--- title: 'Chief of Staff at Scope AI' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/chief-of-staff-scope-ai-london-s21b7dbezam0' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-09-17' --- # Chief of Staff at Scope AI - **Company:** Scope AI - **Location:** London, United Kingdom - **Employment:** full-time - **Work type:** onsite - **Posted:** 2026-09-15 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-17 - **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/getscope/95f57c60-feb7-49e7-8390-0989b4418f21 ## Job description Chief of Staff Scope automates the data collection that’s slowing down the physical world. We’re building the AI-native data collection layer for 2 billion field workers and, along the way, the world’s largest dataset on the condition of the built world and the decisions experts make about it. It’s a huge market with a perfect fit for AI. Our customers inspect facilities and products for companies including Shell, AstraZeneca and SpaceX. ## About the Role We’re hiring a Chief of Staff to work directly with our CEO on building and scaling Scope. You’ll improve how our teams operate, help us hire and develop exceptional people, and own projects across company strategy and operations. You’ll have substantial autonomy and be expected to identify problems, challenge decisions and take work through to completion. The role will involve periods of high intensity work and substantial travel. In this role you will: - Work with the CEO and team leads on team structure, evaluating performance and developing people as the company grows. - Work on removing bottlenecks from some of our largest deals and building efficiency and repeatability from a large ACV deal structure. - Work across Scope’s teams to understand how each operates, identify bottlenecks and implement changes that improve speed and quality. - Partner with Head of Talent to improve how we attract and assess candidates, including our employer brand, interview process and work trials. - Own company reporting and weekly updates, bringing together financial and operational metrics to inform decisions and keep the team aligned. - Strengthen financial operations, including spending, invoice processes and visibility into burn. Work on materials for investor updates. - Organise company and recruiting events, and coordinate our presence at industry conferences, including sponsorships/ partnerships. - Lead projects across brand, marketing and internal tools. Identify what needs attention, figure out best approach and take responsibility for delivering it. Requirements for the role: - Experience owning complex projects in a high-growth company (successful startup, IB, MBB), ideally in a strategy or operations role. - A track record of turning loosely defined problems into concrete results with limited direction. - Strong analytical skills and confidence working with financial and operational data. - The judgement and communication skills to challenge senior leaders, work effectively with technical teams and develop less experienced colleagues. - High standards and attention to detail. You take responsibility for implementation and follow through. - You thrive in an environment with high expectations, substantial autonomy and changing priorities. Work is onsite, 5 days a week, or at client-site (chemical plants, oil rigs, manufacturing facilities etc). ## What We Offer Direct access to the CEO, ownership across the business and the opportunity to build experience for founding or leading a company. - Competitive base salary and significant equity - Full visa sponsorship - Private healthcare and dental - Lunch and dinner in the office - Commitment to being your first check if you leave to found ## About Scope AI ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: Scope AI builds an AI-native inspection platform that automates data collection, reporting, and workflow management for industrial field inspectors. - **Entity Type**: Private (Seed / Series A – raised ~$24M total) - **Headquarters**: London, United Kingdom (Covent Garden) - **Founded**: 2024 - **Founders**: Jonathan Low (Co-Founder & CEO), Jakob Cassiman (Co-Founder) ## Core Business - **Primary industry**: Testing, Inspection, and Certification (TIC) software; industrial AI - **Target customers**: B2B – TIC companies, heavy asset operators in aerospace, chemical, energy, infrastructure; customers include 7 of the top 10 largest inspection providers, with clients like AstraZeneca and SpaceX - **Mission**: Make physical data as accessible as digital data – freeing inspectors to focus on expert judgment instead of admin ## Products & Services - **Scope AI Platform** (SaaS / AI-native) - **AI-assisted workflows**: Guides inspectors through processes, surfaces relevant data, and auto‑fills forms based on prior inspections. - **Voice, video, and form capture**: Works offline in rough conditions – no manual data entry. - **One‑click report generation**: Creates Word, Excel, or PDF reports from field data. - **Custom workflow builder**: Configure complete inspection workflows with AI‑assisted setup and integrations to standard industry systems. - **Role‑based access & SSO**: Granular permissions, audit trails, temporary contractor access. - **Security**: Military‑grade encryption, automatic PII redaction, multi‑region infrastructure with data sovereignty. ## Market Standing - **Valuation / Market Cap**: Not disclosed - **Key Metric**: Total funding ~$24M ($4M seed from Susa Ventures + $20M round led by Index Ventures). Revenue grew 10× in the last year; on track to reach $10M ARR in 2026. - **Notable Investors/Partners**: - Index Ventures (backers of Figma, Revolut, Wiz) - Susa Ventures - Board Advisor: Rob van Dorp (former CEO Intertek UK & Ireland) - **Growth Signals**: - Headcount growth +166.7% YoY (15 employees), with offices in London, India, Brazil, and Austria. - Monthly website traffic +118% (7.5k visits). - Claims 55% reduction in manual data entry, 10× faster inspections, and average reporting time of 12 minutes. - Trusted by 7 of the top 10 largest inspection providers. ## Competitive Advantages - **First‑mover in AI‑native TIC**: Purpose‑built for a paper‑and‑pen industry, with offline capability crucial for field work. - **Deep domain integration**: Embedding into customer systems (PDFs, Excel, existing workflows) – not a generic form tool. - **Data moat**: Building the world’s largest dataset on the condition of the built world and expert inspection decisions. - **Enterprise‑grade security**: Military‑grade encryption, PII redaction, and compliance (SSO, audit trails) out of the box. ## Strategic Focus - **US expansion**: Post‑Series A, targeting deployment engineers and customers in North America (hiring expected in Middle East and Asia later). - **Series A runway**: Aiming to raise a Series A in 9–12 months (predicted from mid‑2025 article); current funding supports growth to >$1M ARR in 2025. - **Scaling the platform**: Continuing to build AI agents that automate the entire inspection lifecycle while growing the proprietary dataset. ## Why Work Here - **Culture**: Described as a “career‑defining place” – real ownership, surrounded by top talent, with 100% of alumni founding VC‑backed companies. - **Location**: On‑site in London (Covent Garden). Visa support available. - **Team**: Best‑in‑class hires from institutions like Imperial, Carnegie Mellon, Oxford, and companies like Goldman Sachs, Flexport, Amazon. - **Roles open**: Senior Software Engineer, Software Engineer, Forward Deployed Engineer, Deployment Lead, Deployment Associate, Deployment Strategist. - **Impact**: Early‑stage role where you define new paradigms for a $250B+ market; revenue already growing 10× YoY. ## Sources 1. [getscope.ai](https://www.getscope.ai/) 2. [jobs.ashbyhq.com/getscope](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/getscope) 3. [LinkedIn – Scope AI](https://uk.linkedin.com/company/scopeinspection) 4. 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