About the Role
Zania is seeking an ex-founder to act as a co-pilot to the founding team, driving critical 0-to-1 initiatives, growth experiments, and investor relations in a hyper-growth environment.
Responsibilities
- Drive 0-to-1 strategic initiatives, building critical business areas from the ground up.
- Act as a high-agency growth engine, identifying GTM motions, building partnerships, and executing experiments.
- Manage investor relations, including fundraising strategy, board decks, and capital allocation.
- Operate as a founder proxy with authority to unblock teams and accelerate decision-making.
- Concept, execute, and iterate on business strategies with high autonomy and low friction.
Requirements
- Experience as a Founder, Co-Founder, or early executive at a venture-backed or bootstrapped startup.
- Track record of scaling revenue, operations, or product initiatives from zero to tangible traction.
- Deep understanding of B2B/Enterprise SaaS growth dynamics and venture capital operations.
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills for interacting with CISOs, Fortune 500 executives, and investors.
- Financial and analytical fluency for modeling growth scenarios, building forecasts, and structuring strategic bets.
Skills
- Founder DNA
- Extreme Agency
- Strategic & Tactical Range
- Execution Speed
- Commercial Taste
Location
- Palo Alto, California
Work Type
- In-person
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Founder
- Early Executive
Benefits
- Flexible PTO policy
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance
- Meals and snacks in the office
- Relocation support
- Competitive Compensation & Equity
About the Company
- Zania is building agentic AI for Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) to automate and augment complex risk and compliance workflows.
- Customers include notable enterprises like FAANG and Big 4 firms.
- Funded by a leading Tier 1 venture capital fund.
- Team includes AI and Security leaders from companies like Airbnb, Microsoft, and Bain & Company.
- Engineers and GRC experts work at the forefront of applied AI.
- Experienced 10x ARR growth in the last year and is rapidly expanding.
Equal Opportunity
- Zania is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy or related condition, or any other basis protected by law.
