Full Time Chief of Staff for ai Tech Startup Co-Founder
Poppy AI
Culver City · California · United States
Full-time
5-10
3,000 – 10,000
5d ago
95%
Strong
Job description
You will be the Chief of Staff of an ADHD co-founder who’s building a billion dollar startup… Me 👋
Hi, I’m Qazi 🤗.
… I’m a nerd who absolutely LOVES chess.
adhd/neurodivergent as fuck with an insanely abnormal sleep schedule (one day i’m waking up 9 am, another at 9 pm 🤣).
… and I’m happiest when I’m sleep deprived. Because that normally means I’m obsessed with what I’m working on during that time.
Your job is to keep me mentally & physically jacked 💪.
If you already know this is you, apply here:
https://tally.so/r/44PYLb
I’m looking for the person who helps run my life, my schedule, my follow-through, my personal ops, and a lot of the chaos around a fast-growing company.
Your job has two parts:
1. REACT fast when I need something
2. ANTICIPATE what I need before I have to ask
If you’re elite, this role will be one of the most important roles in my life.
You’ll be helping me move faster, think clearer, stay organized, get to the gym, make better decisions, follow through on commitments, hire better people, and stop important things from falling through the cracks.
I run fast.
Poppy is doing millions per year.
I have 1M+ YouTube subscribers.
I’m constantly building, hiring, launching, traveling, creating, and solving problems.
I need someone who can keep up.
And I don’t want a boring corporate robot.
I want a goofy, cracked, highly competent operator who can laugh, brainstorm deeply, use AI like a weapon, and make my life 10x smoother.
You are basically becoming the architect of my entire life.
WHAT MY DREAM PERSON LOOKS LIKE
✅ Fast as hell
Texts are quick.
Research is quick.
Follow-up is quick.
Loop closing is quick.
When I hand you something, I don’t want it disappearing into the void.
I want momentum.
✅ AI-native
You should be using AI constantly.
ChatGPT.
Claude.
Poppy.
Notion.
Claude Code.
Agents.
Automations.
Whatever helps you move faster.
I want someone who sees AI as an extension of their brain.
✅ Systems-obsessed
Notion should be your playground.
You should love building systems for:
- calendar
- travel
- hiring
- follow-up
- reminders
- personal ops
- team coordination
- project tracking
- recurring workflows
- AI agents
I don’t just want tasks done.
I want my life to become easier because you designed better systems around me.
✅ You understand ADHD / chaotic founder energy
My brain moves fast.
I jump between ideas.
I get excited.
I change direction.
I see 50 possibilities at once.
I need someone who can follow the thread, capture the gold, organize the chaos, and help me execute.
If fast-moving creative chaos drains you, this is not the role.
If it energizes you, we might be dangerous together.
✅ You are fun to be around
This matters.
You’re going to shadow me a lot.
You’re going to hear my ideas.
You’re going to help me think.
You’re going to be around my business, personal life, travel, gym, chess, random projects, and insane brainstorms.
I want someone I actually enjoy talking to.
Highly competent.
Goofy.
Sharp.
Funny.
Positive.
Builder energy.
I want to see your name pop up on iMessage and think:
“hell yes, let’s cook.”
✅ You are a life designer
You’re not just booking what I ask for.
You’re helping design a better life.
Example:
If I say “I want to play more chess,” you don’t just say “cool.”
You find chess tournaments.
You research cool locations.
You figure out where elite players are going.
You find out Magnus Carlsen is playing in Norway.
You map flights, hotels, schedules, logistics, and turn it into an actual plan.
That’s the level.
You help me build a life that is healthier, more fun, more ambitious, and more alive.
✅ You can shadow me and soak up context
I want someone who can learn me deeply.
How I think.
How I decide.
What annoys me.
What excites me.
Who matters.
What projects matter.
What balls cannot drop.
The more you shadow me, the more dangerous you become.
Eventually, I want you to be able to make decisions on my behalf because you understand my taste, standards, and priorities.
✅ You can help me hire killers
A huge part of this role is talent.
I need you helping me screen people.
Growth marketers.
Operators.
Agencies.
Contractors.
Assistants.
Editors.
Whoever.
You should be able to help me filter talent, coordinate interviews, run trial tasks, spot red flags, and save me from wasting time with people who sound good but suck.
DISQUALIFIERS
❌ You are slow
❌ You need tons of hand-holding
❌ You don’t use AI every day
❌ You are not systems-minded
❌ You hate chaos
❌ You can’t handle direct communication
❌ You want a predictable 9-5
❌ You are boring to brainstorm with
❌ You don’t have an iPhone
❌ You don’t have iMessage
❌ You use Windows 🤮
You have to be REALLY fucking good if you want to overcome this one.
So good, in fact, that I get convinced to buy you a MacBook haha 🤣
❌ Work-life balance or you’ve been “burned out” before
I hate ALL “B” words.
“Burnout.”
“Boundaries.”
“Balance.”
🤮
Anytime someone like that gets in my life, I start hating them with a capital H.
It slows me down and kills my momentum and excitement to come up with and execute on new ideas.
I FEED off energy and MOMENTUM.
WHAT YOU’LL OWN
- calendar
- reminders
- travel
- personal logistics
- life planning
- gym consistency
- chess / hobbies / fun life design
- research
- Notion systems
- AI agent systems
- follow-up
- hiring pipeline
- talent screening
- inbox / message triage
- team coordination
- making sure important things do not get dropped
ACTION STEP: APPLY HERE 👉 https://tally.so/r/44PYLb
If your application is strong, I’ll send you the next step: a real Chief of Staff challenge.
I’m not looking for average.
I’m looking for the person who makes me say:
“holy shit. where have you been?”
Ok… GOOD LUCK.
I’m EXCITED to work with YOUUU ❤️🔥🚀!!!!
-Qazi