{"schemaVersion":"jobsearcher.job.v1","id":"9aa7682404db437c72d70f39","url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/9aa7682404db437c72d70f39","canonicalUrl":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/9aa7682404db437c72d70f39","title":"CEO","description":"Description\n\nCompany Description\n\nPettable is a leading provider of emotional support animal (ESA) letters and psychiatric service dog (PSD) training. We are building a suite of services to enhance the bond between pets and their owners.\n\nOur mission is to improve mental health and well-being. We are committed to offering accessible, reliable, and compassionate services to those in need of emotional support animals and psychiatric service dogs.\n\nAt Pettable, we understand a supportive pet's profound impact on an individual's life. Our services are designed not only to help individuals secure the necessary documentation and training for their pets but also to advocate for the recognition and acceptance of ESAs and PSDs in society. We pride ourselves on our rigorous vetting process, ensuring our clients receive support and guidance from licensed mental health professionals and certified dog trainers.\n\nIn addition, Pettable is a profitable part of the Mechanism Ventures ecosystem. Mechanism is an early-stage venture firm that partners with entrepreneurs to launch and scale ambitious companies and has a track record of cofounding and investing in multiple companies with $100M+ revenue. In addition to investment and strategic guidance, Mechanism offers extensive operational support for our startups in critical areas, including Growth Marketing, Product, Operations, People, Finance, and Legal, with in-house experts at the top of their fields and are here to provide world-class support to help startups get off the ground and scale.\n\nPosition Description\n\nAs the CEO of Pettable, you will take the lead in scaling the existing profitable foundation and leveraging it to scale our services to help millions more people live a better life with their pets. You will be responsible for the entire business, including P&L ownership, board management, physical product operations and development, growth marketing, hiring and managing a core team, and an ultimate liquidity event, whether that be M&A or an IPO.\n\nInitially, your focus will be on strengthening our core services, optimizing operations, and identifying new opportunities for growth and expansion. You will work closely with our leadership team to set strategic priorities, drive execution, and develop our culture of excellence and compassion. In the next stage of Pettable’s growth, you will be responsible for using the profitable foundation to unlock new areas for exponential growth. You’re an ideal candidate if you enjoy being hands-on while driving operational excellence and developing a deep business understanding.\n\nAs the CEO, you will also have access to Mechanism’s in-house Practice Areas for operational support across Growth, Product, Engineering, Design, Operations, People, Finance, and Legal.\n\nAdditionally, you will participate as a member of the company’s board of directors.\n\nKey Responsibilities\n\nOwn and be accountable for rapid growth and the business P&L.\nDrive the company's profitability and growth, identifying and capitalizing on new opportunities to expand our services and impact. You’ll need to be comfortable being an individual contributor where needed and then bring in resources when the time is right.\nLead, inspire, and grow our talented team, fostering a culture of innovation, collaboration, and compassion.\nOwn and develop the strategic vision of the business in coordination with the board of directors.\nBrainstorm, strategize, scope, and work with the team to execute numerous growth marketing initiatives to help drive business growth and learning. This will include paid media, organic, affiliate, and retention marketing.\nDesign operational and testing frameworks to identify and optimize growth campaigns that improve efficiency and scale.\nManage growth analytics and insight tools to drive performance across all funnels.\nIdentify, test, and scale new customer acquisition channels.\n\nSkills, Knowledge and Expertise\n\nDemonstrated experience building businesses and leading teams.\nSkill in recruiting, leading, and coaching team members.\nExperience driving operational excellence at scale.\nDeep expertise across all growth marketing areas mentioned above (paid media, organic and paid social, SEO, partnerships, growth product, and retention marketing). You’ve played the part of a full-stack performance marketer and understand how to engineer rapid business growth.\nDeep analytical and strategic expertise across growth modeling, funnel optimization, A/B testing, growth product, and digital marketing.\nAnalytical and data-driven background, with a proven ability to extract valuable insights and narratives from large data sets.\nBeing an exceptional communicator is a strong plus, adept at building relationships with diverse stakeholders and conveying the mission and impact of Pettable to a wide audience.