Chief of Staff
Founder-facing. Strategic and operational in equal measure. The person who makes the CEO more effective every single day — and takes things from half-formed idea to finished output.
Strategic leverage at the founding layer
Lima Xi is a seed-stage AI company developing a predictive intelligence platform for global air cargo and trade capacity, building toward a Series A at Month 18. Company leadership brings decades of senior operating experience across aviation, logistics and enterprise technology.
This is a rare early-stage Chief of Staff role: you will sit at the centre of everything — investor relations, product strategy, commercial execution and the internal rhythm of a fast-moving startup. You will report directly to the CEO, working as a force multiplier across every dimension of the business.
This role is deliberately outward-looking and founder-facing, built around strategic leverage rather than day-to-day operational management. Talent over title — we are open on background, seniority and industry.
Company leadership
The mandate
01Strategic support
- Prepare and refine investor materials, board communications and strategic briefings
- Conduct market, competitor and commercial research — raw data into clear recommendations
- Own special projects end to end, from scoping to delivery
- Track strategic priorities and ensure nothing falls through the cracks
02Investor & stakeholder relations
- Support the active seed fundraise — pipeline tracking, deck preparation, follow-up coordination
- Draft and manage communications with investors, advisors and key partners
- Prepare the CEO for high-stakes meetings with crisp pre-reads and structured follow-ups
03Operational rhythm
- Own the CEO's priorities — manage what gets attention, when and why
- Drive internal accountability: meeting cadences, decision logs, action tracking
- Identify where the business is losing time or focus, and fix it
- Liaise between the CEO and the broader team to keep execution aligned with strategy
04Commercial & GTM support
- Support early enterprise sales efforts — research, outreach preparation, materials
- Help build relationships with airlines, GSAs, freight forwarders and trade partners
- Assist with pricing strategy, partnership structuring and commercial documentation
What we're looking for
Essential
- Exceptional written and spoken English — you write clearly, concisely and with precision
- Sharp analytical mind, comfortable with financial models, market sizing and structured reasoning
- High ownership — you finish what you start and raise your hand when something is off
- Discreet, trustworthy and emotionally intelligent
- Comfortable with ambiguity — this is a startup and the playbook is being written
Mindset & character
- Curious and self-directed — you don't wait for a brief to start thinking
- Calm under pressure, decisive when it counts
- Commercially minded — you understand how businesses grow and where value is created
- A builder at heart, energised by early-stage environments rather than intimidated by them
- Low ego, high standards
Valuable experience
- Prior chief-of-staff, strategy or adjacent role (consulting, banking, venture, startup)
- Supporting a founder, C-suite executive or investment professional
- Investor relations, fundraising support or board communication experience
- Exposure to SaaS, logistics, aviation or trade finance — any one is a plus
- Project management in fast-moving, resource-constrained environments
A genuine plus
- Mandarin, Cantonese or other Asian languages
- Familiarity with AI tools and how to use them to move faster
- Experience with automation (Make.com, Zapier or similar)
- Prior exposure to seed-stage fundraising processes
- A network in Hong Kong's or Hong Kong's startup, trade or aviation ecosystem
The highest-leverage seat in the company
Chief of Staff at a seed-stage AI company is one of the highest-leverage positions in the market. You will touch every part of the business and learn at a pace no corporate role can match.
- Direct access to the founding team — no filters, no layers, no politics
- A front-row seat to building a category-defining intelligence platform
- Exposure to institutional investors, global trade operators and aviation leaders
- A clear growth path — chief-of-staff roles at this stage routinely evolve into VP, GM or operating partner positions
- Competitive compensation with equity participation
- Hong Kong-based with remote-friendly flexibility and international travel
- A team that respects your time, trusts your judgement and invests in your development
Before you apply
What seniority is this role pitched at?
Deliberately open. We care about judgement, clarity of thinking and ownership far more than years of experience or a prior title. We have seen this role work brilliantly at both three and fifteen years of experience.
How is this different from an operations role?
This role is founder-facing and outward-looking, weighted roughly evenly between strategic and operational work. It is about leverage — making the leadership team more effective — rather than owning a functional area.
What does the growth path look like?
Chief-of-staff roles at seed stage routinely evolve into VP, GM or operating partner positions as the company scales. We would expect to have that conversation within the first year.
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