Chief Of Staff @VC backed company

Job summary
Permanent contract
Lyon
Occasional remote
Salary: Not specified
Starting date: September 30, 2025
Experience: > 4 years
Education: Master's Degree
Skills & expertise
Motivational skills
Fundraising
Communication skills
Relationship building
Problem-solving skills

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The position

Job description

This is a highly operational role in an early-stage, fast-moving start-up. This is not a “keep-the-trains-running” position, but a force multiplier: you will be the CEO’s right hand in turning strategy into execution, resolving cross-team bottlenecks and making sure the company stays focused on the highest-leverage priorities. This is not an administrative role: you will drive critical company initiatives end-to-end, unlock operational leverage across all teams and elevate decision-making at a pivotal scale-up moment. You will touch everything: product, clinical partnerships, HR, investors relationships and finance. Your mission will be to help the CEO and leadership team stay effective, aligned and focused on high-leverage priorities. More concretely:

Strategy & Execution

  • Translate CEO/leadership priorities into clear plans and execution rhythms,

  • Track key milestones and metrics, ensuring follow-ups and decisions arrive fast,

  • Co-lead cross-functional initiatives such as market entry, regulatory milestones or go-to-market experiments

Operations

  • Support and progressively take ownership of key operations across the company,

  • Prepare meetings and meeting agendas, that sharpen leadership thinking,

  • Strengthen internal communication and culture as we grow,

  • Help recruit, onboard and enable key leaders and critical hires.

Fundraising, Investors & Financing

  • Support relationships with current and future investors; contribute to fundraising preparation and execution,

  • Coordinate public financing programs (Bpifrance, EIC, etc.) and ensure submissions.

Partnerships & Business Support

  • Help manage relationships with strategic partners and key stakeholders,

  • Support business and commercial activities.

  • Build structured analysis for new opportunities: markets, competitors, pricing and regulatory paths,

  • Contribute to financial planning and reporting with the leadership team.


Preferred experience

We are looking for the following qualifications but do not worry if you don’t match all of them:

  • Startup experience and a strong bias for action,

  • 5+ years of experience in high-pace environments (product, operations or healthcare),

  • Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills.

  • Exceptional communication: concise, clear, persuasive and tactful,

  • Deep motivation by patient impact,

  • Fluency in English and French

Preferred

  • Technical background (engineering, computer science, AI, biomedical),

  • Experience in Healthcare / Medtech, Deeptech, or regulated environments,

  • Additional languages.

What we offer

  • Opportunity to work with a mission-driven company revolutionizing women’s health,

  • A collaborative and entrepreneurial environment with a fast-growing startup,

  • Competitive compensation including base salary, performance-based bonus and potential ownership,

  • A clear growth path toward COO or VP Operations.

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