Chief of Staff

Chief of Staff (Finance / Legal Background)

Location: Singapore

Reports to: Founder & CEO

Focus: Strategic execution, fundraising, financial planning, and corporate governance

About AIsa

AIsa is building the resource and transaction network for the AI agent economy. Through one programmable interface, AI agents and developers can discover, access, and pay for AI models, APIs, data, software tools, and other digital resources on a usage basis.

As announced in July 2026, AIsa had raised US$6.5 million in total funding, including a seed round co-led by Alibaba and Tribe Capital. Other investors include Draper Associates, Sumitomo Corporation, and Saison Capital.

Our business sits at the intersection of AI, developer infrastructure, and payments. Building it requires more than a strong product: commercial terms, financial discipline, and risk management need to work together.

The role

We are looking for a Chief of Staff with a strong finance or legal background to work directly with our Founder & CEO on the company's most important priorities.

You will connect strategy with execution, turn complex issues into clear decisions, and drive projects across fundraising, business operations, commercial partnerships, and governance. This is a hands-on role for someone who brings professional depth, commercial judgment, and ownership.

This is not an executive assistant role. Nor do we expect one person to replace both a CFO and General Counsel. We are looking for depth in finance or law, the ability to work across both, and sound judgment about when to involve specialist advisers.

What you will do

Drive company priorities

• Partner with the CEO to translate company priorities into clear owners, milestones, and deliverables.

• Lead high-priority projects across product, engineering, commercial, and operations teams, resolving dependencies and keeping execution on track.

• Prepare concise decision memos covering the facts, options, financial implications, key risks, and recommended next steps.

Support fundraising and corporate governance

• Coordinate fundraising preparation and execution, including financial models, investor materials, data rooms, due diligence, and transaction timelines.

• Prepare investor updates and board materials, ensuring that operating metrics, financial information, and key developments are accurate and consistent.

• Work with professional advisers on capital structure, employee equity arrangements, and corporate governance, maintaining clear documentation and decision records.

Strengthen financial planning and business visibility

• Build and improve budgets, cash-flow forecasts, and operating dashboards with the relevant internal owners and external advisers.

• Analyse revenue, supplier costs, gross margins, pricing, and unit economics across a usage-based business; identify implications for resource allocation and cash flow.

• Coordinate accounting, tax, and settlement-related work, and establish practical financial processes and controls appropriate to the company's stage.

Manage commercial and legal workstreams

• Drive commercial review and negotiations with customers, model and data providers, distribution partners, and payment partners; coordinate legal review with counsel.

• Pay particular attention to API and data licensing, resale rights, intellectual property, privacy, service commitments, and liability allocation.

• Work with specialist advisers to assess applicable requirements for cross-border payments, stablecoin settlement, and other relevant activities before products or partnerships launch.

• Establish lightweight contract approval and risk escalation processes that support business momentum without overlooking material risks.

What we are looking for

• A strong foundation in finance or law. Relevant backgrounds include investment banking, corporate finance, strategic finance, investment firms, private practice, in-house legal, or transactional law. Dual qualifications are not required.

• Typically 5+ years of relevant experience, with a track record of independently driving transactions, fundraising processes, commercial negotiations, or company-wide projects. Scope of responsibility and results matter more than tenure alone.

• Commercial judgment beyond your professional discipline. You can translate a financial or legal issue into actionable business choices, rather than stopping at a model, document, or list of risks.

• Strong execution in ambiguous environments: you clarify what matters, propose a way forward, coordinate stakeholders, and follow through.

• Excellent written communication and negotiation skills, with the ability to work confidently in English on business materials, contracts, and external communications.

• Discretion with sensitive information and the judgment to escalate material issues or seek specialist advice.

• Curiosity about AI agents, APIs, usage-based business models, and payments, and a practical approach to using AI tools in your work.

Nice to have

• Experience in an early-stage or high-growth technology company, Founder's Office, Chief of Staff, or business operations role.

• Exposure to cross-border fundraising, employee equity plans, corporate structuring, or significant commercial partnerships.

• Familiarity with SaaS, API platforms, fintech, payments, or stablecoin-related businesses.

• Experience building financial, contract, or governance processes from scratch; a CPA, CFA charter, legal qualification, or other relevant professional credential.

What success looks like in your first 90 days

First 30 days: Understand the business and team, review cash flow, key contracts, fundraising readiness, and material risks, and agree on priorities with the CEO.

By 60 days: Establish a practical rhythm for operating reviews and project execution, improve core financial and corporate documentation, and put essential contract tracking and approval processes in place.

By 90 days: Move at least one priority fundraising, partnership, or operational initiative to a meaningful milestone, while giving the CEO and team clearer decision support and stronger execution visibility.

Why join AIsa

Work directly with the founder on decisions that shape the company's growth, capital allocation, and risk profile. Apply your finance or legal expertise to real commercial outcomes, from pricing and partnerships to fundraising and product launches. Help build the operating foundations of a business serving a new generation of AI agents.