Chief Of Staff

Giga•San Francisco, CA

4d•$200,000 - $250,000•Onsite

About The Position

The Chief of Staff is the CEO’s most trusted operator and thought partner. This role helps absorb the strategic and operational weight that currently sits on one person: board prep, fundraising, planning rhythms, cross-functional execution, and high-stakes projects that determine the success of the next 12 months. The Chief of Staff also acts as the organizational connective tissue, serving as the information funnel, filter, and facilitator between the CEO and all internal and external stakeholders. This is a high-intensity seat where the company moves fast, gives direct feedback without ego, and values ownership over outcomes. The role is designed for individuals who want to be instrumental in building the company, rather than seeking a title.

Requirements

3–7 years of demonstrated slope in BizOps, strategy, or operator roles at high-velocity companies (frontier AI labs, top-tier startups, or consulting/banking-to-operator path).
Experience owning significant responsibilities and creating measurable impact.
AI-native: experience shipping or operating close to LLM products and understanding eval and inference economics.
Exceptional writer and thinker.
Superb judgment with confidential information, competing priorities, and executive-level relationships (internal and external).
Proven track record leading complex, multi-stakeholder initiatives from ambiguous start to clean finish.
High resilience under pressure; ability to maintain composure when things are challenging.
Low ego, high ownership mentality.

Responsibilities

Build and lead the daily operations of the executive office, including processes, rhythms, and infrastructure for CEO leverage.
Act as an extension of the CEO with internal and external stakeholders, assessing inquiries, determining priority, and routing or handling them.
Serve as the primary point of contact for the CEO’s direct reports, working with the EA to align the CEO’s calendar with company priorities.
Stand in for the CEO in selected meetings, challenging ideas, offering perspective, and driving follow-through on action items.
Manage the CEO’s external brand and reputation with investors, customers, and the ecosystem.
Build and run the cadence for leadership meetings, board meetings, and leadership offsites, including structuring and delivering company-wide communications.
Drive quarterly planning cycles, OKRs, leadership reviews, and major business updates.
Own the company operating dashboard: define metrics, instrument them, track them weekly, and flag issues.
Design meetings for decisiveness with sharp agendas, clean decisions, and ruthless follow-through.
Lead strategic initiatives end-to-end that span Engineering, Go-To-Market, and Operations, especially those that don't fit neatly within the org chart.
Proactively track high-priority initiatives, surface blockers and dependencies early, and follow up with owners when goals aren't met.
Promote team integration, cross-functional communication, and collaboration across the organization.
Own board cadence: deck production, narrative, data room, and all prep.
Support fundraising, including modeling, materials, and diligence coordination.
Build and maintain a process to track and nurture key relationships with investors, customers, and strategic partners.
Synthesize business performance, risks, and open decisions into crisp communications for external audiences.
Serve as a genuine thought partner to the CEO, challenging assumptions, offering perspectives, and helping with high-impact decisions.
Maintain focus on long-term planning and strategic priorities.