\nYou love driving growth. From big-picture strategic ideation to diving hands-on into the weeds to optimize a Google Ads campaign or tweak and test a creative design, you wake up excited about unlocking new paths to hyper growth every day.\nYou are passionate about learning and constantly expanding your expertise in every possible growth area, including paid media, organic and paid social, SEO, partnerships, growth product, and retention marketing.\nYou are ready to bet big on yourself. You’d rather take big swings than settle into the mundane safety of being a cog in an established corporate process.\nYou want to break new ground and disrupt the world of mental health.\nYou are not above tackling small challenges head-on, but you also know how to delegate and onboard support when doing so is advantageous.\nYou are a natural leader of people. You can make complicated things simple and foster an environment of rapid execution, learning, and fun.\nYou are entrepreneurial and relentlessly resourceful.\nYou are genuine and bring an enthusiastic, professional demeanor. We have a very strict no-jerk policy and do not tolerate intellectual arrogance.\nYou have excellent communication skills.\nYou have a test-and-learn mindset as businesses and markets evolve.\n\nWhat to Expect\n\nThis role will change substantially as the business scales. You will need to be in the day-to-day, hands-on, and responsible for executing across all business areas. As the business grows, you will need to build a team to support that scale and spend more time managing the business to produce excellent outcomes. Thus, being highly adaptable and flexible is critical to be successful in this role. However, we’d like to share a general idea of the direct impact you could make within the first three months on the team:\n\n30 Days\nCultivate a strong understanding of all business operations, history, and components.\nDevelop a strong rapport with Mechanism and the Pettable team.\nBuild a strong understanding of current growth capabilities and initiatives across Mechanism.\nTake full operational and P&L responsibility for the business.\n60 Days\nBegin implementing strategic initiatives aimed at driving growth and improving operational efficiency.\nBegin strategic evaluation and planning for new business expansions, including market research and feasibility studies.\nWork closely with the Mechanism team to ensure the business has everything it needs.\n90 Days\nScale the business to maximize profitability and learnings.\nDemonstrate measurable progress in exploring and initiating new business expansions that optimize for enterprise value.\nCollaborate on growth and other strategies with:\nBoard of Directors.\nMechanism’s leadership team and Practice Areas.\nMechanism’s other companies.\nDistill and share findings with the broader team to inform growth strategy in other relevant areas.\nCompensation\nThis role will include competitive base compensation of $200,000 - $300,000 and significant upside potential through an equity stake in the business.\n\nTime Commitment\nThis role is full-time.\n\nLocation\nWe are a fully remote team that embraces flexibility and productivity. You'll have the freedom to work from anywhere, although our core team operates in EST.\n\nAbout Pettable\nPettable is a leading provider of emotional support animal (ESA) letters and psychiatric service dog (PSD) training. We are building a suite of services to enhance the bond between pets and their owners.\n\nOur mission is to improve mental health and well-being. We are committed to offering accessible, reliable, and compassionate services to those in need of emotional support animals and psychiatric service dogs.\n\nAt Pettable, we understand a supportive pet's profound impact on an individual's life. Our services are designed not only to help individuals secure the necessary documentation and training for their pets but also to advocate for the recognition and acceptance of ESAs and PSDs in society. We pride ourselves on our rigorous vetting process, ensuring our clients receive support and guidance from licensed mental health professionals and certified dog trainers.\n\nIn addition, Pettable is a profitable part of the Mechanism Ventures ecosystem. Mechanism is an early-stage venture firm that partners with entrepreneurs to launch and scale ambitious companies and has a track record of cofounding and investing in multiple companies with $100M+ revenue. In addition to investment and strategic guidance, Mechanism offers extensive operational support for our startups in critical areas, including Growth Marketing, Product, Operations, People, Finance, and Legal, with in-house experts at the top of their fields and are here to provide world-class support to help startups get off the ground and scale.","company":"Pettable","rawCompany":"pettable","city":"Remote","state":"OR","isRemote":false,"isActive":false,"createdAt":"2026-04-12T20:27:06.122Z","occupations":[{"code":"11-1011.00","title":"Chief Executives","slug":"chief-executives"},{"code":"11-1021.00","title":"General and Operations Managers","slug":"general-and-operations-managers"},{"code":"11-2021.00","title":"Marketing Managers","slug":"marketing-managers"}],"industries":[{"code":"812910","title":"Pet Care (except Veterinary) Services","slug":"pet-care-except-veterinary-services"},{"code":"812990","title":"All Other Personal Services","slug":"all-other-personal-services"},{"code":"459910","title":"Pet and Pet Supplies Retailers","slug":"pet-and-pet-supplies-retailers"}],"jobPosting":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"JobPosting","title":"CEO","description":"Description\n\nCompany Description\n\nPettable is a leading provider of emotional support animal (ESA) letters and psychiatric service dog (PSD) training. We are building a suite of services to enhance the bond between pets and their owners.