Chief of Staff (Bras droit) to the CEO

As Chief of Staff Intern, you will work directly alongside the CEO during a pivotal fundraising and growth phase for the company. This is a high-responsibility, high-exposure role at the heart of Kumulus’ most critical strategic priorities.

What You’ll Be Doing

Fundraising & Investor Relations

• Review, maintain, and continuously improve the data room, ensuring all materials are accurate and investor-ready

• Contribute to key funding documents including the financial model, pitch deck, and executive summaries

• Attend investor meetings and negotiations alongside the CEO

• Own follow-ups and help manage the fundraising pipeline end-to-end

Grant & Public Funding Applications

• Identify relevant public funding opportunities, grants, and innovation programs (French, European, and international)

• Lead application processes, manage timelines, and coordinate with internal stakeholders to assemble submission materials

CEO Support & Company Operations

• Act as an extension of the CEO in day-to-day operations but also in strategic thinking

• Track team deliverables and follow up on key action items across all ongoing projects

• Support cross-functional project management across sales, deployment, and product workstreams

• Education: Student or graduate from a tier-one engineering or business school

• Hard skills required: Financial modelling and PowerPoint skills

• Soft skills: Team player, self-motivated person with an entrepreneurial spirit

• Language: Fluent in English and French

• Experience: Previous internship experiences in fast-growing start-ups, audit/strategy/M&A firms or in corporate strategy departments are a strong plus.

• Step 1: HR interview - 30-minute call to review background, motivation, availability and basic fit with the role and company.

• ‍Step 2: Case Study - Take-home or live case on a finance/strategy topic

• ‍Step 3: Interview with Fractional CMO, debriefing the case study from step 2

• Step 4: Interview with CEO