About the role
structured by ORI← All open rolesThe roleCredit is the difference between a business that grows and one that doesn't, a family that absorbs a shock and one that doesn't. Kita operates across the US, Southeast Asia, and Latin America.
What you will do
- Run operations end to end. The systems, the vendors, the cadence, the things nobody has built yet
- Own legal and tax across our entities and markets. Contracts, entity structure, filings, and the counsel relationships that go with them
- Own HR. Hiring pipeline, onboarding, comp, policy, and the culture work that comes with growing fast in two hemispheres
- Run the operating cadence: goals, metrics, weekly reviews, board reporting
- Own on-the-ground relationships. Customers, partners, regulators, and local hiring, especially if you're in Manila
What they are looking for
- Founder types. You've started something, run something, or been the person a company depended on. What we care about is what you've owned and what happened
- AI-forward. You use these tools constantly and instinctively reach for them to do the work of a much larger team. This is not a nice-to-have here
- Genuinely sharp. Build a model, catch the error in someone else's, explain the answer in plain English
- Well versed on the industry, or hungry enough to be within a month. Lending, credit, and fintech across the US and emerging markets is the world you'll be operating in
- Learns fast and moves. New domain, new country, new problem, you're useful inside a week
- Exceptional written communication. You'll draft things that go to customers, investors, and regulators under our name
- Willing to travel. Manila, San Francisco, Mexico City, and wherever else the work is
- All in on the mission. Expanding access to credit globally is the reason this job exists
Nice to have
- Lending, banking, or fintech experience, in the US or an emerging market
- Philippine market knowledge and network
- Tagalog and English fluency
Benefits
- competitive salary and meaningful equity
- relocation support
- health coverage
- international travel across our markets
- offsites, team gym sessions, and a lot of good food
Full posting text
← All open rolesThe roleCredit is the difference between a business that grows and one that doesn't, a family that absorbs a shock and one that doesn't. Kita operates across the US, Southeast Asia, and Latin America. This role is how that stays coherent.You'll work directly with Carmel and Rhea, our founders, and own the machinery that keeps a company running across five countries: operations, legal, tax, HR, finance, compliance. The unglamorous things that decide whether a company at our stage compounds or stalls.If you're based in Manila, you also own our relationships on the ground in one of our most important markets: in front of lenders, at partner offices, in regulator conversations, representing Kita in the room.What you'll do• Run operations end to end. The systems, the vendors, the cadence, the things nobody has built yet• Own legal and tax across our entities and markets. Contracts, entity structure, filings, and the counsel relationships that go with them• Own HR. Hiring pipeline, onboarding, comp, policy, and the culture work that comes with growing fast in two hemispheres• Run the operating cadence: goals, metrics, weekly reviews, board reporting• Own on-the-ground relationships. Customers, partners, regulators, and local hiring, especially if you're in Manila• Be the founders' leverage. Prep, follow-through, decision memos, and the judgment to handle things without asking• Always be optimizing. Find the thing costing us time or money, fix it, and make sure it stays fixedWhat we're looking for• Founder types. You've started something, run something, or been the person a company depended on. What we care about is what you've owned and what happened• AI-forward. You use these tools constantly and instinctively reach for them to do the work of a much larger team. This is not a nice-to-have here• Genuinely sharp. Build a model, catch the error in someone else's, explain the answer in plain English• Well versed on the industry, or hungry enough to be within a month. Lending, credit, and fintech across the US and emerging markets is the world you'll be operating in• Learns fast and moves. New domain, new country, new problem, you're useful inside a week• Exceptional written communication. You'll draft things that go to customers, investors, and regulators under our name• Willing to travel. Manila, San Francisco, Mexico City, and wherever else the work is• All in on the mission. Expanding access to credit globally is the reason this job existsWe don't have a years-of-experience requirement. Show us what you've owned.Nice to have• Lending, banking, or fintech experience, in the US or an emerging market• Philippine market knowledge and network• Tagalog and English fluencyWhy this oneChief of Staff roles are usually a proxy for someone else's authority. This one isn't. You'll own outcomes, work in the markets where the product matters most, and be positioned for a functional leadership seat as we grow.Benefits: competitive salary and meaningful equity, relocation support, health coverage, international travel across our markets, offsites, team gym sessions, and a lot of good food.Apply to KitaTell us a little about yourself. Fields marked * are required.Application for Chief of StaffFull name *Email *Résumé *PDF only, up to 3 MB.LinkedIn, portfolio, or work samplesWhy Kita?Leave this blankI agree that Kita may use my application information to evaluate me for this role, as described in the Privacy Policy. *Submit applicationYour résumé and contact details are available only to authorized members of Kita’s hiring team.