\n\nOur mission is to improve mental health and well-being. We are committed to offering accessible, reliable, and compassionate services to those in need of emotional support animals and psychiatric service dogs.\n\nAt Pettable, we understand a supportive pet's profound impact on an individual's life. Our services are designed not only to help individuals secure the necessary documentation and training for their pets but also to advocate for the recognition and acceptance of ESAs and PSDs in society. We pride ourselves on our rigorous vetting process, ensuring our clients receive support and guidance from licensed mental health professionals and certified dog trainers.\n\nIn addition, Pettable is a profitable part of the Mechanism Ventures ecosystem. Mechanism is an early-stage venture firm that partners with entrepreneurs to launch and scale ambitious companies and has a track record of cofounding and investing in multiple companies with $100M+ revenue. In addition to investment and strategic guidance, Mechanism offers extensive operational support for our startups in critical areas, including Growth Marketing, Product, Operations, People, Finance, and Legal, with in-house experts at the top of their fields and are here to provide world-class support to help startups get off the ground and scale.\n\nPosition Description\n\nAs the CEO of Pettable, you will take the lead in scaling the existing profitable foundation and leveraging it to scale our services to help millions more people live a better life with their pets. You will be responsible for the entire business, including P&L ownership, board management, physical product operations and development, growth marketing, hiring and managing a core team, and an ultimate liquidity event, whether that be M&A or an IPO.\n\nInitially, your focus will be on strengthening our core services, optimizing operations, and identifying new opportunities for growth and expansion. You will work closely with our leadership team to set strategic priorities, drive execution, and develop our culture of excellence and compassion. In the next stage of Pettable’s growth, you will be responsible for using the profitable foundation to unlock new areas for exponential growth. You’re an ideal candidate if you enjoy being hands-on while driving operational excellence and developing a deep business understanding.\n\nAs the CEO, you will also have access to Mechanism’s in-house Practice Areas for operational support across Growth, Product, Engineering, Design, Operations, People, Finance, and Legal.\n\nAdditionally, you will participate as a member of the company’s board of directors.\n\nKey Responsibilities\n\nOwn and be accountable for rapid growth and the business P&L.\nDrive the company's profitability and growth, identifying and capitalizing on new opportunities to expand our services and impact. You’ll need to be comfortable being an individual contributor where needed and then bring in resources when the time is right.\nLead, inspire, and grow our talented team, fostering a culture of innovation, collaboration, and compassion.\nOwn and develop the strategic vision of the business in coordination with the board of directors.\nBrainstorm, strategize, scope, and work with the team to execute numerous growth marketing initiatives to help drive business growth and learning. This will include paid media, organic, affiliate, and retention marketing.\nDesign operational and testing frameworks to identify and optimize growth campaigns that improve efficiency and scale.\nManage growth analytics and insight tools to drive performance across all funnels.\nIdentify, test, and scale new customer acquisition channels.\n\nSkills, Knowledge and Expertise\n\nDemonstrated experience building businesses and leading teams.\nSkill in recruiting, leading, and coaching team members.\nExperience driving operational excellence at scale.\nDeep expertise across all growth marketing areas mentioned above (paid media, organic and paid social, SEO, partnerships, growth product, and retention marketing). You’ve played the part of a full-stack performance marketer and understand how to engineer rapid business growth.\nDeep analytical and strategic expertise across growth modeling, funnel optimization, A/B testing, growth product, and digital marketing.\nAnalytical and data-driven background, with a proven ability to extract valuable insights and narratives from large data sets.\nBeing an exceptional communicator is a strong plus, adept at building relationships with diverse stakeholders and conveying the mission and impact of Pettable to a wide audience.