Skip to content
BackNov 8
Saharah Jane Z.
Upwork badge

Saharah Jane Z.

Fractional Chief of Staff | Head of Operations & Customer Experience

I help founders turn big priorities into organized, accountable execution. I think with you, act ahead of you, and take ownership alongside you. I’m a Chief of Staff, operations leader, and customer experience partner with 8+ years of experience supporting founders and leadership teams across 12+ startups. I’ve worked in AI, SaaS, e-commerce, healthcare, and service-based businesses, often stepping in when a growing company needs more structure without losing its speed. ⭐ Top Rated | 100% Job Success I naturally operate as an integrator, translating vision into execution through structure, accountability, systems, and follow-through. Part strategic partner, part second brain, part operational backbone. Think Donna from Suits, but with ClickUp, AI tools, SOPs, dashboards, and a passion for turning ideas into execution. 💡 Chief of Staff support: Turn your vision into priorities, coordinate strategic initiatives, prepare leadership meetings, and make sure decisions lead to action. 💡 Operations management: Build SOPs, dashboards, reporting systems, and workflows that give your team clear ownership and keep work moving. 💡Customer experience: Improve support processes, manage escalations and online reviews, analyze feedback, and connect customer insights to operational improvements. 💡 E-commerce operations: Coordinate Shopify workflows, returns, fulfillment, inventory tracking, and communication across teams and partners. 💡 Executive support and people operations: Manage calendars, meetings, follow-ups, stakeholder communications, hiring coordination, onboarding, and team documentation. I’m comfortable working across the details and the bigger picture. One day that might mean preparing an executive update; the next, resolving a customer issue, improving a handoff, or building a process the whole team can use. Tools: ClickUp, Notion, Monday, Jira, Shopify, HubSpot, GoHighLevel, Meta Business Suite, Slack, Google Workspace, Microsoft 365, Canva, ChatGPT, and Claude. INDUSTRIES ✔ AI ✔ SaaS ✔ Healthcare ✔ Life Sciences Technology ✔ Fintech ✔ Legal ✔ Insurance ✔ E-commerce & DTC Brands ✔ Retail ✔ Automotive Aftermarket ✔ Digital Marketing ✔ Media & Podcasting ✔ Service-Based Businesses IDEAL CLIENTS ✔ AI Startups ✔ SaaS Companies ✔ Founder-Led Businesses ✔ Venture Backed Startups ✔ Scaling Agencies ✔ E-commerce Brands ✔ Companies Hiring Their First Operations Leader ✔ CEOs Looking for a Strategic Right Hand What I Value From Clients ✔ I thrive when given trust, autonomy, and ownership of outcomes. ✔ I do my best work in kind, collaborative, and low-ego environments. ✔ I can navigate ambiguity with ease, but a clear vision and priorities help me execute at my best. ✔ I value long-term partnerships built on mutual trust and shared goals. ✔ I prefer receiving information in writing so I can process, organize, and respond thoughtfully. ✔ Respect my time as I respect yours ❤️ People Matter as Much as Systems ❤️ I believe great companies are built by scaling people as much as systems. I'm passionate about creating structure, driving execution, and helping teams grow along the way. I choose to work with leaders who care as much about their people as they do their results. It's a core value I don't compromise on. Why Work With Me? I don't just manage tasks. The best partnerships are built on trust. I help founders anticipate challenges, create clarity, build systems, and keep execution moving. If you're looking for someone to simply manage tasks, I'm not the right fit. If you need a strategic partner, let's talk. 👌 🐶 Dog Lover ☕ Coffee Powered Remote Worker 🌸 Friendly, reliable, and proactive "Let me organize that for you" is basically my personality. 💡 I prefer retainer-based compensation. I’m available for 10, 20, or 40 hours per week, depending on the support your business needs.

🇩🇪Siegen, Germany$27/hr100% JSS4.98 (7)Since Oct 2023

Earnings and projects

MRR
$2.2k

Last 6 months ÷ 6

World#19,626 / 412k
🇩🇪Country#148 / 3,842
Revenue, last 30 days
$983

Last 6 months: $13k

World#43,379 / 412k
🇩🇪Country#276 / 3,842
Total earnings
$19k

Billed in all: $20k

World#145,180 / 412k
🇩🇪Country#1,110 / 3,842
Per project
$1.7k

$3.3k in the last 6 months

World#86,471 / 412k
🇩🇪Country#655 / 3,842
Projects, last 6 months
4
0% fixed100% hourly
World#51,816 / 412k
🇩🇪Country#400 / 3,842
Projects in all
11

Across 12 contracts

17% fixed83% hourly
World#192,420 / 412k
🇩🇪Country#1,670 / 3,842

Earnings, last 30 days

$20k+$983 earned in the last 30 daysBilled in all, before Upwork's fee · drag across the chart to see what was earned in any stretch
$18.5k$19.0k$19.5k$20.0kOct 9Oct 24Nov 8

Skill rankings: Top 3% in Calendar Management

Ranked by MRR among everyone on Upwork with the skill.

  1. #42Operational Planning519 freelancers · 🇩🇪 #2Top 8%
  2. #50Human Resources1,151 freelancers · 🇩🇪 #1Top 4%
  3. #55Business Process Management645 freelancers · 🇩🇪 #2Top 9%
  4. #81Process Optimization875 freelancers · 🇩🇪 #6Top 9%
  5. #136Startup Consulting1,584 freelancers · 🇩🇪 #5Top 9%
  6. #138ClickUp2,407 freelancers · 🇩🇪 #2Top 6%
  7. #147Calendar Management4,894 freelancers · 🇩🇪 #2Top 3%
  8. #185Customer Experience2,788 freelancers · 🇩🇪 #2Top 7%