Chief of Staff - Robotics & AI Startup

THEKER Robotics - Chief of Staff

About THEKER Robotics ️

THEKER is a cutting-edge robotics and AI startup revolutionizing the industrial automation space. We operate in a super fast-paced environment, constantly tackling complex challenges and pushing the boundaries of robotics innovation. Our mission is to build intelligent, efficient, and adaptable robotic systems that make a real impact in the world.

Backed by top tier venture capital and a growing roster of global industrial clients, we are at a key point: expanding rapidly and scaling our deployment platform across multiple industries. This is where you come in.

Your Mission

Acting as the founder's primary thought partner and execution arm, you will:

1. Quickly triage inbound demands, transform chaos into structured plans, and make sure nothing mission critical slips through the cracks
2. Stand up new workstreams (e.g., hiring engine, supply chain ops, facility moves) from zero to stable, then hand them over to domain experts once repeatability is proven.
3. Create leverage across the company by applying best practices, aligning teams, and accelerating decision velocity.

This role is ideal for a builder operator who thrives on making order out of ambiguity and who measures success in multiplied impact rather than personal spotlight.

What You'll Be Driving

I. Founders Leverage & Strategic Projects

• Serve as gatekeeper, prioritiser and sounding board.
• Translate loosely defined ideas into structured, time boxed projects with clear owners and success metrics.
• Prepare board materials, investor updates and strategic narratives that reflect real time progress.

II. Hiring & Talent Operations

• Design and run a fast, data driven hiring funnel for engineering, supply chain, manufacturing and business teams.
• Implement onboarding playbooks that compress ramp up time and embed cultural values from day one.

III. Supply Chain & Operational Excellence

• Stand up the initial supply chain functions: source suppliers, negotiate terms, and define quality KPIs.
• Identify and unblock operational bottlenecks, factory layout, inventory turns, shipping lead times, and drive cross functional fixes.
• Capture learnings, then transition steady state ownership to a dedicated team.

IV. Culture & Systems

• Codify rituals that reinforce ownership, urgency and humility.
• Build lightweight knowledge management and doc ops so information travels faster than people do.
• Model roll up your sleeves leadership, no task beneath you, no process above redesign.

You'll Likely Excel Here If

• 3-5 years in operator / builder roles (founder's office, high growth ops, consulting turned startup operator, VC platform, etc.).
• Track record of bootstrapping functions from scratch
• Systems thinker with bias to action
• Fluent across altitude levels
• Strong analytical & communication skills
• Low ego, high ownership: driven by mission, eager to give credit, unafraid to ask dumb questions, relentless about follow through.

Extra credit for experience in robotics, manufacturing, hardware supply chains, or deep tech start ups.

What You'll Get at THEKER

• Great offices in Barcelona.
• Unfiltered exposure to the company's most strategic workstreams.
• Mentorship from world-class robotics experts, operators, and investors.
• Chance to scale and elevate a market defining robotics company.
• A culture of intensity, ambition and ownership, built for those who want their work to matter, we're all in.

Ready to Multiply Our Impact?

We're searching for a Chief of Staff who treats THEKER's mission as their own, someone who loves building processes that outlive their direct involvement and who finds satisfaction in handing over a humming engine to specialised leaders.

If that sounds like you, let's talk.