\nYou love driving growth. From big-picture strategic ideation to diving hands-on into the weeds to optimize a Google Ads campaign or tweak and test a creative design, you wake up excited about unlocking new paths to hyper growth every day.\nYou are passionate about learning and constantly expanding your expertise in every possible growth area, including paid media, organic and paid social, SEO, partnerships, growth product, and retention marketing.\nYou are ready to bet big on yourself. You’d rather take big swings than settle into the mundane safety of being a cog in an established corporate process.\nYou want to break new ground and disrupt the world of mental health.\nYou are not above tackling small challenges head-on, but you also know how to delegate and onboard support when doing so is advantageous.\nYou are a natural leader of people. You can make complicated things simple and foster an environment of rapid execution, learning, and fun.\nYou are entrepreneurial and relentlessly resourceful.\nYou are genuine and bring an enthusiastic, professional demeanor. We have a very strict no-jerk policy and do not tolerate intellectual arrogance.\nYou have excellent communication skills.\nYou have a test-and-learn mindset as businesses and markets evolve.\n\nWhat to Expect\n\nThis role will change substantially as the business scales. You will need to be in the day-to-day, hands-on, and responsible for executing across all business areas. As the business grows, you will need to build a team to support that scale and spend more time managing the business to produce excellent outcomes. Thus, being highly adaptable and flexible is critical to be successful in this role. However, we’d like to share a general idea of the direct impact you could make within the first three months on the team:\n\n30 Days\nCultivate a strong understanding of all business operations, history, and components.\nDevelop a strong rapport with Mechanism and the Pettable team.\nBuild a strong understanding of current growth capabilities and initiatives across Mechanism.\nTake full operational and P&L responsibility for the business.\n60 Days\nBegin implementing strategic initiatives aimed at driving growth and improving operational efficiency.\nBegin strategic evaluation and planning for new business expansions, including market research and feasibility studies.\nWork closely with the Mechanism team to ensure the business has everything it needs.\n90 Days\nScale the business to maximize profitability and learnings.\nDemonstrate measurable progress in exploring and initiating new business expansions that optimize for enterprise value.\nCollaborate on growth and other strategies with:\nBoard of Directors.\nMechanism’s leadership team and Practice Areas.\nMechanism’s other companies.\nDistill and share findings with the broader team to inform growth strategy in other relevant areas.\nCompensation\nThis role will include competitive base compensation of $200,000 - $300,000 and significant upside potential through an equity stake in the business.\n\nTime Commitment\nThis role is full-time.\n\nLocation\nWe are a fully remote team that embraces flexibility and productivity. You'll have the freedom to work from anywhere, although our core team operates in EST.\n\nAbout Pettable\nPettable is a leading provider of emotional support animal (ESA) letters and psychiatric service dog (PSD) training. We are building a suite of services to enhance the bond between pets and their owners.\n\nOur mission is to improve mental health and well-being. We are committed to offering accessible, reliable, and compassionate services to those in need of emotional support animals and psychiatric service dogs.\n\nAt Pettable, we understand a supportive pet's profound impact on an individual's life. Our services are designed not only to help individuals secure the necessary documentation and training for their pets but also to advocate for the recognition and acceptance of ESAs and PSDs in society. We pride ourselves on our rigorous vetting process, ensuring our clients receive support and guidance from licensed mental health professionals and certified dog trainers.\n\nIn addition, Pettable is a profitable part of the Mechanism Ventures ecosystem. Mechanism is an early-stage venture firm that partners with entrepreneurs to launch and scale ambitious companies and has a track record of cofounding and investing in multiple companies with $100M+ revenue. In addition to investment and strategic guidance, Mechanism offers extensive operational support for our startups in critical areas, including Growth Marketing, Product, Operations, People, Finance, and Legal, with in-house experts at the top of their fields and are here to provide world-class support to help startups get off the ground and scale.","datePosted":"2026-04-12T20:27:06.122Z","dateModified":"2026-04-12T20:27:06.122Z","hiringOrganization":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Pettable","sameAs":"https://jobsearcher.com"},"jobLocation":{"@type":"Place","address":{"@type":"PostalAddress","addressLocality":"Remote","addressRegion":"OR","addressCountry":"US"}},"identifier":{"@type":"PropertyValue","name":"JobSearcher","value":"9aa7682404db437c72d70f39"},"url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/9aa7682404db437c72d70f39"}}