Chief Operating Officer

Description

About Us

Arpeely is bootstrapped and has been profitable since day one. We built one of the most efficient programmatic acquisition engines on the planet: processing billions of ad decisions a day, generating terabytes of live behavioral data, and turning it into margins most SaaS companies would kill for.

At the core of that engine is a team of data scientists and ML engineers running tens of billions of sub-second predictions a day, deciding in milliseconds which impression is worth buying and what it’s worth.

Now we’re taking everything we’ve learned about how people move through the web and putting it into our most innovative consumer product yet: Ace AI, an AI-native browser already reaching millions of people, built to simplify and improve everyday online life with the help of AI.

This is a rare opportunity: a category that hasn’t meaningfully changed in over a decade, and a profitable company with the data and the acquisition engine to win it on its own terms.

Come build it with us.

What You’ll Do

• Corporate Strategy. Lead competitive positioning research. Support the development and continuous refinement of the company narrative as the company, market, and competitive landscape evolve.
• Fundraising. Build the fundraising strategy and evaluate multiple fundraising paths. Build and manage relationships with private equity funds, banks, and strategic partners. Own and coordinate the fundraising process from initial outreach through execution and closing.
• Corporate Development & Partnerships. Source and evaluate acquisition, partnership, and commercial opportunities that can expand the company's talent base, strengthen programmatic supply, or create new monetization opportunities.
• Company Operating Cadence. Establish and manage the company's operating rhythm, ensuring business priorities are clearly tracked, budgets remain aligned, and core KPIs progress in line with company goals.
• Operational Leadership. Partner with VP HR, Finance, and functional leaders to oversee people strategy, budgeting, compensation planning, and cross-functional operating processes.

Requirements

• 7+ years in senior operating or strategy roles at a scaling tech company. You've lived the 100-to-500 person journey.
• Adtech or consumer internet background. You speak programmatic, performance marketing, or consumer product economics without needing a translator.
• Financing experience. You've run or been close to a PE, growth equity, or debt process and know what investor-ready actually means.
• Corp dev track record. Partnerships, M&A, or both. You know how to build a pipeline and close.
• Operator instincts. Commercially sharp, builder mentality, high trust, low drama. Arpeely has no playbook for this phase. You'll write it.
• AI native. You use AI as a core part of how you work, for external research, internal analysis, and day-to-day execution. This is a baseline expectation, not a differentiator.