Chief of Staff to Founder & CTO
Role Overview
The Chief of Staff role involves working closely with the Founder/CTO to design and scale the engineering organization, aligning technical initiatives across teams and owning cross-team programs. This senior-level position requires a blend of technical expertise and business acumen, with a focus on building processes and systems to enhance operational efficiency and drive company priorities.
Perks & Benefits
This position offers the opportunity for high autonomy in defining and driving initiatives, along with a clear career path toward CTO or VP roles. The remote setup allows for flexibility, and the company culture emphasizes visibility across the organization, enabling direct collaboration with leadership during a critical scaling phase.
Full Job Description
Join blp – The #1 Solution for ERP Automation
blp is a high-performance ETH and HSG spin-off redefining ERP automation with AI. We solve real enterprise problems with cutting-edge tech and a strong sense of ownership. Our solution is in production across 40+ countries, used by 20'000+ daily active users, automating 70'000+ processes every day.
Our AI-driven ERP automation is transforming finance, procurement, logistics, sales, and more. As one of Switzerland's fastest-growing SaaS scale-ups, we are proudly self-financed and fully employee-owned.
Our success stems from deep expertise in technology and business processes, delivering a superior product with an outstanding product-to-market fit, proven by our growing customer base, including Fortune 500 companies.
Our rapid growth and career opportunities have been recognised with the LinkedIn Top Startup Award, and we’re just getting started. Our HQ? Zürich’s iconic Bahnhofstrasse, a fitting home for a company redefining how businesses operate.
Ready to build the future? Join blp today.
We are looking for a Chief of Staff to the Founder / CTO to help scale our fast-growing enterprise SaaS company at the intersection of ERP automation, AI agents, and large-scale enterprise software.
This role is designed for someone with both strong technical depth and business thinking - someone who can go deep into any function of the company, understand how it works, define what great looks like, and then help build the processes, systems, and AI agents to get there. You will work directly with the Founder (acting as CTO / CPO / CIO) and operate across engineering, product, AI, and company-level initiatives.
This is not a coordination role. This is a builder + operator + strategist role. It's an ideal role for someone who wants to become a Founder, CTO or VP Engineering.
Key Responsibilities:
Design and scale the engineering org: structure, hiring, processes
Align technical initiatives across engineering, product, and AI teams
Own cross-team programs (e.g. PLG platform, internal AI tooling, developer productivity)
Build new teams from scratch and transition them to long-term ownership
Remove management bottlenecks and drive execution on top company priorities
Requirements:
Degree in Computer Science or similar
2+ years as a software engineer, then moved into consulting, product, or technical leadership
Strong grasp of both software architecture and business strategy
Fast learner who thrives on unstructured problems
Comfortable working directly with founders and C-level
Nice to Have:
Experience with AI, LLMs, or agentic systems
Background in enterprise SaaS or ERP automation
Track record of building engineering teams from zero
Prior CoS, technical PM, or founding engineer experience
Benefits:
Work directly with the Founder/CTO with visibility across the entire company
Career path toward CTO, VP Eng/Product, or future founder
High autonomy to define and drive initiatives end to end
Shape engineering culture during a critical scaling phase
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