ISO: Chief of Staff
Role: Chief of Staff
Location: Amsterdam
Team: Keen Venture Partners
Reports to: General Partner
About the Role
This is not a gatekeeping or purely coordination role. We’re looking for someone who helps us move faster, stay focused, and raise our game. You’ll be a close sparring partner to the partners and the wider team, helping to keep priorities on track, tighten processes, and make sure momentum doesn't get lost.
You’ll touch nearly every part of the firm. That includes supporting fundraising, managing internal rhythms, improving how we work with LPs, and spotting patterns in our dealflow. You’ll help us stay sharp, structured, and externally clear, while also keeping the internal wheels turning.
This role suits someone who thrives in fast-moving environments, enjoys context-switching, and isn’t afraid to chase loose ends or ask difficult questions. You’ll need to care about quality, detail, and clarity, while also knowing when to move things along.
What You'll Work On
Internal leverage
- Lead recruitment and thoughtful onboarding for interns
- Facilitate team performance reviews
- Step in where needed to get a critical projects over the line
Keeping the firm aligned and moving
- Point person for coordinating offsite strategy & content
- Maintain factsheets and updates on portfolio companies that are fundraising
- Run internal board meetings; track team OKRs and help ensure follow-up actually happens
Support on founder relationships
- Support with creation of tools and programs for founders (e.g. fundraising bootcamp, GTM material etc)
- Keep a live list of shareable non-core deals & internal high priority target list
- Own internal CRM database, keeping it organized and ensuring the team is using it at max efficiency
Dealflow and AI sourcing
- Manage the AI scraping engine for areas like SMB, FinOps, etc. and ensure proper follow up by investment team
- Spot patterns in inbound and scraped deals and flag emerging themes
- Coordinate thesis work & knowledge sharing
What We’re Looking For
- You’ve worked in VC, startups, consulting, or a similar fast-paced environment
- You’re highly structured and comfortable with ambiguity
- You know how to communicate clearly, both in writing and in person
- You’re comfortable working across seniority levels and navigating complex situations, thriving with autonomy
- You’re proactive, fast to learn, and not afraid to ask questions
- You likely have 3 to 6 years of relevant experience and want to be close to the action
Sound like you? Email your resume and 2-3 sentences describing your interest in the role to talent@keenventurepartners.com