar 2024
$25m
EARLY VC
Total funding: $98.5m
Company benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage
- Meaningful stock options
- Flexible vacation policy
Company HQ
SoHo, New York, NY
Leadership
Daniel Simon
(Founder & CEO)Previously co-founded consumer finance startup Bread, which sold to Alliance Data Systems for over $500 million in 2020.
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