Chief of Staff at Hexa

Founded in 2025 by Lydia Bellahouel (CEO) and Camille Epitalon (CTO), Verso is backed by Hexa (eFounders), the pioneer startup studio in Europe, having launched 35+ companies, including unicorns like Front, Aircall and Spendesk combining 230m+ ARR and 750m raised. Verso is rewriting the rules of consumer research, in a market that is being highly disrupted by AI. We need a seasoned industry voice who can walk into any insights team in the world, earn their trust in the first ten minutes, and show them a better way. About Verso & who we are Verso is an AI-native consumer research platform. Our AI conducts 1:1 qualitative interviews at scale in any language, then analyzes transcripts into structured, actionable reports in under a week, at a fraction of traditional cost. We serve global brands across the world. We are a small team with high standards and a clear thesis: consumer research has been broken for decades, and AI is finally the right tool to fix it. Verso was founded by Lydia & Camille. Lydia spent 7 years at BCG leading AI-powered transformation for CPGs and knows the pain inside out. Camille is an AI expert and pioneer in agentic systems. Why this role exists We have built an AI that runs qualitative interviews at scale and turns interviews into structured insights. The technology works. What we need now is someone who can help us scale with intention: someone who brings structure to our growth without slowing it down, and who can hold the strategic and the operational in the same hand. This is a role for someone who is genuinely comfortable operating at the level of ideas and the level of execution, sometimes on the same day, and who finds that energizing rather than exhausting. You will work directly with the founders across everything that sits at the intersection of strategy, delivery, and product. You will own things, not just advise on them. And because you will see every part of the business, you will have real influence over where we go next. What you will own - Operational backbone. You design and own the processes that make Verso run: how studies are scoped, staffed, tracked, and delivered. You identify where things break before they actually break, and you fix them without waiting to be asked. - Strategic clarity. You help the founders think through the decisions that matter: which markets to prioritize, how to structure our offer, what our roadmap should look like in 12 months. You are comfortable with ambiguity and know how to bring structure to a messy problem without oversimplifying it. - Product translation. You sit at the intersection of client feedback and product development. You synthesize what you observe across studies and client conversations into clear, actionable input for the product and engineering team. You understand what clients actually need versus what they say they need. - Cross-functional glue. In a small team, things fall through the cracks when everyone is heads-down. You are the person who notices, connects the dots, and makes sure the right people are talking to each other at the right moment. - Fundraising and investor relationships. You work closely with the founders on fundraising strategy, support key materials and analysis, and help manage relationships with current and prospective investors - Special projects. Some of the most important work at an early-stage company does not have a job title yet. You are the person who picks up those projects, runs them, and hands them off or scales them as Verso grows. Who you are - 3 to 5 years of experience, with a strong foundation in consulting, strategy, or a chief of staff role at a fast-growing company - You have structured ambiguous problems before, turned them into a clear framework, and then actually implemented something, not just written the deck - You are comfortable with data: you can pull a spreadsheet apart, build a model, interpret an output, and know when a number is telling you something important - You have a genuine appetite for tech: you do not need to code, but you understand how software is built, you ask good product questions, and you are curious about what AI actually makes possible - You write clearly and think in writing. A tight one-pager from you is something people want to read. - You have low ego about the work: you are as comfortable building a tracking sheet as you are presenting a strategic recommendation to a client - You are looking for a first or second startup experience where you can own things end to end, not a corporate role with a narrow mandate This role is for you if: - You enjoy being in the middle of everything and bringing order to complexity without needing perfect information - You like switching from strategy to execution in the same day and don’t see some tasks as “below” you - You want to work closely with founders and have real influence on how a company is built from early on This role is not for you if: - You need clear scope, stable processes, and well-defined ownership to be effective - You prefer advising over owning, or thinking over doing - You are looking for a predictable role with clean boundaries rather than constant context-switching What makes this role unusual - There is no playbook. You will write it and make it yours. - You will have visibility into every part of the business and access to the founders from day one: commercial, product, research, operations. Few roles at this stage of a company give you that breadth. - The decisions you help us make in the next 12 months will shape the architecture of how Verso operates for years. That is a rare kind of leverage. - You will work directly with two founders who want to be challenged. If you see something that is not working, we want to know. Speed of feedback is a feature, not a threat. Recruitment process - Intro call with Hexa's Talent team (30 minutes) - Fit call with Lydia [Upgrade to PRO to see link] to understand your background (30 minutes) - A real Verso situation to assess how you structure a problem, prioritize, and move from thinking to execution (take-home and 45 minutes restitution with Lydia [Upgrade to PRO to see link] and Pierre [Upgrade to PRO to see link] lead PM ) - Deep-dive interview with Lydia [Upgrade to PRO to see link] and Camille [Upgrade to PRO to see link] to go deeper on your experience, thinking, and how you’d shape the role (45 minutes) Verso is committed to creating a diverse environment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment irrespective of gender, origin, identity, background, and sexual orientation. We know there’s a long way to go regarding diversity in our industry, which is why we encourage all applicants - especially those listed above - to apply to our open positions.