
Founders' Office, Business Operations at Decagon (San Francisco, CA)
Decagon· San Francisco, CA· $170k–$250k·
Role details
Take What You Need Vacation Policy · Medical, Dental, And Vision Benefits · Life Insurance And Disability Benefits · Retirement Plan (401K) · Parental Leave · Fertility And Family Building Benefits · Daily Lunches And Snacks · Equity
Decagon at a glance
Autonomous AI agents that resolve enterprise customer support end to end across chat, voice, email, and SMS.
Decagon builds autonomous AI agents for enterprise customer support, handling chat, voice, email, and SMS from one intelligence layer. Its agents resolve requests end to end and take real actions across a company's support stack, with workflows defined in natural language via Agent Operating Procedures so CX teams can iterate without engineering.
$481M+ raised · latest: Series D · $250M · 2026 · backed by Coatue Management, Index Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), Accel
Summary
Join the Founder's Office to work directly with leadership on high-impact strategic and operational initiatives. This role involves driving key projects, building processes, and solving ambiguous challenges to help scale the business.
Job description
About Decagon
Decagon is the leading conversational AI platform empowering every brand to deliver concierge customer experiences. Our technology enables industry-defining enterprises like Avis Budget Group, Block’s Cash App and Square, Chime, Oura Health, and Hunter Douglas to deploy AI agents that power personalized, deeply satisfying interactions across voice, chat, email, SMS, and every other channel. We’re building a future where customer experiences are being redefined from support tickets and hold music to faster resolutions, richer conversations, and deeper relationships. We’re proud to be backed by world-class investors who share that vision, including a16z, Accel, Bain Capital Ventures, Coatue, and Index Ventures, along with many others. We’re an in-office company, driven by a shared commitment to excellence and velocity. Our values — Just Get It Done, Invent What Customers Want, Winner’s Mindset, and The Polymath Principle — shape how we work and grow as a team.
Decagon is looking for someone to join the Business Operations & Strategy team. The Business Operations & Strategy team sits within the Founder’s Office, a team of high-agency generalists and ex-founders with extremely high leverage who own things like partnerships, business development, pricing strategy, AI transformation, data/analytics, growth, and more. This is an exciting role blending strategic thinking and high-caliber execution. We are looking for highly-motivated problem solvers who combine analytical rigor with world-class relationship building skills.
You’ll be working on the most pressing strategic and cross-functional problems that are top of mind for the company. Examples include: accelerating and streamlining our enterprise go-to-market motion, revamping enterprise pricing strategy, setting company-wide OKRs, and building internal platforms and tooling. Given the fast-changing nature of the team, your scope will be primarily determined based on a combination of your experience and company needs. This could mean working across several areas as a generalist or initially taking on a more focused role within the team.
Your background looks something like this
- 2+ years of experience in consulting / investment banking / investing / high-velocity startups
- Are a killer operator who thrives in fast-paced environments, has extremely high ownership, and enjoys wearing multiple hats to take on new and ambiguous challenges
- Are comfortable owning projects end-to-end, from identifying the problem to implementing scalable solutions
- Believe in first-principles thinking: you’re extremely good at analyzing problems and using data to inform decisions, optimize processes, and track performance
- Are an excellent communicator who can partner with cross-functional teams and influence stakeholders at all levels of the organization
- Are passionate about building from the ground up, with a strong bias toward action and intensity
Even better if you have
- Previously been a founder, or aspire to be a founder in the future
- Led and scaled processes or teams
- Have an intimate grasp on using cutting edge AI tooling to supercharge your productivity
- A technical background
Benefits
We proudly offer the following benefits for our full-time employees:
- Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits for you and your family
- Life Insurance and Disability Benefits
- Retirement Plan (e.g., 401K, pension)
- Parental Leave
- Fertility and family building benefits through Carrot
- Monthly stipend to support your wellness, lifestyle, and work-life balance
- Daily lunches and snacks in the office to keep you at your best
- Take what you need vacation policy (subject to local requirements; UK employees receive 25 days of statutory leave)
These benefits are described in more detail in Decagon’s policies, may vary by location, and can change at any time according to applicable compensation and benefits plans.
Why work at Decagon
- Culture: Described as "Eng-Driven, Ship Fast, Equity, Product Impact" by employees. Values include: "Just get it done," "Invent what customers want," "Winner's mindset," "The Polymath Principle" (cross-functional collaboration) decagon.ai/careers
- Compensation: "We hire the best and treat them accordingly" — competitive compensation philosophy; Glassdoor rating: 3.9/5.0 (257 reviews), Compensation: 5.0/5.0 in Glassdoor-style internal review jobsbyculture.com
- Benefits:
- 100% medical, dental, and vision coverage for dependents
- 401k and FSA/commuter benefits
- Flexible PTO + company-wide winter break shutdown
- Free daily lunches, dinner, and snacks at HQ
- Wellness programs and company events decagon.ai/careers
- Remote/Hybrid/Office: HQ in San Francisco (2261 Market Street); London office (50 York Way). Roles span remote, hybrid, and on-site options based on job postings.
- Engineering culture: 89 technical employees (21% of workforce), Staff/Senior Research Engineer roles for Voice + Speech; "Build, optimize, and scale AI agents" is core identity. Alumni go on to OpenAI, Datadog, Postman, Accel — strong talent pipeline.
- Growth trajectory: 134 open roles; 300+% headcount growth YoY; $4.5B valuation at 3 years old — extremely high-growth environment ideal for career acceleration.
- Notable perk: "We’re building a future where customer experiences are being redefined from support tickets and hold music to faster resolutions" — employees report high product impact and ownership.