Chief of Staff to Antler UK Partners

About

Antler is a global early-stage VC firm that partners with exceptional founders from day zero to build impactful, scalable companies. In the UK, they are building one of the most active and hands-on early-stage investment firms in the ecosystem, backing founders from inception through to scale. Founded in 2017, Antler operates in 27 cities across six continents, with the ambition to back thousands more founders over the coming decade.

About The Role

The Chief of Staff sits at the centre of how Antler UK operates, working directly with the Partners and cutting across every team and function. Acting as the connective tissue between the partners, team, and founder community, you ensure information flows, priorities are clear, and decisions are well made. The role is flexible and shaped to add the most value in collaboration with the partners. This is not a back-office role but a central position influencing firm operations and founder support.

What You'll Do

• Operations & Prioritisation: Own the UK team’s weekly rhythm, help partners prioritise using data, track firm progress, identify operational improvements, support organizational design, coordinate legal and compliance matters.
• Strategy & Decision-Making: Assist in strategic planning, support data-driven decision-making, prepare for strategy days, maintain competitive intelligence.
• Communication & Coordination: Drive cross-functional collaboration, nurture internal communication and team alignment, ensure coordination between teams and functions.
• Investor Relations & External Presence: Support fundraising and LP relations, manage firm’s external narrative and track PR and events.
• Founder Experience & Platform: Shape and improve founder experience and platform programming, coordinate portfolio reporting, build knowledge management systems.
• Data & Infrastructure: Support data infrastructure, identify and implement tools and AI systems to increase efficiency.

Who This Role Is For

A fit for chiefs of staff or senior operators in high-growth startups or investment firms, management consultants or strategy associates moving into venture capital, with independence, judgement, and pace. VC experience is helpful but not required.

What We’re Looking For

Experience & Capability

• Strong analytical skills with data use
• Evidence of building systems/processes in fast-moving settings
• Experience coordinating across teams with competing priorities
• Strong written and verbal communication
• Strategy, consulting, or generalist role experience in high-paced environments

How You Operate

• Thrive in ambiguity and building your own day-to-day
• Humble, low-ego, coachable
• Hyper-organised and resourceful
• High emotional intelligence and stealthy operator
• Seamless team integration across functions
• Comfortable using modern tools and AI workflows

Role based in London; typically 4+ days per week in the office with Mondays as core team days.

What We Offer

• A high-exposure seat within a fast-scaling VC firm, close partnership with leaders
• Real ownership and responsibility from day one
• Competitive salary and performance-based bonus
• 23 days’ leave plus public holidays and office closure between Christmas and New Year
• Clear opportunity for increasing scope and influence as the firm scales