Office of the CEO, Founder Associate

1 Month ago • All levels • $170,000 PA - $280,000 PA

Job Summary

Job Description

Decagon is seeking Founder Associates to join the Office of the CEO. This role involves working directly with Founders and Executives to scale the business and shape the foundation of a world-class AI company. You will tackle high-priority strategic and operational challenges, drive strategic initiatives, identify areas for improvement, build processes, and ensure successful execution. The ideal candidate is a past founder or aspiring founder with strong operational skills, thrives in fast-paced environments, demonstrates high ownership, and is comfortable owning projects end-to-end.
Must have:
  • Past founder or aspiring founder
  • Killer operator in fast-paced environments
  • High ownership and willingness to wear multiple hats
  • Own projects end-to-end
  • First-principles thinking and data-driven decisions
  • Excellent communicator and influencer
  • Passionate about building from the ground up
  • Bias toward action and intensity

Job Details

About Decagon

Decagon is the leading conversational AI platform empowering every brand to deliver concierge customer experience. Our AI agents provide intelligent, human-like responses across chat, email, and voice, resolving millions of customer inquiries across every language and at any time.

Since coming out of stealth, Decagon has experienced rapid growth. We partner with industry leaders like Hertz, Eventbrite, Duolingo, Oura, Bilt, Curology, and Samsara to redefine customer experience at scale. We've raised over $200M from Bain Capital Ventures, Accel, a16z, BOND Capital, A*, Elad Gil, and notable angels such as the founders of Box, Airtable, Rippling, Okta, Lattice, and Klaviyo.

We’re an in-office company, driven by a shared commitment to excellence and velocity. Our values—customers are everything, relentless momentum, winner’s mindset, and stronger together—shape how we work and grow as a team.

About the Role:

Calling all founders and future founders - Decagon is building out the Office of the CEO.

This is a high leverage, high motor, and high impact team of Founder Associates that works directly with our Founders and Execs to scale the business and shape the foundation of a world-class AI company. You will have a front-row seat and a very direct role in tackling our highest-priority strategic and operational challenges as we continue to grow. You will drive strategic initiatives across the company, identify key areas for improvement, build processes, and ultimately get things done.

You may be a good fit if you have:

  • Are a past founder, or have ambitions of becoming one in the future

  • Are a killer operator who thrives in fast-paced environments, has extremely high ownership, and enjoys wearing multiple hats to take on new and ambiguous challenges

  • Are comfortable owning projects end-to-end, from identifying the problem to implementing scalable solutions

  • Believe in first-principles thinking: you’re extremely good at analyzing problems and using data to inform decisions, optimize processes, and track performance

  • Are an excellent communicator who can partner with cross-functional teams and influence stakeholders at all levels of the organization

  • Are passionate about building from the ground up, with a strong bias toward action and intensity

Compensation:

$170k - $280k + equity

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