Chief of Staff, AI Infrastructure

Nscale•Seattle, WA

About The Position

The Chief of Staff to the President of AI Infrastructure serves as a strategic and execution-focused partner, helping drive the company’s critical infrastructure priorities. The role works directly with the President and across Data Center Development, Construction, Data Center Operations, Power and Energy, Supply Chain, Hardware and Systems Engineering, and Capacity Planning. The position brings structure to planning, capacity forecasting, operating cadences, and cross-functional execution, while advising on strategic decisions. It supports focus, alignment, and operational excellence so the business can bring capacity online faster, improve delivery predictability, and build scalable processes for global expansion. The Chief of Staff partners on strategy and business management; establishes operational rhythms and performance tracking; leads cross-functional initiatives; prepares executive communications; and takes on mission-critical special projects. The role also conducts market analysis, competitive intelligence, and business-case development for potential sites, partnerships, technologies, and operational improvements.

Requirements

At least 10 years of experience in strategy, business operations, management consulting, investment banking, private equity, infrastructure development, or high-growth cloud and infrastructure companies.
Experience supporting executive leadership in a senior Chief of Staff, Business Operations, Strategy, or similar role.
Strong understanding of how large-scale compute infrastructure is planned, financed, built, and operated, from site and power through deployed capacity.
Advanced analytical and financial modeling skills, including capital expenditure planning and project economics.
Exceptional written, verbal, and executive communication abilities at the senior leadership level.
Ability to manage multiple high-priority initiatives simultaneously across geographically distributed teams.
Demonstrated success influencing senior stakeholders and driving outcomes without direct authority.
Senior executive presence, strong business maturity, and a bias for action in fast-paced, ambiguous environments.

Nice To Haves

Experience in AI infrastructure, hyperscale cloud, data center development, energy, or telecommunications.
Familiarity with capacity planning, power procurement, GPU and hardware supply chains, construction programs, and data center metrics such as PUE, uptime, and utilization.

Responsibilities

Partner with the President to define and execute annual and quarterly AI infrastructure strategies.
Drive capacity planning, site pipeline strategy, build-out roadmaps, and organizational scaling initiatives aligned with customer demand.
Develop executive presentations, board materials, business reviews, and strategic recommendations on capacity, capital deployment, and delivery performance.
Monitor business metrics and identify opportunities to improve delivery speed, utilization, cost efficiency, and operational reliability.
Advise the President on strategic decisions, including site selection, power procurement, hardware roadmaps, and major vendor partnerships.
Establish operating rhythms, including quarterly business reviews, capacity and deployment reviews, project gate reviews, and leadership meetings.
Track performance against capacity delivered, deployment schedules, capital expenditure budgets, uptime, utilization, and safety goals.
Work with Finance, Business Operations, and Capacity Planning to improve forecasting accuracy, reporting, and KPI visibility across sites and programs.
Drive accountability across functional and site leaders through structured follow-up and execution management.
Lead high-impact initiatives spanning Data Center Development, Construction, Operations, Supply Chain, Engineering, Finance, and Sales.
Coordinate projects such as new site launches, power and energy agreements, GPU and hardware supply programs, and infrastructure transformation efforts.
Remove organizational obstacles and accelerate decision-making by aligning stakeholders on priorities, ownership, risks, and next steps.
Prepare internal and external communications on behalf of the President, including leadership updates, board reports, investor materials, and company-wide presentations.
Communicate strategic priorities throughout the AI infrastructure organization.
Lead mission-critical initiatives identified by the President and executive team.
Conduct market analysis, competitive intelligence, and business-case development for new sites, partnerships, technologies, and operational improvements.